Comments on: San Francisco Traffic Schools

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:59:30 +0000

Brad,
I went to S.F.Bay Traffic School On Irving St, and I can say this they were “cool”.
It was fun, I realized with the eleven other students whom seemed upset about their situation, that we weren’t alone in out angst.
The teacher was sharp….he knew his stuff, but fun we stayed busy the time went by quickly.
We had two teachers Tim and Ray…..one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The thing that I liked the most is when we went on a field trip and counted cars that didn’t stop at stop signs and cars who’s driver was more concerned about talking on their cells as opposed to driving…..”eye” opener.

I recommened S.F Bay….they are courteous, respectful and they don’t treat you like a common criminal

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:10:35 +0000

Was having the exact same experience with a citation from Calaveras county. Found your info very useful. Actually found a school Monday & Tuesday evenings which I needed.

Thanks for the bright posting.

Rob

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:38:27 +0000

I got a ticket in May 2007 and the Marin Court now DOES accept online schools. They have a list posted (about 10): http://www.co.marin.sa.us/depts/MC/traffic.cfm

Most are about $25

By: steve

steve — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:17:33 +0000

I am a traffic school instructor for Improv, The Comedy Club Presents traffic school in Mill Valley and Novato, as well as the rest of the Bay Area.

We always think one learns much more from a live instructor than from the web.

Steve Verret
Improv
http://www.MyImprov.com

By: Mardie

Mardie — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:01:31 +0000

2007 Update on A-Safe Way Driving School: Don’t go. I showed up, understandably depressed, starting out the new year spending 8 hours at traffic school. I was a bit confused when I arrived at the location and it appeared to have been very recently on fire. I heard a rap-tap-tap from a window on the second floor above me, and Mr. Lee escorted me over the ashes and brought me upstairs into a cold and messy classroom. The restaurant below had caught fire the day before, and he still held the class. The smell of burned building was overwhelming, and within 2 hours most of us had sore throats and burning eyes. He wouldn’t let us out for air breaks without adding time to the total class time. He told jokes I found somewhat offensive, and I’m pretty chill. Then, he agreed to mail me my certificate since I couldn’t find my paperwork that morning (totally my fault) but then he sat on it for 6 days making me late in submitting my paperwork (still somewhat my fault, but annoying nonetheless). Overall, Saturday Night Live couldn’t have done a better parody of the absolute punishment that is traffic school.

p.s. I’ve never posted a complaint about anything before now.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:29:50 +0000

CA DMV list of schools can be found here, listed by county: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/ol/ol745.pdf As to Marin, they still state on the form you get mailed that Internet traffic schools are not accepted, but as noted by Susan above, that policy has changed. You can read the details here: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/MC/main/traffic.cfm

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:31:06 +0000

The DMV does not even give you a list of schools, just an “INFORMATION SHEET” (re-stating what you already got when you received the Notice in the mail) with a URL printed on it. When you go to the DMV web-site, GOOD LUCK FINDING ANY TRAFFIC SCHOOL! You have to figure out for yourself how to search for the school listings, then you get a fourteen page Acrobat document which is all in small print and not infomative. If you try looking up traffic schools on any of the weak “yellow page” web-sites (which are always less user friendly than the book itself), you get a lot of nonsense, and you can’t even tell which listings are for a DMV-approved school.

At least this web-site gives a little bit more to go on. Even though I am in San Diego County, I appreciate the public service offered by it.

By: Marcos

Marcos — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:58:41 +0000

Thank you sir…. I also got a ticket in Marin County…the cop was way hot though, but I digress. I tried finding a comprehensive list of Bay Area schools which I could read on my old computer. I was actually looking for a gay school…and then I came across your site. Thanks for having an inclusiv listing, heck, maybe I will even get a date.

By: susan

susan — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:43:12 +0000

GREAT NEWS!!! Marin County now allows online traffic school! They have hand picked several that they feel are credible schools and yes, we are one of them. Click Here Now for Details: http://www.opentrafficschool.com/ to get a link to the Marin county traffic court for details.

From their website:

“You can find more information about traffic schools through the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ Traffic Violator School Classroom Location List (list is in PDF format) at http://www.dmv.ca.gov. You may also complete an internet traffic school of your choosing. (A partial list of internet traffic schools: trafficschoolonline.com, traffic101.com, goodbyeticket.com, abettertrafficschool.com, idrivesafely.com, removeaticket.com, trafficschooltogo.com, warpspeedhomestudy.com, gotaticket.com, simplefastfun.com, and opentrafficschool.com.)”

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:03:01 +0000

Hey Brad,

Thanks for posting all this information. I can’t believe they give you that list with those ridiculous names and only phone numbers. It almost looked like a joke. As I was reading and searching into the websites that you posted I had the feeling that A-Safe Way Driving & Traffic School was a good option, then I saw it was also your choice.

This might sound stupid for some (like my friend who is right next to me now) but I feel that I don’t want to waste 8 hours with comedians trying to make me laugh, instead I want to take advantage of the time there and see if I can learn something. It seems that Legendary Mr. Lee might have something interesting to say. Oh, this is funny: I just enrolled online and made a mistake of choosing Friday instead of Saturday, so I call thinking I would get an answer machine (it’s almost 10:00pm). Surprisingly, Mr. Lee answered the phone!! He will fix the day for me.

Well, I’ll tell you later how it went.

Thanks again,
Julia