Louisiana Traffic Violations

If you are caught committing a traffic violation in the state of Louisiana, you will be issued a traffic ticket on behalf of the local Louisiana court with jurisdiction over the region where you committed the violation. The citation will contain instructions on how to pay your ticket by mail, including the deadline to do so, as well as a date for you to show up in the Local Louisiana court overseeing your traffic violation if you wish to challenge the ticket or attempt to have the charges reduced or dismissed.

If you do not wish to appear in court, it is important for you to pay your fine by the deadline stated on the traffic citation. If you do not, the Louisiana court handling your traffic ticket will notify the Louisiana Department of Public Safety's Office of Motor Vehicles ("OMV"), your Louisiana driving privileges will be suspended and you will have to pay both the original citation fine as well as a fine to the Louisiana OMV to reinstate your driving privileges.

Points System and Suspension of Licenses

Louisiana courts and the Louisiana OMV do not tally "points" for your Louisiana driving record. However, Louisiana does coordinate with the National Driver Register, a national organization which maintains summaries of people's driving history in all 50 states. Based on this information and your Louisiana driving history, a traffic violation may lead to suspension or revocation of your Louisiana driving privileges. The Louisiana OMV website lists several examples of traffic violations that would be grounds for suspension of your Louisiana driving privileges, including:

• Receiving multiple reckless driving citations in the same year
• Driving with a suspended license
• Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• Failing to pay a traffic citation fine or appear in Louisiana court

If you are in danger of having your Louisiana driving privileges revoked or suspended, or you would like to request an opportunity to have your Louisiana traffic violation reduced, dismissed or removed from your Louisiana driving record, you should appear in court on the date provided on your citation. Because Louisiana courts have discretion over the manner in which your traffic violation will be ultimately handled, a judge may be willing to reduce or throw out your traffic violation if you attend a Louisiana traffic school or Louisiana defensive driving program.

Attending Traffic School

Louisiana courts have authority over Louisiana traffic schools. While you are not guaranteed the opportunity to mitigate the effect of your traffic violation on your Louisiana driving record, often Louisiana courts may allow you to attend traffic school for certain traffic violations once every twelve to eighteen months. If you would like to attend an online traffic school or online defensive driving program, you should appear in the local Louisiana court overseeing your traffic violation to ask if you can enroll in a Louisiana online traffic school. If you are allowed to participate in an online traffic school or online defensive driving program, you will have to submit proof of your successful completion of the online traffic school to both the local Louisiana court and the Louisiana OMV. If the court approves your participation in the program, the Louisiana OMV can remove the violation from your driving record both in the state and on the National Driver Register. Further, depending on the agreement offered to you by the Louisiana court, you may have the traffic violation dismissed entirely or the fine reduced.

The Benefits of a Clean Louisiana Driving Record

Keeping a clean Louisiana driving record with no or minimal violations is beneficial for many reasons. Besides just avoiding costly citations and the time you will spend in court and in a defensive driving program, keeping your Louisiana driving record clean ensures your Louisiana driving privileges are not permanently affected.

Online traffic school and online defensive driving programs also help develop defensive driving skills that enable drivers to avoid traffic violations in the future. The driving techniques you learn can translate into fewer traffic violations and lower costs to you as a Louisiana driver.

Lowering Your Insurance Costs in Louisiana

Car insurance in Louisiana can be increased as much as four times depending on the nature of the traffic violation and your Louisiana driving history. By participating in an online traffic school, you help maintain low payments for auto insurance by keeping your Louisiana driving record free of traffic offenses. Preventing traffic citations from appearing on your Louisiana driving record will dramatically reduce the chances of seeing your auto insurance premiums increased.

Louisiana Mature Driver Insurance Discounts

You do not have to wait to commit a traffic violation before participating in an online traffic school. Enrolling in online traffic school prior to incurring a traffic citation can also help you receive insurance discounts. Louisiana Mature Drivers can often complete online mature driver courses to lower their insurance premiums.

