Bay Traffic School
Bay County Driving School
If you're a resident of Callaway, Mexico Beach, Panama City, or Panama City Beach, have a Florida Driver's
license, or you received a traffic ticket in Florida, then traffic school may be for you! By electing traffic school you may
be able to avoid points on your driver's license, and maintain your clean driving record.
If
you are interested in electing traffic school, within 30 days of receiving your citation, you must pay the fine, and
fill out this Affidavit For Traffic School Form, and file it with the Clerk's Office. You will be granted an extra fifty (50) days from the date you signed the affidavit
to sign up, complete and provide proof of completion to the Clerk's Office.
Failure to provide proof of completion
of the driving school will result in the suspension of your driver's license. You will then be required to pay additional
fines and fees and points will be assessed against your license. Even though you did not provide proof of completion of the
class. Your election will count as one of your 5 allowable elections in a lifetime.
There are 29 Driver School
Course Providers in Florida. Traffic schools are listed in your local telephone directory under "driving instruction"
or "traffic schools. To find online you can click here for a list of approved Florida DMV approved traffic schools. The cost of traffic school is around $22 to $44.
Bay County Traffic School Benefits
1. Your insurance rates cannot go up
and your policy cannot be canceled unless you are at fault in a crash.
F.S. 626.9541(1)(o)12;
318.14(9) and(10)
2. Points may not be added to your driver's license record, adjudication
of guilt is withheld, safe driver status is maintained if applicable.
F.S. 318.14(9); s .322.27;
318.18(3)
3. Available at home (Internet or Video/DVD) or in the Classroom
4. If you caused a crash that required someone, including yourself, to be transported to a medical facility, the
election would satisfy the statutory requirement to attend a Traffic Collision Avoidance Course.
F.S.
322.0261
