Approved Houston Online Defensive Driving and Insurance Reduction Courses

  • Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) Approved online defensive driving course
  • Houston County Ticket Dismissal and Insurance Reduction
  • $25 – lowest price in the State of Texas
  • Our 6-hour online driver safety course is a fun, interactive and easy way to dismiss a ticket and lower your insurance costs. It is fully approved by the TDLR for Houston County citation dismissal (TDLR Provider # CP021).
  • Once you complete this internet defensive driving course, we will ship your certificate of completion to you by regular US Mail free of charge. If you are in a hurry, you may also select any of our convenient expedited shipping methods through FedEx for an additional charge.
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Houston County Texas Defensive Driving Information

Houston Texas Traffic Violations

Without question, the best way to avoid the problems that come with a traffic ticket is simply to avoid violating the traffic laws.  Unfortunately, that is not always the situation we find ourselves in.  if you are pulled over in Houston Texas for violating a traffic law, you can expect to become the proud recipient of a traffic violation, courtesy of your Houston Texas law enforcement.

The citation you receive will have several pieces of important information on it.  First, it will provide you with a court date.  You will need this date in the event you wish to attend a Texas Education Agency (TEA) approved Houston Texas defensive driving course, dispute the ticket or if your violation is serious enough in nature that you are required to appear in court.  Also, if you are under 18, Texas law will usually require you to appear in court with your parents or legal guardian.

Second, the citation will provide you with contact information for the Houston Texas court handling your traffic violation.  No matter how you plan to handle your citation, you must call the Houston Texas court within ten days of being issued the citation, or risk heavier fines and penalties.  If you fail to call or show up in person to the Houston Texas court for long enough, a bench warrant will be put out for your arrest.  Do not let this happen.  Contact the Houston Texas court stated on your ticket immediately after being issued a citation.

When you contact the Houston Texas court, you will also find out how to pay your citation.  Counties differ within Texas so you should ask the Houston Texas court handling your ticket what payment methods are available and if you are eligible to attend a Houston Texas ticket dismissal course such as GetDefensive.com.

Suspension of Texas Driving Privileges

The points you accumulate through the Texas Driver Responsibility Program add up quickly.  If you incur just six points in three years-- one traffic violation per year-- the Texas Department of Public Safety will suspend your Texas driving privileges.  You can also face suspension if you avoid tallying too many points but are labeled as a "habitual offender."  Houston Texas drivers who incur four violations in two years or 7 in four years are considered habitual offenders by the state of Texas and face suspension of their Texas driving privileges.  If you are a juvenile driver under 18 years of age, your driving privileges can be revoked for just two traffic violations in a single year.  The violations counting toward a habitual offender moniker, just like points accumulation, include all out of state offenses that would have qualified had they been issued in Houston Texas.

The cost of having your driving privileges reinstated can be hefty and will pile on top of the fines for your most recent violation as well as the costs of appearing in court to defend yourself.  It is in your best interest and the best interests of your wallet that you avoid accumulating traffic violations on your Texas driver record.

Houston Texas Defensive Driving Programs

Should you find yourself in any of the precarious situations above, a Houston Texas defensive driving program may be able to help you avoid the unfortunate consequences.  The Texas Education Agency allows Houston Texas drivers to attend a Houston Texas driver safety program, including the Houston Texas online defensive driving courses offered by Getdefensive.com, in order to have up to one traffic violation per year expunged from their Texas Department of Public Safety driving record.  In order to receive this benefit, however, you must first receive permission from the Houston Texas court handling your violation when you call in or appear in court.  This permission is not guaranteed, however, and will likely be based on the cleanliness of your Texas driving record to date, as well as the severity of your most recent violation.  Also, if you have taken ten defensive driving programs and are back for your eleventh, a Houston Texas court may feel that you need a different form of rehabilitation in order to improve your safe driving habits.

However, most often you will be given an opportunity to have the violation removed from your Texas driver record.  If you are given such an opportunity, a Houston Texas internet driver safety or Houston Texas internet driver improvement program will not only remove the violation from your record, but will also eliminate the points that would have attached to your record as a result of your guilty plea or conviction.  These benefits come in addition to the considerable costs you will avoid by not being labeled a habitual offender or having your Texas drivers license temporarily suspended.

