Once every five years, the longest wait in our coverage, attached to the biggest prize.
Georgia's deal under OCGA 40-5-86 is straightforward: complete an approved driver improvement course, apply to DDS, and up to 7 points come off your record. Seven points is more than most single violations put on, which is why Georgia guards it with a five-year interval where most states run one to three. Use it casually on a minor ticket and it's gone until the next presidential election cycle plus one.
So the Georgia question is always allocation. A 2-point ticket on an otherwise clean record barely dents you; Georgia suspends at 15 points in 24 months, and two points age off on their own. Spending the once-per-five-years reduction there is like using a fire extinguisher on a candle. The reduction earns its keep for drivers whose totals are genuinely climbing toward trouble, and for them it's the strongest single move any state offers.
Two things run outside the 5-year clock. Courts can order or accept a course as part of resolving a specific case as often as cases arise, including the fine reductions of up to 20% and zero-point orders Georgia courts can attach; those are per-case tools, not the DDS reduction, and using one doesn't spend your reduction. And under-21 drivers ordered to a course for certain offenses are in a mandatory lane with its own rules.
One process note that catches people: the reduction isn't automatic on course completion. You apply to DDS with your certificate. Finish the course and skip the application and your record doesn't move.
Pricing sits on our cost page, roughly $20 to $95 depending on school, and every approved online course we track is compared on the Georgia page.