Drivers Under 25 in The Lone Star State Face a Rougher Time Sacking Traffic Fines

By Joe Gerstl

A new law going into effect 9/1/2005 will likely grow the demand for defensive driving online(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) classes in addition to onsite courses and defensive driving video rentals and will grow the number of road tests doled out by the Lone Star State DPS.

Commencing September 1st, a drivers safety course will be compulsory for 100% motor vehicle operators under age twenty-five that receive a ticket for a moving ticket such as speeding if they want to keep it off their record. This isn't new in that many cities and regions already have this requirement. However, many judges in these counties dismiss the class requirement typically in substitution for probationary time period in which, if the driver stays clean of any another Violations, the original ticket is brushed aside. By and large this agreement usually also requires a fee to the municipality in addition to the probationary time period.

Authored by Dallas Republican John Carona & posed as Senate Bill 1005, this new law is even more nonindulgent for those under eighteen. Automobile operators through the age of 17 will be involved to take a road line 2 text with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety in addition to the fine and probation if they want to keep their records clean.

Those with a lot of personal experience with encountering tickets will not be happy with this law as it shuts a loophole. Ahead of this law judges were allowed to exempt drivers under the age of twenty-five who received a traffic violation from a Defensive Driving Class(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com). Some lawgivers were concerned about teens, particularly those who were instructed to drive by their parents versus texas endorsed teachers. To address this concern, they amended the road line 3 text requirement for those under eighteen.

Before Sept. 1st 2005, there were two segments that pertain to deferred adjudication of infractions. This merely means that if a driver pleaded "no contest" to the traffic divisions & then did not go against any extra traffic laws for a time set by the court, the citation would be erased from the driver's criminal record. One subdivision of the law specifically treats traffic addresses indicating that a traffic violator must take an online defensive driving course(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) or attend an guide defensive driving school or class in order to have a citation removed from their record. Misdemeanors are covered in the other section of law allowing judges to define the standard to be reached for "deferred adjudication". Deferred adjudication means: the driver is placed on probation for a length of time & if driver stays ticket free during this period, the original traffic violation is erased from their record. Deferred adjudication, in addition to the probationary period, usually incurs a fine to the district in which the violation occurred. In many jurisdictions, this second section of the lay has allowed violation to simply fine drivers as long as they didn't get another citation for some period of time of time like 6 months.

For drivers under the age of twenty-five, Texas law SB 1005 eliminates that flexibility and in fact requires those who receive traffic citations and are under 25 to a take defensive driving online(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) or in classroom setting.

The Texas Department of Public Safety indicated that an figured 21,000 teens will take the road end line text each year. All state driver's license offices are gearing up to have officers available to conduct more of these tests. DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said that these offices already conduct road tests now however as this road test has not been required to obtain a driver's license for more than 10 years, most teens don't take it so more officers will need to be available at each Dept. of Public Safety faciltiy. Those that do are usually at the request of their parents. Fortunately for the usually cash strapped young motor vehicle operators, the road exam will only tack on another $10 to their already costly traffic citation experience.

This new law will likely improve the demand for defensive driving online(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) classes as well as onsite courses and defensive driving(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) video rentals.

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Cindy Cashman operates Official Defensive Driving and provides online defensive driving courses. Save the time, money and hassle of attending defensive driving classes. Go to http://www.OfficialDefensiveDriving.comto sign up for an online defensive driving course.


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