Generally, if you receive a moving violation, and don't take the option, or do not have the option to take a defensive driving course like Fast and Stress Free Traffic School's defensive driving online course, there may be some type of consequences by your insurance carrier.  If it was your first ticket, you might not see any change in your rates, but your first ticket can affect your rates more than subsequent tickets.  Generally speaking, in most states, the courts will allow you to take a defensive driving course for your first ticket.  But, once you take a defensive driving course you must wait an allotted time period of that state in order to have the privilege to take another defensive driving course.  Any tickets received within that time period will most assuredly increase your insurance premium.

Different companies have different practices when it comes to raising premiums. Some companies will consider the severity of your violation and raise your rates accordingly; others will raise rates a specific amount per violation.   Generally speaking, however, all most all insurance companies allow for a defensive driving course to be taken in order to save you from rising premiums.   Some states do not allow an insurance carrier to raise premiums for moving violation, but instead, the company takes away any discounts afforded the policy holder, which in affect, does raise your rate.

It's hard to say across the board that your insurance will go up X amount per year if you have a ticket.  Instead, let's look at an example:

If you have a clean driving record most Texas companies offer a discount. That discount is typically a 25% savings ($233). So, using these averages a driver with a clean driving record is paying $699 a year for car insurance.

One speeding ticket would remove that discount and typically increase the base rate by 2%. That is a $251 increase per year, or $753 increase over 3 years (companies usually surcharge for 3 years) without taking a defensive driving course online.

Because of so many factors, it is easier to simply take a Defensive Driving Class online and then change your violation information to see the difference in premiums.  In most states, by taking a defensive driving course (and we recommend taking the defensive driving course online in order to complete the course on your own schedule),  it drops your points at the DMV level and those points are never reported to your insurance carrier.  If the points are not cleared at the DMV level via a defensive driving course taken, then your insurance carrier with run a report on you and see that you have moving violation point(s) resulting in some type of increase.

Defensive driving courses are not typically designed to help with insurance costs, a defensive driving course is actually designed as a substitute for punishment by the court system, but they are sometimes an added benefit. Here are the benefits of taking a defensive driving course:

No points will be assessed against your driver's license. Attending a defensive driving course to satisfy the violation can be entered on your driver history record as an "adjudication withheld."

The civil penalty you must pay may be reduced in some cases.

Some insurance companies offer an additional discount for persons taking a Defensive Driving Course even if they did not get a ticket.  You can check with your insurance carrier and Fast and Stress Free Traffic School's Traffic Safety Course in fact does comply with those state regulations as well.

The state of Texas mandates that all defensive driving courses are a timed 6 hour course.  Fast and Stress Free Traffic School is unlike any other online defensive driving course providers in that we offer videos and interviews with police officers, EMTs and others, throughout the course making it entertaining as well as informative. All online courses have to cover the same information in the same amount of time - so why not be entertained while you learn?

Fast and Stress Free Traffic School also is proud to say we offer the lowest price allowed by law in the State of Texas for our defensive driving course at only $25.00.

We encourage you to sign up today by going to www.fastandstressfreetrafficschool.com and click on the register button.  As a side note - once you register, you can go in and out of the course as often as you like.  When you wish to return to the course, simply go to www.fastandstressfreetrafficschool.com and put your email address and driver's license information you registered with in the "Re-enter Course" section and you'll be taken right back to where you last left off.

This course is fun, inexpensive, and convenient and Texas court approved.  We look forward to having the opportunity to serve you.

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