Houston Texas Insurance Discounts

A Houston Texas driver has much to gain by keeping a clean driving record through participation in a Houston Texas online driver safety program such as those offered by Getdefensive.com, beyond simply avoiding a suspended license.  Online Houston Texas defensive driving programs teach valuable safe driving techniques and foster defensive driving habits that will help you avoid your next traffic violation.  Additionally, in the event you find yourself incurring a traffic violation in the future, a Houston Texas court is much more likely to offer you a chance to have that violation wiped when your Texas driver record is clean and you have shown yourself to be committed to safe driving by enrolling in a Houston Texas online defensive driving program like Getdefensive.comGetdefensive.com offers many forms of home-study Texas defensive driving courses, including Houston Texas online defensive driving, Houston Texas DVD video defensive driving and Houston Texas streaming video defensive driving which can be viewed on your home computer.

A clean Texas driving record also keep you eligible for up to a 10% insurance reduction.  Insurance providers base the premiums you pay on your Houston Texas driving experience and your history of traffic violation.  Texas law protects you as an insurance owner from having your rates raised each time you pay a traffic ticket.  However, Houston Texas insurance carriers are not entitled to cover you if you show yourself to be a habitually bad driver.  Also, after three citations you insurance carrier is allowed by law to cancel your coverage immediately.  If that happens, it is highly unlikely that your next carrier will offer you a low or moderate price.  Keeping your driving record clean and having the experience of completing a Houston Texas online defensive driving program will help you avoid costly hikes in your insurance coverage.

Houston Texas Mature Driver and Houston Texas Juvenile Driver Insurance Discounts

Houston Texas drivers over the age of 55 and juvenile drivers under the age of 18 have an added incentive to enroll in a Houston Texas online defensive driving program:  insurance discounts.  To promote safe driving, most auto insurers provide additional discounts to both older and younger Texas drivers.  If you are a driver under the age of 18 or a parents of a juvenile driver, or you are a mature driver of the age of 55, contact your auto insurance provider to find out if an online driver safety program will help you secure an insurance reduction even before any accident or traffic violation has occurred.  This active approach may not just result in lower premiums now, but help keep them low in the event of a future traffic citation.

Houston Texas Classroom Driver Safety Schools

Some people prefer learning in a traditional classroom setting to the ease of taking a Houston Texas defensive driving program from the comfort of their own home.  If you would like to participate in a driver safety program to help lower your  insurance costs, to remove a traffic violation from your Texas driving record or because you were ordered to do so by a Houston Texas court, you should ask the Houston Texas court overseeing your citation and they will be happy to provide you with a list of brick and mortar traffic schools  in and around Houston Texas when you call into discuss your citation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does GetDefensive.com have a preferred payment method for taking its Houston Texas online defensive driving class/online driver improvement class?

GetDefensive.com accepts payments in the form of a credit card or an online check. Payment will need to be received in full before beginning the Houston Texas online defensive driving class/online driver improvement class.

Do I need to do anything to get my certificate after I'm done with the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas internet defensive driving class or driver safety class?
Once you have passed the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas internet defensive driving class, your certificate of completion will be promptly sent out via regular mail.  However, if you are in a hurry to receive it, you may choose to have it delivered by FedEx.  Please note that GetDefensive.com is unable to send completion certificates by email or fax.

 

 

If I pay using my credit card online, isn’t there a risk of having my identity stolen?

Protecting your private information is GetDefensive.com’s number one priority! This is why we use SSL encryption to protect the safety of your credit card number and all other personal information. Be assured that when you sign up to take GetDefensive.com’s Houston Texas defensive driving/driver safety/insurance reduction online class, your personal identity will not be compromised.

What expense will I incur when I sign up for the Houston Texas DVD defensive driving course, or the Houston Texas streaming video course or the Houston Texas online traffic school course or the Houston Texas online defensive driving course?

GetDefensive.com charges a $25.00 fee for its Houston Texas online defensive driving course or the Houston Texas online traffic school course. Please know that this is the cost of the online course only. If you wish to take the Houston Texas defensive driving DVD video course or the Houston Texas defensive driving streaming video course, the fee may be a little higher. $25.00 is the minimum allowable price under Houston Texas state law, and this includes the shipping of your certificate of completion via regular US Mail.

How does the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas defensive driving/driver safety online course operate?

Basically, there are two (2) types of Houston Texas defensive driving courses which GetDefensive.com offers:  ticket dismissal and insurance reduction.  These Houston Texas defensive driving online courses may be taken at any computer station so long as the computer is hooked up to the internet.  If you choose, you may take the entire course all at once, or stop and start as often as you'd like (and be able to simply pick up from where you left off).  GetDefensive.com's Houston Texas defensive driving online course is split up into chapters, with a brief, multiple-choice quiz at the end of each chapter.  These chapter quizzes are designed to help prepare you for the final exam at the end of the course.  Once you pass the Houston Texas defensive driving online course's final exam, GetDefensive.com will issue a completion certificate to you which you may provide to your local Houston Texas traffic court or your Houston Texas insurance agent.  It will be sent to you per whichever shipping method you elected at the time of registration.