Louisiana Juvenile Driver Insurance Discounts

Juvenile Louisiana drivers, those under the age of 18, are also usually eligible for lower insurance by participating in a Louisiana online driver improvement course. You should contact your insurance carrier to see if attending a Louisiana online traffic will help lower your insurance premiums and prevent you from having to pay higher costs in the event of a future traffic violation.

Louisiana Classroom Traffic Schools

Some people may wish to enroll in a Louisiana traffic school or defensive driving program set in a traditional classroom setting. If you would like to enroll in a program that requires you to attend in person, the Louisiana OMV provides a list of pre-approved schools:

A-1 Driving School
P. O. Box 2236 Natchitoches, LA 71457

A Driving Advantage Prelicensing
1336 Hwy. 584 Rayville, LA 71269

A Freeman Defensive Driving
4103 Cameron Street Lafayette, LA 70501

AA Academy & Driving Institution
4317 Airline Hwy. Baton Rouge, LA 70805

Academics of Driving
416 Georgia Avenue Bogalusa, LA 70427

Acadiana Safety Assoc,
P. O. Box 52874 Lafayette, LA 70505

Action Driving School
58179 Fort Street Plaquemine, LA 70764

Action Driving School
1615 Williams Blvd. Kenner, LA 70062

Affordable Driving School
2186 Dallas Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Alert Driving School
118 South 19th Street Baton Rouge, LA 70806

All Star Driving Academy
2454 Doyle Melancon Road Breaux Bridge, LA 70517

All State Driving School
2768 Seargent Alfred Dr. Slidell, LA 70458

All State Driving School
137 Front Street Houma, LA 70360

All State Driving School
400 East 1st Street Thibodaux, LA 70301

Allen Driving School
1052 Norris Road Oakdale, LA 71463

Alpha Driving School
934 N. Court Street Opelousas, LA 70570

American Driving Academy
8290 Siegen Lane Suite D Baton Rouge, LA 70817

Anglewood Auto Safety
2209 Lapalco Blvd. Suite K Harvey, LA 70058

Anglewood Drivng School
1232 South Acadian Thwy. Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Apsys Driving School
12841 Plank Road Baker , LA 70714

Auto Defensive Driving Academy
2940 Youree Drive Shreveport, LA 71105

Avoyelles Pre-Licensing Course
218 W. Bernard Simmesport, LA 71369

Avoyelles Pre-Licensing Course
7974 Hwy 1 Mansura, LA 71351

A+ Preclicensing Program
1051 US 165 Monroe, LA 71201

A+ Winn Driving Academy
278 Joe Carpenter Road Dodson, LA 71422

Bastrop Driving School
402 Highland Avenue Bastrop, LA 71220

Bee Safe Driving School
1409 E. 70th Street Suite 124 Shreveport, LA 71105

Behind The Wheel
192 T-Coon Road Mansura, LA 71350

Bosley's Driving School
55135 Cambre Street White Castle, LA 70788

Bosley's Driving School
921 Veterans Boulevard Donaldsonville, LA 70346

Cajun Driving Academy
1903 Verterans Memorial Drive Abbeville, LA 70510

Cajun Driving School
1612 Veterans Memorial Drive Abbeville, LA 70510

Cathy's Driving School
201 Claiborne Street New Roads, LA 70760

Cenla Driving Academy
281 Wilderness Drive Boyce, LA 71409

CJEP Driving Academy
4509 North Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Coach's Driving Clinic
54995 Babin Drive White Castle, LA 70788

Coach's Driving School
1175 Robert Blvd. Slidell, LA 70458

Colbert School of Driving
801 New Road Street New Roads, LA 70760

Coleman Driving Academy
1094 McDaniel Road Amite, LA 70422

Complete Driving School
649 Champion Drive Zwolle, LA 71486

Crescent City Driving School
2600 A. P. Tureaud Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119

Crescent City Pre-licensing Driving School
435 Lapalco Boulevard Suite B Gretna, LA 70056

