Online driving classes for ticket dismissal

[SW_shooter]

So yesterday I spent over 8 hours online doing an online driving class to dismiss a ticket for a rolling stop at a stop sign in a quiet neighborhood.

Of course the intent is to just do it and get it over with and send in the certificate for the dismissal. But what made me laugh was a question at the end when the online company had a survey about the class. Question: Y/N Did you learn anything about driving safer? Really? At first I answered no, then I changed it to yes just in case they actually care. Of course I didn't learn anything, it was a joke.

Since these and other "comedy" clubs provide classes to dismiss tickets and they are predicated on humor and making it fun or easier to get through the class, are they really doing any good when it comes to "learning" or changing bad habits? Is the hidden agenda to just punish the offender by making them waste a full day? You have to listen to the bleeping thing in order to answer a couple questions after each unit. You can't rush through it as it has a timer that only allows you to go so fast and then you have to take at least an hour of "break time" or be signed out for that hour.

And....you aren't supposed to take it for someone else or you could be fined and sent to jail. Uhhmmm how do they really check for that since there is no visual check of an ID? Sure they ask "personal" questions but they're all from information you make available when you sign in and from the ticket. So as long as you have that you could theoretically take it for anyone...............................theoretically.

[GKC]

Over the years, I've done a couple of classes (the ones where you meet at a restaurant and spend all day) and then I've done a couple of internet classes. Both are "jokes" when it comes to really measuring what you learn...in the classes at the restaurant, no one failed because the instructor taught what you needed to know to pass the test. The emphasis was not on learning...only on passing. I can't say if anyone ever fails the internet classes, but I can't see how they could.

I can say that I did learn a few things, as laws have changed over the years, or I was reminded of things I had forgotten, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. I've learned a better system now, though...I try to stay within the speed limit.

[Jyezahn]

Originally Posted by SW_shooter

So as long as you have that you could theoretically take it for anyone...............................theoretically.

So, you're offering your services?

[Alpo]

Originally Posted by GKC

Over the years, I've done a couple of classes (the ones where you meet at a restaurant and spend all day) and then I've done a couple of internet classes. Both are "jokes" when it comes to really measuring what you learn...in the classes at the restaurant, no one failed because the instructor taught what you needed to know to pass the test. The emphasis was not on learning...only on passing. I can't say if anyone ever fails the internet classes, but I can't see how they could.

I can say that I did learn a few things, as laws have changed over the years, or I was reminded of things I had forgotten, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. I've learned a better system now, though...I try to stay within the speed limit.

That' it. I don't run redlights or stop-signs, and don't speed, and you know what? I ain't had a a ticket in nigh onto 30 years.

[swampersand]

You don't want to get old either, insurance companies frequently will give discounts if you take the course when over some advanced age. The tests are worse than a root canal without novacaine! For example, did you know that the more miles you drive the more likely you are to have an accident? When you pass a truck do it a quickly as possible but DON'T exceed the speed limit! The highest speed head on collision for which air bags are known to have been effective is 65 MPH, not that's a good thing to keep in mind when you're diriving definsively.

These courses don't suggest that you see how many cars and trucks are lined up behind you and if it's more than a dozen or so get the h--- off the road!!!!