Take Action Safely: Pay or Dismiss Your Ticket

Allowed to attend a defensive driving course once per year at court discretion to dismiss a minor speeding citation.

A defensive driving course can reduce up to 2 points from your active record once every 12 months.

Defensive Driving School is eligible once every 12 months for ticket dismissal, meaning no points and no fine. Must complete 7 days prior to court date.

Allowed at the judge's discretion for minor infractions. Successful completion prevents points from appearing on public records.

Eligible once every 18 months if the speed was not over 100 mph, and you hold a standard non-commercial license. Must pay court administrative fee.

Points may be reduced if traffic school is offered by the court as part of a plea agreement.

The Operator Retraining Program is required for repeat offenders under 24, or those with multiple violations, to avoid suspension.

Completing a certified defensive driving course provides a 3-point credit on your record and a 10% auto insurance discount.

Basic Driver Improvement (BDI) course can be elected once every 12 months (max 5 times in a lifetime) to dismiss points and secure an insurance discount.

Completing a certified defensive driving course once every 5 years reduces up to 7 points from your record and may dismiss the ticket.

Allowed at the judge's discretion for first-time or minor offenses. Successful completion keeps the ticket off your public record.

Completing a state-approved point reduction course removes 3 points from your record once every 3 years.

Eligible for Court Supervision once every 12 months (max 3 times) to keep the ticket off your public record. Must pay court cost and complete a safety course.

Completing a Driver Safety Program (DSP) removes 4 points from your record. Eligible once every 3 years.

Driver Improvement Program may be offered in lieu of suspension for drivers facing habitual violator status.

Individual municipal courts may allow defensive driving course once every 12 months for ticket dismissal.

State Traffic School is available once every 12 months to dismiss points on minor speeding tickets.

Defensive driving is permitted for ticket dismissal at the discretion of the parish court once every 2 years.

Completing a Driver Dynamics course provides a 3-point reduction on your record once every 12 months.

Required to complete a Driver Improvement Program (DIP) if ordered by the MVA following a speeding ticket.

Must complete a Driver Retraining Course if you accumulate 3 surchargeable events within 2 years to prevent suspension.

Basic Driver Improvement Course (BDIC) can keep points off your record. Eligible once in a lifetime if speed was under 15 mph over limit.

Minnesota does not have a statewide point-reduction traffic school, but court-ordered diversion programs exist in limited districts.

Defensive driving school once every 3 years is allowed to dismiss points and keep ticket off the public record.

Driver Improvement Program (DIP) can be completed once every 36 months to prevent points from hitting your record.

Points may be reduced or dismissed if traffic school is permitted by the local judge on a case-by-case basis.

Completing a defensive driving course once every 5 years reduces up to 3 points from your record.

Completing a defensive driving course removes 3 points from your record. Eligible once per year.

Completing a driver improvement course once every 3 years awards a 3-point reduction on your record.

Defensive driving course once every 5 years awards a 2-point reduction; Driver Improvement Program awards a 3-point reduction.

Defensive driving course once per year can keep minor violations and points off your public record.

Point and Insurance Reduction Program (PIRP) reduces up to 4 points from your record and guarantees a 10% discount on liability insurance. Eligible once every 18 months.

A defensive driving course (95-mile/8-hour course) may be accepted by the district attorney to reduce the charge or points. Eligible once every 3 years.

Completing a defensive driving course reduces 3 points from your record. Eligible once every 12 months.

Remedial driving course once every 3 years provides a 2-point credit on your record (max 5 times in a lifetime).

Completing a defensive driving course removes 2 points from your record. Eligible once every 24 months.

A court diversion program (traffic school) is available for first-time offenders to dismiss the ticket. Eligible once every 3 years.

Pennsylvania does not offer a standard point reduction course. Points decrease by 3 points for every 12 consecutive months of clean driving.

Under the 'Good Driving Record' statute, you can request dismissal of a minor citation if you have had a clean record for 3 years.

Completing a defensive driving course removes 4 points from your record once every 3 years.

Completing a defensive driving course can reduce up to 3 points from your record at the court's discretion.

A defensive driving course once every 12 months can dismiss a minor ticket, preventing points and keeping it off the public record.

Defensive driving course can dismiss one ticket every 12 months, preventing points from hitting the record. Must request before the court date.

Completing a defensive driving course removes 50 points from your record. Eligible once every 3 years.

Vermont does not have a formal statewide point reduction traffic school program.

A defensive driving course once every 24 months provides a 5-point positive credit on your record. Court may order it to dismiss the charge.

A driver can request a single ticket deferral once every 7 years. Completing a safety course dismisses the ticket from public records.

Completing a defensive driving course removes 3 points from your record. Eligible once every 12 months.

Completing a Traffic Safety School course reduces up to 3 points from your record. Eligible once every 12 months.

Defensive driving course may be permitted by the court to dismiss points or tickets at the judge's discretion.