| A new law going into effect Sept. 1st 2005 will likely | | | | Defensive Driving Online Course( Some lawmakers |
| increase the require for defensive driving online( | | | | were concerned about teens, particularly those who |
| classes as well as onsite courses and defensive | | | | were instructed to drive by their parents versus tX |
| driving video rentings and will grow the number of road | | | | licensed instructors. To handle this concern, they |
| tests doled out by the Lone Star State Dept. of Public | | | | amended the road line 2 text requirement for those |
| Safety. | | | | under 18. |
| Starting 9/1/2005, a drivers safety course will be | | | | Prior to 1-Sep-05, there were two divisions that touch |
| involved for every operators under age twenty-five | | | | on to deferred adjudication of infringements. This only |
| that obtain a ticket for a moving violation such as | | | | means that if a driver pleaded "no contest" to the |
| speeding if they want to keep it off their record. This | | | | traffic segments & then did not break any extra traffic |
| isn't new in that many metropolises and parishes | | | | laws for a period of time set by the court, the ticket |
| already have this requirement. However, many judges | | | | would be wiped off from the driver's record. One |
| in these counties dismiss the class requirement typically | | | | division of the law specifically addresses traffic covers |
| in exchange for probationary period of time in which, if | | | | indicating that a traffic violator must take an online |
| the driver stays clean of any another Fines, the original | | | | defensive driving course( or attend an alternative |
| ticket is disregarded. Typically this understanding | | | | defensive driving school or class in order to have a |
| typically also carries a fee to the municipality in addition | | | | violation removed from their record. Misdemeanors are |
| to the probationary period of time. | | | | covered in the other section of law allowing judges to |
| Authored by Dallas Republican John Carona and | | | | define the standard to be reached for "deferred |
| delivered as Senate Bill 1005, this new law is even | | | | adjudication". Deferred adjudication means: the driver is |
| more rigorous for those under eighteen. Automobile | | | | placed on probation for a length of time & if driver |
| operators through the age of Seventeen will be | | | | stays violation free during this period, the original traffic |
| needed to take a road end line text with the Texas | | | | fine is erased from their record. Deferred adjudication, |
| Department of Public Safety in addition to the fine and | | | | in addition to the probationary period, usually incurs a |
| probation if they want to keep their records clean. | | | | fine to the district in which the ticket occurred. In many |
| Those with a great deal of personal experience with | | | | jurisdictions, this second section of the lay has allowed |
| encountering citations will not be delighted with this law | | | | violation to simply fine motor vehicle operators as long |
| as it ends a loophole. Before this law judges were | | | | as they didn't get an additional citation for some time |
| allowed to exempt drivers under the age of | | | | period of time like 6 months. |
| twenty-five who received a traffic ticket from a | | | | |