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Receiving an auto insurance discount
is a little known benefit of taking defensive driving in Texas.
Most insurance providers in Texas offer a discount
on insurance premiums for a 3 year period. We recommend that you contact your insurance carrier before taking the course for insurance purposes only to find out their discount rates and proper procedures. In
addition, the State of Texas allows you to take a defensive
driving course once per year to dismiss a ticket. This allows
those customers that have taken a course for an insurance
discount to take it again if they receive a ticket on a later
date.
Are you eligible to take
Defensive Driving for an insurance discount?
Driver Safety Course Eligibility
Requirement for Insurance Discount
The only requirement is that you have not completed an approved
driver safety course within the past 36 months for the purposes
of insurance discount (taking a course for ticket dismissal does
not apply).
Taking defensive driving online
through Texas Drive Safe is the most effective,
flexible, and convenient way to quickly save money on your auto
insurance premiums. Logon
and start saving money today!
I have checked with my insurance company and would like to take the course for a discount, what should I do next?
Step-by-Step Process to Insurance
Discount:
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Click the “Sign Up” link at the
top of the TexasDriveSafe.com main screen
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Complete the registration
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Start Course
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Complete Course and Pass Exam
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Mail one copy of completion
certificate to insurance company
Simply click on the Sign In
link on the main TexasDriveSafe.com screen. This
will take you to the official registration screen. After
completing the registration, you will be able to begin the
course. You will be supplied a login ID and password that will
allow you to access your course program from anywhere you have
internet access. Since the program is self paced you may start
and stop the course however your schedule allows and it will
pick right back up where you last left off. You are able to
conveniently take the course from wherever it is most
comfortable for you, whether it is your computer at home, work,
or on a laptop. That is the beauty online defensive driving
through TexasDriveSafe.com!
After completing the course, you
will receive two certificates of completion. The first
certificate will be labeled “COURT”, which applies to those
individuals taking the course for ticket dismissal. If
you are taking the course for insurance reduction
purposes then the “COURT” copy can be discarded or retained for
your personal records. The second certificate, labeled
“INSURANCE”, is for presentation to your insurance carrier. It
is your responsibility to present this
certificate to your agent/carrier to receive the appropriate
premium discount. If you need to have your certificates rushed
to you or have any other questions regarding completion
certificates, call (863) 616-9894.
That is all there is to it!
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