D & S Defensive Driving School
300 Parview Drive New Iberia, LA 70563

D & T Driving Academy
6788 West Park Avenue Houma, LA 70364

Deason's Road Rules
114 E. Southern Avenue Jena, LA 71342

Deep South Driving School
2608 Cavalier Drive Denham Springs, LA 70726

DeSoto Training Agency
1308 McArther Drive Mansfield , LA 71052

Drive A Lil Bit Driving School
148 East 96th Street Galliano, LA 70354

Drive Rite
4209 Westbank Expressway Marrero, LA 70072

Drive Safe Driving School
1026 E. Worthey # B Gonzales, LA 70737

Drive Safe Driving School
208 Main Street Gramercy, LA 70052

Drive Zone
121 Convention Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801

Driver Pre-License Training School
208 Lilinda Drive Ruston, LA 71270

Drivers Training School of N. O.
117 12th Street New Orleans, LA 70124

Driving Depot
2813 Hwy. 178 Sunset, LA 70584

Driving School of Natchitoches
1490 Hwy. 119 Bermuda, LA 71456

DS Driving
418 Hwy. 128 St. Joseph, LA 71366

Dufrene Driving School
155 North Barrios Street Lockport, LA 70374

Express Driving School
2703 Jeanerette Road New Iberia, LA 70563

First Choice Driving School
1620 North University Lafayette, LA 70506

First Choice Driving School
10374 Shultz Road Branch, LA 70516

First Class Driving School
2710 Douglas Drive, Suite D Bossier City, LA 71111

First Drive Northwest Community Center
501 Samuel Eunice, LA 70535

First Drive Sunbelt Lodge 1903 Veterans Memorial Drive
Abbeville, LA 70510

First Drive
816-C N. Parkerson Crowley, LA 70526

First Turn Driving Academy
316 Belair Drive New Iberia, LA 70563

Got Driving School
7611 Maple Street Suite 101E New Orleans, LA 70118

Greensburg Driving School
578 Wicker Lane Greensburg, LA 70441

Gumpoint School of Driving
10340 Schultz Road Branch, LA 70516

Head Start Driving
14-4 Sibley Road Minden, LA

Head Start Driving
200 E. Franklin Street Mansfield , LA

Head Start Driving
1026 S. 1st Street Hodge, LA

Head Start Driving
401 N. Trenton Ruston, LA

Head Start Driving
6561 Min Street Winnsboro, LA

Head Start Driving
308 Gum Street Arcadia, LA 71001

Hope and Gabel Driving School
268 Moses Lane Marksville, LA 71351

Horizon Driving Academy
2911 Cameron Street Monroe, LA 71203

Iberia Parish Prelicensing
1204 LeMaire Street New Iberia, LA 70560

J & G International Driving
3402 Florida Avenue Kenner, LA 70065

Jesuit High School
4133 Banks Street New Orleans, LA 70119

Kelly's Driving School
405 Ridgecrest Drive Oak Grove, LA 71263

Kottemann Driving School
2655 Florida Mandeville, LA 70448

K. M. Driving School
2651 Park Drive Haynesville, LA 71038

L & B Driving School
137 Front Street Houma, LA 70364

Lafourche Parish School Board
P. O. Box 879 Thibodaux, LA 70302

Lake Area Driving School
110 E. Thomas Drive Sulphur, LA 70663

Landry's Consultant Services
12916 Maple Street Vacherie, LA 70090

Laplace Driving Schoo
2129 Augusta Drive LaPlace, LA 70068

LaSalle Driving School
5854 Randall Street Olla, LA 71465

License 2 Drive
530 W. McNeese Street Lake Charles, LA 70605

Livingston Driving Academy
34674 Hwy. 16 North Denham Springs, LA 70706

Louisiana Driving School
1423 Fremaux Avenue Slidell, LA 70458

Louisiana Traffic Safety Institute
3895 Norris Road Oakdale, LA 71463

Luxury Driving Academy
10466 Airline Highway Suite B Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Main Street Driving Academy
4672 Main Street Anacoco, LA 71403

