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Can You Take Florida Traffic School Online?

Ticket in Florida, license from another state?

This page is written for drivers who hold a Florida license. If you got the ticket in Floridabut your license is from another state, different rules decide what reaches your home state's record and whether a course helps.

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Key Facts

Online accepted
Yes, statewide, for FLHSMV-approved Basic Driver Improvement courses
The deadline that governs everything
Elect the course with the clerk within 30 days of the citation
Not eligible at any format
CDL holders; citations for 30+ mph over the limit

Last verified August 2026

Yes. Florida approves online Basic Driver Improvement courses at the state level, through FLHSMV, so an approved online course counts in every county; there's no court-by-court lottery on format.

What Florida rations instead is time and turns. The election, telling the clerk you are taking the course, must happen within 30 days of the citation, and blowing that deadline closes the option no matter how eligible the course is. Each election also spends one of your once-per-12-months, eight-per-lifetime allotment (s. 318.14(9), as amended 2025), which is worth checking on your driving record before you commit a marginal ticket to it.

The exclusions run at any format: commercial license holders can't elect, and a citation for 30 mph or more over the limit is ineligible outright.

One practical note on picking a school: FLHSMV approval is the only credential that matters. Florida's course market is crowded with lookalike sites, and the approved-provider status is what makes the certificate real. Every online BDI course we compare on the Florida page carries it, and the full price stack, including the state assessment fees behind Florida's famously low sticker prices, is on our cost page.

Sources

Fla. Stat. §318.14(9), FLHSMV Basic Driver Improvement course approval. Last verified September 2026.

Last verified August 2026