Florida Online 4-Hour Traffic School (BDI)
If you have received a ticket in any Florida county and you plan to attend traffic school to keep the points off your license, you can take this 4-hour Basic Driver Improvement (BDI) course. Taking this course voluntarily for a Florida moving violation can prevent your insurance rate from increasing unless you were at fault in a crash (§626.9541, F.S.).
You can also sign up for this course if you have been ordered by a judge or court to attend a 4-hour traffic school course, or if you have been ordered by the Florida DHSMV to attend a Traffic Collision Avoidance Course (TCAC).
Florida Online 8-Hour Traffic School (IDI)
You can sign up for this course if you have been ordered by a Florida judge or court to attend an 8-hour Intermediate Driver Improvement (IDI) course. Our course is approved in all 67 counties in Florida. Some counties (primarily Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Orange) allow a driver to elect to attend an IDI course if he or she has already elected to attend a 4-hour Basic Driver Improvement course within the past twelve months. If you are not sure whether this is the course you need, please review the paperwork you received from the court or contact the court for assistance.
NOTE: This is not an Aggressive Driving or DWLSR course!
Florida Online Advanced Driver Improvement (ADI)
If your Florida driver license has been suspended or revoked, you are required to enroll in a 12-hour Advanced Driver Improvement course (ADI school) before your license can be reinstated or before you can apply for a hardship license.
Completion of ADI school is also required for drivers who have been classified as Habitual Traffic Offenders (HTOs).
This course can also be taken by a driver who has been ordered to attend ADI school by a Florida traffic court or judge.
Important Information about Your Florida Traffic Ticket
Your automobile insurance premium can go up hundreds of dollars for just one Florida ticket! Fortunately, if you receive a Florida traffic ticket, you can keep points off your license and keep your insurance from increasing by signing up for traffic school.
This is possible because Florida law states that if you elect to attend Florida traffic school for a moving violation and you did not cause a crash, your insurance company cannot raise your rate, cancel your policy, or refuse to renew it (§626.9541, Florida Statutes). Also, by signing up for Florida online traffic school, you will get to keep your safe driver status (if you had this before you got your ticket).
You can elect to attend Florida traffic school unless:
- You have already elected once before within the past calendar year;
- You have elected five times within your lifetime;
- You hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL)*;
- You received a Florida speeding ticket for driving more than 30 mph over the limit.
*CDL holders might be able to attend the BDI course for point dismissal if they get a court order.
Contact the Florida Clerk of the Court
If you decide to go to traffic school, you must notify the clerk of the court in the county where you received your ticket. Each county has its own system for traffic school election. Please check the rules with the county in which you received the citation BEFORE you pay your ticket!
Once you have completed the Florida online traffic school course, you will need to turn your completion certificate in to the court. Although we report student completions to the court in many cases, it is ultimately YOUR responsibility to make sure the court has received your completion certificate. If the court does not receive proof of course completion, your driver license may be suspended by DHSMV.
Looking for a Classroom Course?
Smart Defensive Driving offers a wide variety of classroom-based services which include:
- Basic Driver Improvement
- Traffic Collision Avoidance
- Drug Alcohol Traffic Education
- Advanced Driver Improvement
Call us at (800) 261-5565 or visit our website to register for your classroom course.
We offer classes for new drivers, the required substance abuse program, D.A.T.E. ( Drug, Alcohol, and Traffic Education). In addition we offer State approved B.D.I. (Basic Driver Improvement) Course. We can also provide classes for those drivers who wish to lower their insurance rates.
People who were in collisions are required to attend a class we provide called T.C.A.C. We offer classes for those who have been ordered to attend a class by the Judicial System, Court Ordered classes. We also provide classes for those who have had their license revoked or suspended. Our A.D.I. class meets your need here.
