Florida Traffic School Presented by St. Petersburg College

If you have received a ticket in any Florida county and you plan to attend traffic school to keep the points off your license, this is the course for you! 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).

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This is the course that is required for all first time drivers before they can obtain their first Florida license (Class E learner permit). This course fulfills the State's requirement for attendance of a Traffic Law Substance Abuse Education (TLSAE) program, also sometimes called a "drug and alcohol" course or a "learner permit" course.

NOTE: Drivers who have been licensed in another state DO NOT have to take this course. If you have a driver license from another country, please check with your local Florida driver license office to find out whether you are required to complete the TLSAE course before obtaining your Florida license.

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.

1. Sign up for Florida online traffic school by clicking on the BDI course above.

You can elect to attend Florida traffic school unless the following applies to you:

1) you have already elected once before within the past calendar year;
2) you have elected five times previously;
3) you hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL);
4) you received a Florida speeding ticket for driving more than 30 mph over the limit.

If you decide to attend Florida traffic school, you must notify the court.

2. Pay your ticket and remember that you are electing to attend Florida traffic school.

In most Florida counties, you must pay your fine to the clerk of the court within 30 days of your Florida ticket date. Each county has its own system for Florida traffic school election. Some counties will allow a person to notify them of their Florida traffic school election by phone prior to paying the ticket, some will allow a person to sign up for Florida traffic school up to 30 days after a Florida traffic ticket has been paid, and some have a required affidavit that needs to be filled out at the time the Florida ticket is paid. Please check the rules with the county in which you received the citation before you pay your Florida traffic ticket!

Most important of all, be sure to let the court know that you are electing to attend Florida traffic school, or they will just assume that you want to pay your ticket and receive the points!

Click here for a list of all 67 Florida clerks of the court.

3. Once you have completed the Florida online traffic school course, turn your certificate in to the clerk of the court.

In Miami-Dade County, you have 120 days from the date you pay your Florida ticket to complete your Florida traffic school course and turn in your completion certificate. In most other Florida counties you have 60-90 days from the date you pay your Florida traffic ticket. It's a good idea to make a copy of your certificate for your records before you send it to the clerk of the court.

St. Petersburg College is proud to serve Pinellas County and the surrounding areas by offering Florida's finest traffic school and driver improvement programs through this website. This endeavor is part of our educational mission to train Florida's driving population using the latest technology and the most current safety information available. The primary goal of our traffic school program is to actively reduce the number of traffic crash fatalities and injuries that occur on Florida's highways each year. We hope that you will join us in this enterprise by obeying Florida's traffic laws and remembering to buckle up each time you get into your vehicle.

Although St. Petersburg College specializes in Florida traffic school, we offer a broad range of traffic safety and driver improvement courses. If you cannot find the course you are looking for, please check the following list of alternate names.