Black Stig is Back

A new law going into effect 9/1/2005 will likely increase the
call for for defensive driving
online classes as well as onsite classes and defensive
driving video rentings & will grow the number of road screenings
dispensed by the State of Texas DPS.

Commencing Sept. 1 2005, a drivers safety course will be
expected for every automobile operators under age 25 that
receive a ticket for a moving violation such as speeding if they
want to keep it off their record. This isn’t new in that many
cities and county already have this requirement. However, many
judges in these counties dismiss the class requirement typically
in exchange for provisional period in which, if the driver stays
clean of any additional Tickets, the original ticket is ignored.
More often than not this agreement typically also requires a fee
to the municipality in addition to the probationary period.

Authored by Dallas Republican John Carona and introduced as
Senate Bill 1005, this new law is even severer for those under
eighteen. Automobile operators through the age of Seventeen will
be demanded to take a road line 2 text with the Texas DPS in
addition to the fine & probation if they want to keep their
records clean.

Those with a lot of personal experience with undergoing
violations will not be happy with this law as it shuts a
loophole. Ahead of this law judges were allowed to excuse
operators under the age of 25 who received a traffic ticket from
a Online
Defensive Driving. Some lawmakers were worried about teens,
especially those who were taught to drive by their parents
versus state endorsed instructors. To handle this concern, they
amended the road line 1 text requirement for those under
eighteen.

Prior to Sept. 1 2005, there were two segments that pertain to
deferred adjudication of misdemeanours. This merely means that
if a driver pleaded “no contest” to the traffic sections and
then did not break any more traffic laws for a period of time
set by the court, the ticket would be erased from the driver’s
criminal record. One section of the law specifically treats
traffic addresses indicating that a traffic lawbreaker must take
an online
defensive driving course or attend an guide defensive
driving school or class in order to have a fine removed from
their record. Misdemeanors are covered in the other section of
law allowing judges to define the standard to be reached for
“deferred adjudication”. Deferred adjudication means: the driver
is placed on probation for a length of time & if driver stays
ticket free during this period, the original traffic ticket is
erased from their record. Deferred adjudication, in addition to
the probationary period, usually incurs a fine to the district
in which the fine occurred. In many jurisdictions, this second
section of the lay has allowed fine to simply fine drivers as
long as they didn’t get additional citation for some period of
time of time like 6 months.

For automobile operators under the age of twenty-five, Texas law
SB 1005 eliminates that flexibility & in fact requires those who
receive traffic citations & are under 25 to a take defensive driving
online or in classroom setting.

The Texas DPS indicated that an figured 21,000 teens will take
the road test each year. All state driver’s license offices are
gearing up to have officers available to conduct more of these
tests. DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said that these offices
already conduct road screenings now however as this road test
has not been required to obtain a driver’s license for more than
decade, most teens don’t take it so more officers will need to
be available at each DPS faciltiy. Those that do are usually at
the request of their parents. Fortunately for the usually cash
strapped young motor vehicle operators, the road trial will only
tack on another $10 to their already costly traffic citation
experience.

This new law will likely grow the demand for defensive driving
online classes in addition to onsite classes and defensive
driving video rentals.