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Sonny JWhy Are You Wanting to Take a Driver Improvement Course?
Whatever your reasons for taking a driving safety course, I Drive Safely will get you where you need to go.
Take Our Driver Improvement Course to:
- Satisfy a court or DMV requirement
- Remove points on your license
- Reduce Fines and Court Fees from a Violation
- Earn safe driving points
- Get an insurance discount
What Steps Do You Need to Take?
Insurance companies, the DMV, and the courts can make things confusing. We’ve broken things down for you into easy-to-follow steps. If there’s anything you don’t understand, we’re always here to help! You can call us at 1-800-990-2814.
- How to satisfy a court or DMV requirement
- How to remove points on your license from a violation
- How to reduce fines and court fees from a violation
- How to voluntarily earn 5 safe driving points
- How to earn a discount on monthly insurance rates
How to Satisfy a Court or DMV Requirement
- Request at your hearing that you intend to take a driver improvement course.
- Enroll in and complete the course.
- The court or DMV will determine whether you may receive a 5-point credit for completing the course.
- Send your completion certificate back to the court or DMV by the deadline given.
- Check your driving record to make sure you received credit for the course.
How to Remove Points on Your License from a Violation
- Contact the court and request permission to take a driver improvement course. Note that you may only reduce points through a driver improvement course once every 2 years.
- Enroll in and complete a driver improvement course.
- Submit your completion certificate to the court by the deadline you were given.
- Check your driving record to make sure you received credit for the course.
How to Reduce Fines and Court Fees from a Violation
- Contact your court and request permission to take a driver improvement course. While you may not be able to remove points based upon your violation – or you’ve already taken a point reduction course in the last 2 years – you may still request to take a driver improvement course for the reduction of fines and court fees.
- Enroll in and complete a driver improvement course.
- Submit your completion certificate to the court by the deadline you were given.
- If you paid your reduced fee up front at your court date, you won’t need to complete any more steps at this time.
- If you did not pay your fee at your court date, you will be informed how much your reduced fine will be. You will then pay your fee at this time.
How to Voluntarily Earn 5 Safe Driving Points
- Enroll in and complete a driver improvement course. You may take a driver improvement course for safe driving points once every 2 years. Since you’re voluntarily taking this course, you won’t have any court or DMV deadline to meet.
- Complete the course. We’ll send your certificate to the DMV electronically with in 24 hours.
- Check your driving record to make sure that those 5 safe driving points have been applied.
How to Earn a Discount on Monthly Insurance Rates
- Check with your insurance provider to confirm that you are eligibility for a discount. You’ll want to check to make sure your driving history enables you to get a reduced rate. You are not eligible for a discount if you are taking the course to satisfy a court requirement.
- Enroll in and complete a driver improvement course. Since you’re taking this course voluntarily, you likely won’t need to worry about any deadlines – so take your time!
- Submit your completion certificate to your insurance company. We’ll email it to you within 24 hours after you complete the course.
- Look for information from your insurance company about your new reduced rate!
