online traffic school
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Online traffic school (or Internet traffic school) refers to a traffic school course that is completed over the Internet. These courses are similar in content to a traditional classroom traffic school course; however, online / internet traffic school allows the student to complete the course on his own time and at his own pace. Internet traffic school programs were born out of the concept of “home-study” traffic school and the increasing popularity of the Internet for varied testing environments.
The main purpose of taking a traffic school course is to maintain a clean driving record, and preventing a negative point being added to your driving record. As a result, these points on your DMV record adversely affect vehicle insurance premiums, job opportunities and possible driver's license loss or suspension. The firs
t "online traffic school" was approved in California in 1996.
Course curriculum and environment
The length and content of an online / internet traffic school curriculum is based on the requirements of the state or court that has approved the course. Typically courses are 4–8 hours in length due to court requirements, others are dictated by word counts. California DMV is an example of a word count system.
In order to make the online delivery of the course more closely resemble that of a classroom setting, courses are created with security controls such as page timers, quizzes, security questions, videos and final exams. These not only prevent the course taker from skipping through the material too quickly, but they also force students to pay attention to the material being presented.
State and court approval
While internet traffic school are becoming increasingly available throughout the US, there is much disagreement about the requirements governing these online courses. Rules for online traffic schools and their course material vary greatly from state to state and even sometimes from county to county.
The states of Missouri[https://dor.mo.gov/mvdl/ Missouri]{{Specify|date=April 2009}} and Idaho,[https://www.itd.idaho.gov/dmv/DriverServices/ds.htm Idaho Driver's License Program]{{cite news |title=California Traffic School |url=https://www.myimprov.com/traffic-school/california/}}{{Specify|date=April 2009}} for example, have few rules governing online traffic schools. Other states, such as Texas,{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} and California,{{cite web |title=Traffic School Information |url=https://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=55,1272325&_dad=portal |accessdate=27 February 2015 |publisher=Superior Court of California}}{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv |accessdate=27 February 2015 |publisher=California Department of Motor Vehicles}} have very specific requirements that include course length, delivery, student identity verification and student participation validation. This makes the online traffic school experience very different depending on the traffic violator's location.{{cite web | url=https://approvedepasstrafficschool.com/california/california-dmv-traffic-school/ | title=California DMV Traffic School | publisher=Approved ePass Traffic School | accessdate=27 February 2015}} Florida also have specific rules governing online traffic schoolshttp://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0318/Sections/0318.14.html and offers also mandatory insurance discounts and other benefits.https://bdischool.com/benefits
There are also still many states/courts that do not approve of any Internet traffic schools. However, as acceptance of this technology becomes more mainstream, it is expected that soon, the entire United States will become eligible.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}