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