Were you aware?
Some states offer specific ways to have traffic tickets dismissed. Unfortunately Texas is NOT one of them.
There IS however a way for you to offset the cost of the ticket by participating in a state approved defensive driving course.
Texas approves third party organizations to offer defensive driving classes to residents of the state. Fortunately these programs cost very little and are easily accessible online.
A traffic course in defensive driving can offset the cost of the ticket since you will receive a discount on your auto insurance upon completion of the course.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all programs are equal! Some contain inaccurate information, are poorly designed and tedious to complete — but others provide a significantly better user experience and added features such as audio and video.
We recommend I Drive Safely for Texas as they provide high quality and easy to understand defensive driving courses which can be completed online – at a very reasonable price.
Most if not all States provide both a general speed restriction and specific speed limits. You must obey both.
General Speed Restrictions: You must not drive at a speed either too fast or too slow than is reasonable under existing conditions. This means that factors such as traffic congestion (density) and/or weather conditions (rain/snow/sleet/fog) can reduce the specific speed limit of a posted black and white speed limit sign.
Specific Speed Restrictions: Signage is generally used to identify specific speed restrictions. Black and white speed limit signs are the law and a ticket can be issued if one exceeds this limit. Yellow and black speed limit signs are recommended maximum speed limit signs but in some situations can be exceeded due to the absence of the condition that justified the recommended speed such as school zone hours.
