The Best Online Defensive Driving Courses in Texas (2026)

Once per 12 months. You cannot use defensive driving for ticket dismissal if you have already done so within the past 12 months. Additional eligibility: the violation cannot be more than 25 mph over the posted speed limit.

Yes. TDLR-approved online defensive driving courses are accepted by all Texas county courts. Always verify your course provider is listed on the TDLR website before enrolling.

Yes — Texas uses deferred disposition. You request it from the court, plead no contest, pay a court fee, complete a 6-hour defensive driving course within 90 days, and the ticket is dismissed entirely from your public record.

Texas requires exactly 6 hours — the shortest state-mandated course length in the country. The course includes 5 hours of instruction plus 1 hour of mandatory breaks.

You do. After completing the course, you receive a certificate and must submit it — along with a copy of your Texas driving record — to the court yourself, by the deadline specified in your deferred disposition order (usually 90 days from the plea date).