Texas
Court approval comes first. Then any TDLR-licensed provider's 6-hour course can be used. 117 current licenses show an online course in TDLR data.
Open the Texas guideGot a traffic ticket? Check the rules and the state-approved course list before you pay.
Plain-English guides to ticket-dismissal and point-reduction courses (defensive driving, traffic school, driver improvement), built from official state lists. Each page shows its sources and the date we checked them.
Florida
Elect BDI with the clerk within 30 days. All 53 FLHSMV-approved providers, including which ones are limited to certain counties.
Open the Florida guideCalifornia
Court approval and court fees come first. An 18-month rule applies. Use DMV's licensed traffic violator school lookup; we could not copy a complete official roster on November 14, 2026.
Open the California guideCompare national brands
Aceable, I Drive Safely, Improv, and more, checked against the Texas and Florida official approval lists.
See the comparisonThree checks before you buy any course
- Are you eligible? The court or clerk decides. Texas and Florida generally exclude commercial license holders; California has a different commercial-license rule (and an 18-month limit). Every state we cover limits how often you can use a course.
- Is the provider approved where your ticket was written? Use the official list, not an ad. In Florida, some providers are approved for only certain counties. In California, use DMV's licensed traffic violator school lookup.
- What's your deadline? Florida requires the election within 30 days of the citation; Texas and California courts set their own completion dates (one Texas court we checked allows 90 days).
How we build these pages
Provider names, license numbers, phones, and websites come from state agency data when the agency publishes a copyable list (TDLR and FLHSMV). California rules come from the Vehicle Code, California Rules of Court, California Courts self-help, and DMV pages, which we link; DMV's school list is an interactive lookup, and we do not invent a roster when we cannot copy one. We do not publish prices, reviews, or rankings we can't source. Read the methodology.