After recently receiving a speeding ticket I thought I would post my experiences with the process so that it may help one other person with this rip off. I live in Tallahassee Florida. I was out on a Sunday afternoon driving on a 4 lane divided road going 50 Mph. The posted limit is 35 however. Nobody goes 35. Most travel at about 45 and I just happened to get caught by a police officer sitting in a parking lot with a radar gun. She was kind enough to write me a basic speeding ticket and not 15 over.
Ok they tell you that you can take the driving course online and not get any points on your record. Let me explain the whole experience. Your name is now listed on public record. So you will receive several offers in the mail. One if is for Lowestpricetrafficeschool.com They are an official school they also say they will reduce your ticket. Well its a complete rip off and some fat cat who made a deal with the state government is getting rich. They charge you $39 or so to take the 4 hour online test. They do reduce your ticket by $3. So generous! However then they turn around and charge you $2.50 for paying via the internet. Gee thanks guys!!!
The test is on a timer. So if you are a fast reader then you will have to wait until the time is done for each section. The website is nice because you can log in and out as many times as you need. I did get caught stepping away from the computer and it logged me off and made me answer a security questions to get back in. The site will ask you a security question with every chapter, if you do not answer the question within 2 minutes the site will kick you off. This was a bit annoying. Anyway the material takes 4 hours and then they give you 1 hour to take the final test. Its an open
Ok you have 30 days to pay your ticket. You can pay it online. After you pay your ticket you have up to 60 days to take the drivers course. Well I did not know the procedure at the time so I rushed to take the test and paid and extra $9 to have them email me the test certificate all before the 30 day expiration on the ticket. Don't do this, just pay the ticket and then take the test and they will mail it to you for free in two weeks. Then you have to fax it in to the county office. Done.