Virginia is a popular place to get traffic tickets these days. With state troopers patrolling the highways and local police agencies handing out tickets on the by-ways, your chances of receiving a ticket are fairly good if you don’t always follow the letter of the law.

So what do you do if you have been unlucky enough to get a Virginia speeding ticket, or if you made a “California stop” at that Virginia stop sign? If that happens, you can explain your situation to the judge, and you might even be given the option to go to a Virginia driver improvement clinic to avoid driver license points.

If you are given the choice of going to Virginia traffic school, you can attend your class at a local driver improvement clinic or sign up for an easy, convenient Virginia driver improvement online clinic.

The online Virginia defensive driving course has a number of advantages over the classroom version. First, this is an 8-hour class, and sitting through an 8-hour classroom session, whether straight through or broken up into smaller sessions, is no picnic.

Read the rest of this entry

Virginia licensed drivers can volunteer to take a Driver Improvement Clinic
once every two years. By volunteering to take the clinic, your Virginia
driving record will be awarded five safe driving points, which will deflect
five demerit points in the event of a future traffic violation. The highest
safe driving point balance you may accumulate on your driving record is five points. Read the rest of this entry

“You mean this isn’t the DMV?”

That’s a question we hear quite a bit at Driver Training Associates.  So why do people think that we’re the DMV?  It must be because we provide traffic school, driver education, and license reinstatement courses.  We’re not exactly sure why so many people assume that traffic schools and other similar programs are run by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, but hopefully this article will set the record straight on that subject. Read the rest of this entry

The Virginia State Police recently announced that they will launch the next phase of Operation Air, Land and Speed in the greater Hampton Roads area on March 12th and 13th, 2009. While the operation primarily targets speeders, it is intended to catch a wide variety of traffic violations, including reckless and aggressive drivers, impaired drivers, and people not wearing their safety belts. Read the rest of this entry