Idaho Approved
Online Defensive Driving

Yes. Our Idaho Defensive Driving course is certified and approved by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). You may check a list of all approved schools in Idaho by visiting the ITD website, select the "Driver's License / ID Card" tab, and scrolling down to the Defensive Driving section of the page to see the Defensive Driving Schools listing.

In Idaho, the Defensive Driving Course is also known by the following names:

• Driver Improvement Class
• Accident Prevention Course
• Traffic Safety Education Course

These names are sometimes used interchangeably but are all the same course. Completing any of these courses will help a driver reduce the points on your driving record.

There are three common reasons to take the Idaho Defensive Driving course:

1. You were convicted of a traffic violation and want to remove up to three points from your driving record.
2. A police officer offered you the Traffic Safety Education Course at the time of your traffic stop. Not all cities will opt to allow traffic school, and it's at the officer's discretion.
3. A traffic court judge may give you the option of a defensive driving course to dismiss your violation or as part of other court requirements.

You are only eligible if you have not taken an Idaho Defensive Driving Course or Traffic Safety Education Course in the past three years. Eligibility is based on the date when you completed your last course.

Also, if you have a commercial license, you are NOT eligible for a defensive driving course, regardless of whether you got the ticket in a commercial vehicle.

IMPORTANT:

• An Idaho Defensive Driving course will not remove any convictions from your driver's license record. It only reduces points.
• Once a license suspension has begun, the suspension will not be waived by attending a defensive driving course.
• Completing this course cannot be used as credit toward future points if there are no points on the driver's record.

Highway Traffic School uses state-of-the-art security technology to secure your personal and credit card information! Whenever you submit personal information on our website, it is encrypted via "Hypertext Transfer Protocol" (HTTP) with "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL) as it travels to and from our servers. In addition, we do not store your credit card information or share your personal information with anybody.

Your information is only used to generate your certificate of completion for the Idaho Transportation Department.

The Idaho Transportation Department allows a driver to attend a Defensive Driving or Traffic Safety Education course once every three years, based on the date you completed your last course. These courses are the same, just known by different names.

The Defensive Driving course will take approximately 6 hours to complete. Idaho state law requires all Defensive Driving courses to have 6 hours of instruction, regardless of the number of units or chapters.

But Highway Traffic School has designed the course so you can start and stop as often as you like. There are no limits on how many times you can log in and out. Our system will remember where you left off, so you can take the course at your own pace. There is no need to complete the course all at once unless you want to.

And you can enjoy taking our course on any internet-ready device from your computer, laptop, or smartphone.

Yes. The final exam is an open-book test. You will have 1 hour to complete the exam, but most students finish within 10 to 15 minutes.

Most students pass the final exam the first time. The exam consists of 20 questions, and a passing score is 80%. But, if you don't pass the final exam the first time, you can retake the final exam as many times as you need without paying additional fees for more attempts. So, you can take our course without worry or stress – you'll have unlimited attempts to pass the exam. And you can always review the course material during the exam.

Your Certificate of Completion is generated automatically by our system when you complete your course. It is available immediately to download FREE for your records. We will submit your certificate of completion to the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) for credit. Please allow 1-2 weeks for the ITD to process the completion and apply the credit to your driving record. Please note that the ITD will not contact you or us once the points have been reduced on your driving record. You must follow up with the ITD to ensure the points have been reduced.

No. If you are taking the course because it was offered to you by a police officer at the time of the traffic stop or you have received permission to attend from a court, you must print your certificate of completion and show the court for credit.

You can download, print, or save a copy of your certificate of completion directly from our website for no additional charge, and it is available immediately once you pass the final exam.

If you need a certified copy of your certificate of completion, you can purchase one from your course history page.