Course Information

• If you are charged with a traffic offense, you may request permission on or before your initial appearance date to take a driving safety course.
• If you were operating a motorcycle and request a driving safety course you will be required to take a motorcycle operator’s training course.

Requirements
At the time of request, you will be required to do the following: 

• Present a valid Texas Operator’s License and current proof of liability insurance.
• Enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
• Pay the state-mandated fees to court.
• Pay fee to State for certified copy of driving record.
• Pay course provider for State certified course.

Eligibility
You are eligible to request this course if you: 

• Have not taken a driving safety course for a traffic offense within the twelve months prior to the offense date.
• Are not currently taking the course for another traffic offense.

Offense Exceptions
You are ineligible to request this course if the offense was one of the following: 

• Speeding 25 mph over the limit or more.
• Failure to Give Information at Accident Scene.
• Leaving the Scene of Accident.
• Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer.
• Reckless Driving.
• Passing a School Bus.
• Any traffic offense committed in a construction zone.
• A serious traffic violation as defined by the Transportation Code, which applies to drivers with a commercial driver’s license.

Driver Safety Course Request 

• If you are eligible and meet all requirements, you will be granted 90 days to complete the course.
• You are required to attend a driving safety course that has been approved by the Texas Education Agency or a motorcycle operator’s course approved by the Department of Public Safety within 90 days of the date of request.
• You will be required to present a certified copy of your driving record from the Department of Public Safety. The form to request a driving safety course is available at the Court, and available for download on this website.

 
Download Driving Safety Course Request Form

Driver Record Request 

• Before the end of the 90 day period you are required to present a certified copy of your driving record from the Department of Public Safety.
• The form to request this record is available at the Court, and available for download on this website.
• You will be required to provide to the court a certificate of completion issued by the Texas Education Agency or the Texas Department of Public Safety.
• If you do not provide the required documentation, you will be required to appear before the court and show cause as to why you have failed to comply with the course requirements.
• The judge is not required to grant you an extension.
• If you fail to appear at that hearing a warrant may be issued for your arrest.
• Failure to comply may result in a conviction of the offense charged and increased fines.

 
Download Driver Record Request Form