How do I Take a Remedial Driving Course Online?

If you need to take a remedial driving course (sometimes called a defensive driving course), it can be a major hassle to take the time out of your schedule to drive to and from classes. However, there's good news: Some states permit you to take remedial driving courses online. You can take the course you need without ever leaving the comfort of your own home.

  • Find the company that you want to use for your online remedial driving course. A simple Internet search for "defensive driving course online" or "remedial driving course" will give you several options to choose from.

  • Sign up for the course through the website of your choice by selecting your state, filling in your personal information, providing payment information and formulating login information.

  • Log in to your online remedial driving course using the login that you created during the course purchase process.

  • Depending on the course, you will most likely work through a collection of text and video to complete your course, taking the material at your own pace. Most online remedial driving courses will last between 6 and 8 hours, and you may take up to 90 days to complete them.

  • Depending on your state regulations, when you have completed the course, the company that provided your online course will mail the certificate to either you or a relevant authority (i.e., a civil court if a judge mandated you take the course).