Miller's Prelicensing Course
1125 Shaw Drive Morgan City, LA 70381

Moving Smart Driving & Learning Center
820 Polk Street Mansfield, LA 71052

National Safety Council
4713 Utica Street Suite 100 Metairie, LA 70006

NCR School of Driving
Box 294, Station 2 Houma, LA 70360

New Orleans Safe Driving School
217 South Galvez Street New Orleans, LA 70119

NLU Pre-Licensing School
4041 Northeast Drive Monroe, LA 71209

Northshore Driving Academy
265 W. Causeway Approach Mandeville, LA 70448

Northwest Louisiana Driver Improvement
310 South Louisiana St. Plain Dealing, LA 71064

Ouachita Driving Academy
1200 Arkansas Road W. Monroe, LA 71291

Panorama Plus
2720 Valentine Court New Orleans, LA 70114

Parkview Driving School
P. O. Box 469 Sulphur, LA 70664

Parkview Driving School
2618 Wooddale Blvd., Suite A Baton Rouge, LA 70805

Pelican Driving School
103-C W. Admiral Doyle Drive New Iberia, LA 70560

Performance Driving & Safety
1320 N. Morrison Blvd. Suite 122 Hammond, LA 70401

Phillips Driving School
400 W. St. Francis Street Suite A4 Brusly, LA 70719

Ponchatoula Driving School
162 Oak Hollow Drive Hammond, LA 70403

Popes Driving Academy
1760 Texas Street Bossier City, LA 71111

Precision Driving Academy
3845 Hwy. 22 Ste. 2 Mandeville, LA 70471

Proficient Driving School
7303 Downman Road New Orleans, LA 70126

Progressive Coalition of N. O.
4121 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

Quality Driving Academy
44453 Highway 431 St. Amant, LA 70774

R & C Driving School
955 Hwy. 401 Napoleonville, LA 70390

Red River Driving Academy
2749 Hwy 457 Alexandria, LA 71302

Right Turn Driving School
709 Main Street Minden, LA 71055

River Parishes Safe Driving School
112 Gabrielle Lane Destrehan, LA 70047

Sabine Prelicensing School
2197 Marthaville Road Many, LA 71449

Safe Driving Course
11506 Gondron Road #2 St. Martinville, LA 70582

Safety Council of SW LA
1201 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA 70601

Safety First Driving School
317 Indest Street New Iberia, LA 70563

Safety First Driving School
1401 Cynthia Street Franklin, LA 70538

Safety Training Services
501 Samuel Drive Eunice , LA 70535

Sassone's Driving Academy
38050 Post Office Road Prairieville, LA 70769

Sharon's Defensive Driving Action
800 East 70th Street Shreveport, LA 71106

South Lafourche Driving School
313 Tudor Street Houma, LA 70364

South Louisiana Driving School
Station 2, Box 232 Houma, LA 70360

Southwest Safety Training
4416 Johnston Street Suite 9-C Lafayette, LA 70503

Stop N Go Driving Academy
9343 Florida Blvd. Suite C Baton Rouge, LA 70815

The Driving Center
P. O. Box 1686 DeRidder, LA 70634

The Driving School Boss
180 Churd Street Grand Coteau, LA 70541

The Learning Center & Driving School
2011 Hwy. 18 Suite 3 Edgard, LA 70049

The Learning Center & Driving School
780 Hwy. 44 Reserve, LA 70084

Thomas Training & Development
P. O. Box 308 Franklin , LA 70538

Toledo Bend Driving School
495 Hwy. 1218 Noble , LA 71432

Trinity Driving School
13421 Hooper Road Suite 5 Baton Rouge, LA 70818

Vernon Prelicensing
318 Alexandria Hwy. Leesville, LA 71446

Victor Manning Safety Driving
1500 North Causeway Metairie, LA 70001

Working to Achieve
1676 Dallas Drive, Suite H Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Xpert Driving School
104 Republic Avenue Suite C Lafayette, LA 70508

Zachary Driving Academy
4315 Church Street Suite A Zachary, LA 70791