Defensive Driving - What Are The Choices?
At some point in our driving years I suspect most all of us have
to take defensive driving, whether to get rid of a ticket or
maybe to just lower our insurance. For many years you only had
one option, traffic school. But times and the options have
changed.
Traffic school used to consist of getting up early on a Saturday
morning or spending two nights during the week sitting in a
classroom, listening to a instructor speak in a monotone voice
and watching old 16mm films with 1950's cars and actors
explaining the right and wrong way to drive a car. Although that
option is probably available if you look for it, these days
defensive driving class has gone high tech.
So what are the choices?
* - Traffic school with a twist: Some of the options you can
choose from if you're looking for an in-class experience is
humorous traffic school, traffic school with a meal, juggling
and magic defensive driving classes.
* - Online defensive driving: Yes the power of the Internet has
fueled the growth of online defensive driving. Taking the course
online can have its drawbacks, especially if you don't have
broadband access.
* - DVD or VHS defensive driving: You can rent these at your
local video store and now at least one school, is offering
customers the ability to order the course online, have it
delivered to their door and then keep the dvd or vhs. That's
right, no returns so of course that means no late fees.
So what's right for you? Well, this article can't answer that
question but you can. You need to consider your schedule, how
quickly your court date is coming, how important taking a class
alone or with people is to you and maybe even what it takes to
keep your head into it.
With these additional choices, taking defensive driving class
should no longer be as big of an inconvenience since with two of
the choices you can take them around your schedule and even in
your underwear if you want.