Would taking GetDefensive.com's Houston Texas online defensive driving course or online driver safety course suffice for getting an auto insurance discount?
In most cases, yes.  Actually, any GetDefensive.com customer who successfully completes our Houston Texas online defensive driving course or online driver safety course for the purpose of dismissing a traffic ticket receives an additional copy of their certificate of completion to give to their insurance agent.  Many insurance providers in Houston Texas offer up to a 10% discount on auto insurance to their policyholders who take and pass a Houston Texas defensive driving course which is approved by the Texas Education Agency (GetDefensive.com's online course is TEA-approved).     

However, we strongly recommend that you first check with your Houston Texas insurance agent to see if you are eligible for a discount under your policy before taking GetDefensive.com's Houston Texas online defensive driving course or online driver safety course or online insurance reduction course.
Does GetDefensive.com require that its Houston Texas online defensive driving class all be taken on only one (1) computer?

No. You are free to take the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas online defensive driving course on multiple computers as long as each computer you use has the necessary flash and browser requirements installed on it. GetDefensive.com will automatically check any computer you log onto for the first time to see if it has the required software installed.

I live in Houston Texas, and need to take a driver improvement/defensive driving class to get a ticket dismissed. Unfortunately, I suffer from chronic back pain and my doctor has said it’s not good for me to sit for long periods of time. Therefore I don’t think I can take GetDefensive.com’s entire Houston Texas online defensive driving class all at once. Can I split up the times when I take it?

You bet! Your convenience is one of GetDefensive.com’s top concerns. Our Houston Texas defensive driving online class may taken either all at once or in as many parts as needed to fit your own schedule. However, you will need to complete the class by the deadline the Houston Texas court has given you for your ticket dismissed.

I have to take the Houston Texas online defensive driving course or the Houston Texas streaming defensive driving video course or the Houston Texas driver improvement course or the Houston Texas video traffic school course after I was faulted for causing an accident. When I complete this, I need to get a paper showing I did it. How do I get that?

When you have completed the Houston Texas online defensive driving course or the Houston Texas streaming defensive driving video course or the Houston Texas driver improvement course or the Houston Texas video traffic school course, GetDefensive.com will send a certificate of completion for the course will be sent to you via regular mail. Or, for an additional fee, it can be sent to you via FedEx.

I need to take your Houston Texas online defensive driving course, but my reading comprehension is very weak when I try to read large amounts of text. Is there any type of accommodation GetDefensive.com offers for those of us with reading challenges?

First of all, GetDefensive.com’s Houston Texas online defensive driving course or driver safety course is more than just reading text. Our Houston Texas online course includes interactive videos, animations/cartoons, and graphics to help illustrate concepts and break up the reading of text. However, if you prefer you may request our "read along" feature with your online course. This feature includes a recorded audio narration of the text for you to listen to while you follow along with the text online. The "read along" option is in accordance with the ADA as it allows GetDefensive.com to assist customers with reading disabilities and/or visual impairments.

Is GetDefensive.com’s online defensive driving course endorsed by the State of Houston Texas ? I need to take a defensive driving course to get a ticket wiped off my driving record but I don’t know if the local traffic court here will accept GetDefensive.com’s internet course or not.

Absolutely!  GetDefensive.com's defensive driving online course is 100% certified in the State of Houston Texas for ticket dismissal.

I just got a ticket and I would like to get it dismissed. However, I took the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas defensive driving course a little less than a year ago to have a prior ticket dismissed. Am I eligible to take GetDefensive.com Houston Texas defensive driving course/safe driving course again so I can have this new ticket taken off my driving record?

Under Houston Texas law, you are only eligible to have one (1) ticket dismissed by taking a Houston Texas defensive driving course every twelve (12) months. If you have already taken a Houston Texas defensive driving course during the past twelve (12) months, you would not be eligible at this time to take the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas defensive driving online course to get another ticket dismissed at this time.

Are the course quizzes only for practice or do they count towards the overall course score?

Practice only. The quizzes are designed to help get you ready for the final exam you will take at the end of the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas online defensive driving/insurance reduction/driver safety course. Your performance on the quizzes will have no impact on your final score for the course.

I'm busy almost every weekend, so could I opt to take the Houston Texas defensive driving course online over taking the Houston Texas defensive driving classroom course?

