Young Drivers in The Lone Star State Face a More Difficult Time Sacking Traffic Tickets

By Joe Gerstl

A new law going into effect 1-Sep-05 will likely grow the call for for defensive driving online(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) courses in addition to onsite courses and defensive driving video rentals & will increase the total of road tests dispensed by the TX DPS.

Initiating 1-Sep-05, a drivers safety course will be required for every automobile operators under age twenty-five that encounter 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 & parishes already have this requirement. However, many judges in these counties dismiss the class requirement typically in substitution for provisional time in which, if the driver stays clean of any additional Tickets, the original ticket is brushed aside. In general this understanding commonly also packs a fee to the municipality in addition to the probationary time.

Authored by Dallas Republican John Carona & submitted as Senate Bill 1005, this new law is even more rigid for those under 18. Motor vehicle operators through the age of Seventeen will be involved to take a road trial with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety in addition to the fine and probation if they want to keep their records clean.

Those with very much of experience with getting fines will not be delighted with this law as it ends a loophole. Prior to this law judges were allowed to exempt motor vehicle operators under the age of twenty-five who received a traffic citation from a Defensive Driving Online Class(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com). Some lawmakers were caring about teens, particularly those who were taught to drive by their parents versus texas endorsed teachers. To address this concern, they amended the road trial requirement for those under eighteen.

Ahead of 9/1/2005, there were two divisions that appertain to deferred adjudication of offences. This just means that if a driver pleaded "no contest" to the traffic divisions and then did not violate any another traffic laws for a time period set by the court, the violation would be effaced from the driver's criminal record. One division of the law specifically covers traffic covers indicating that a traffic lawbreaker must take an online defensive driving course(http://www.officialdefensivedriving.com) or attend an alternative defensive driving school or class in order to have a violation 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 fine free during this period, the original traffic citation 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 citation to simply fine automobile operators as long as they didn't get additional fine for some cycle of time like 6 months.

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

The Texas DPS 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 screenings 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 both Department of Public Safety faciltiy. Those that do are usually at the request of their parents. Fortunately for the usually cash strapped young drivers, the road line 2 text 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) courses as well as onsite courses & 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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