About the Virginia Driver Improvement Course

Virginia driver improvement is a DMV approved 8-hour course that is completed on the Internet. Most Virginia drivers who must take this course have accumulated too many traffic tickets or a Virginia court has ordered their attendance.

Virginia law also allows drivers to attend the course voluntarily to receive up to five (5) safe driver points on their license. These points can be used to offset points from a traffic ticket received at a future date, but they cannot be used to remove points from an existing ticket.

While the coursework is completed online, every driver is required to take a brief final exam in person at a testing center in Virginia. To sign up for the course, click the register button on this page, or continue reading if you'd like to know more about the course.

Please read the Virginia Driver Improvement FAQ for additional information, or contact us if you have questions about the course that aren't answered on our web site.

Attendance Restrictions

What Virginia Driver Improvement Is Like

The online course requires approximately eight (8) hours to complete based on an average reading speed. Slower readers might require more time to complete the course, but there is no minimum time – you can take as long as you need.

Students are allowed to log in and out of the course as many times as they wish, and the course is available at all times from any location with an Internet connection. The course will work in all modern browsers, but cookies and javascript must be enabled and the user's browser must be capable of playing Flash video. These items are checked during registration, and our customer service can help you if you need assistance.

The course contains video segments such as simulated crashes that demonstrate how a driver should use IPDE and other defensive driving strategies to avoid a collision. While many topics are presented in a textual format, our course contains more video than most other Virginia driver improvement programs.

At the end of the online portion of the course, you will be asked to choose a testing center to take your final exam. We have testing centers throughout Virginia at locations such as The UPS Store / Mailboxes Etc., libraries, and private driver improvement clinics.

The final exam contains 50 questions as required by the DMV, and is based on the material you studied during the course. The final exam has a very high pass rate, but if you do not pass on your first attempt, you must wait 24 hours before you can attempt it again.

After you pass the final exam, we will report your completion electronically to the Virginia DMV. We will also print your certificate of completion and mail it to you.

If you have been court ordered to attend this course, you should make a copy of your certificate and mail or hand deliver the original to the court. We do not report completions to Virginia courts; it is your responsibility to ensure that the court receives the necessary paperwork from you.

If you need your certificate quickly, you can call us at 1-800-222-9199 to request express delivery. To have your certificate sent out the same day you are requesting this service, you should call our office by 3:00 PM.

Ready to get started with your online Virginia driver improvement class? Click the register button to begin.