Absolutely! Why spend part of your weekend sitting through a classroom seminar? GetDefensive.com offers the entire Houston Texas defensive driving course online, which you can take on any computer with internet access any time you want.

Does Houston Texas restrict the number of tickets I can have thrown out by taking GetDefensive.com’s Houston Texas online defensive driving class or online ticket dismissal class?
Yes.  The State of Houston Texas only allows one (1) ticket dismissal during a 12-month period.  If you are eligible for a ticket dismissal at this time, you may take the GetDefensive.com Houston Texas online defensive driving class or online ticket dismissal class to have a single ticket taken off your record, but you will not be able to have more than one ticket thrown out.  If you have taken a defensive driving class within the past year or are uncertain if you are currently eligible for a ticket dismissal, we suggest you either order a copy of your Texas Driver Record or ask the Houston Texas court if you are qualified to take a defensive driving class at this time.
Will you need a copy of my driver's license for identity verification purposes when I take GetDefensive.com's Houston Texas defensive driving course online?

There are two (2) ways that GetDefensive.com can confirm your identity when you take the Houston Texas online defensive driving course: One is by retrieving questions from your driver record on file with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) as well as from your vehicle registration information on file with the Texas Department of Transportation (DOT).

If you do not have both a driver record and a registered vehicle on file with the State of Texas, you will need to provide a signed and notarized Statement of Assurance and you will be asked personal questions throughout your taking of the course.

Online defensive driving and online traffic school courses also offered in these counties:

Anderson County Gillespie County Moore County
Andrews County Glasscock County Morris County
Angelina County Goliad County Motley County
Aransas County Gonzales County Municipal Judge City of Clyde County
Archer County Gray County Nacogdoches County
Armstrong County Grayson County Navarro County
Atascosa County Gregg County Newton County
Austin County Grimes County Nolan County
Bailey County Guadalupe County Nueces County
Bandera County Hale County Ochiltree County
Bastrop County Hall County Oldham County
Baylor County Hamilton County Orange County
Bee County Hansford County Palo Pinto County
Bell County Hardeman County Panola County
Bexar County Hardin County Parker County
Blanco County Harris County Parmer County
Borden County Harrison County Pecos County
Bosque County Hartley County Polk County
Bowie County Haskell County Potter County
Brazoria County Hays County Presidio County
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Brewster County Henderson County Randall County
Briscoe County Hidalgo County Reagan County
Brooks County Hill County Real County
Brown County Hockley County Red River County
Burleson County Hood County Reeves County
Burnet County Hopkins County Refugio County
Caldwell County Houston County Roberts County
Calhoun County Howard County Robertson County
Callahan County Hudspeth County Rockwall County
Cameron County Hunt County Runnels County
Camp County Hutchinson County Rusk County
Carson County Irion County Sabine County
Cass County Jack County San Augustine County
Castro County Jackson County San Jacinto County
Chambers County Jasper County San Patricio County
Cherokee County Jeff Davis County San Saba County
Childress County Jefferson County Schleicher County
Clay County Jim Hogg County Scurry County
Cochran County Jim Wells County Shackelford County
Coke County Johnson County Shelby County
Coleman County Jones County Sherman County
Collin County Karnes County Smith County
Collingsworth County Kaufman County Somervell County
Colorado County Kendall County Starr County
Comal County Kenedy County Stephens County
Comanche County Kent County Sterling County
Concho County Kerr County Stonewall County
Cooke County Kimble County Sutton County
Coryell County King County Swisher County
Cottle County Kinney County Tarrant County
Crane County Kleberg County Taylor County
Crockett County Knox County Terrell County
Crosby County La Salle County Terry County
Culberson County Lamar County Throckmorton County
Dallam County Lamb County Titus County
Dallas County Lampasas County Tom Green County
Dawson County Lavaca County Travis County
De Witt County Lee County Trinity County
Deaf Smith County Leon County Tyler County
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Denton County Limestone County Upton County
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Ector County Lynn County Waller County
Edwards County Madison County Ward County
El Paso County Marion County Washington County
Ellis County Martin County Webb County
Erath County Mason County Wharton County
Falls County Matagorda County Wheeler County
Fannin County Maverick County Wichita County
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Fisher County McLennan County Willacy County
Floyd County McMullen County Williamson County
Foard County Medina County Wilson County
Fort Bend County Menard County Winkler County
Franklin County Midland County Wise County
Freestone County Milam County Wood County
Frio County Mills County Yoakum County
Gaines County Mitchell County Young County
Galveston County Montague County Zapata County
Garza County Montgomery County Zavala County

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