ARIZONA driving school

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 06:28 PM

does anyone from arizona know anything about this? i just got a ticket for allegedly not coming to a complete stop. some bullshit but regardless got to take car of it. its my first ticket and im out of state, and need to get it off my record for work. if anyone on here is from AZ and know the price and how it all works please help me out. i really hate this state, all they want is you money, first its the cameras everyweare and now this bullshit.... someones gotta feal the same way on this....

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 06:52 PM

cumone guys

**nnnick** · 01-15-2009 07:22 PM

hey I just took mine last weekend. Your ticket should have come in a pamplet with and somewhere on that pamplet it has instructions on how and where to sign up for the defensive driving class.

I took mine here: http://www.ddcaz.org/

It wasn't cheap, I think they charge you whatever the price of the ticket was + a little more to cover the course fees. Mine came out to $174! But mine was an accident and I was cited for failure to yield on left turn, so I dunno what the fine is for a stop sign ticket...

MOST IMPORTANT PART: You must complete the test 7 days before your court date. If you don't make that cutoff, there is no point in taking it, you are just throwing your money away. If it happened in Scottsdale, call the DDCAZ and see if they can push your court date back for you. They pushed mine back over a month from the original date, apparently Scottsdale doesn't have anything better to do so they have tons of open court dates - my court date was like 2 weeks after my accident and there would have been no one I could have completed the course in time...

The online course was easy but boring, you have to pay attention to all 4 hours of it because they show images in a random order and you have to go into the DDCAZ office and take a brief 15 minute test to confirm which pictures you saw so they can verify you actually took it. Still, the test is easy and most of it is pretty common sense. I've heard the in-person class is brutal and usually you can only get in to the 7 am Saturday slot.

Where'd u get your ticket? I got mine in N. Scottsdale, the DDCAZ office is in West / Central Phoenix, so its a little out of the way...

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 07:28 PM

i got mine in avondale right out of my house or where im staying for now. i dont get it tho i have to take the class before i go to court? i got cited for not stoping at a stop sighn. im going back to boston in march so i need to get this done and gone so i can get a job as a tech and its gonna make it harder if i cant get it off my record let me know anything else you know man i really appriciate it.

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 07:31 PM

i saw the link and its an online course? so i could just do it over the computer and be done then show w/e they give me for doing it at my court date? im clueless on all of this shit man, i cant believe this state, there traffic lights and cameras and undercovers and everything, my friend got his picture taken but a camera inside a fake cactus, this is redicualous....

**AUDIous** · 01-15-2009 07:43 PM

i got a speeding ticket when i was going to school in phoenix, i had to go to court and the judge gave me the option of trafic school. it was like $180 to take the class and i listened to a state cop talk for 4 hours on a saturday, i dont think they had the online stuff when i was there. other than that i loved phoenix, be glad your there its f'n cold here.

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 07:47 PM

lol ya i herd its like 3 inches of ice, its nice hear, nothing to AZ in general, just the traffic laws and shit, all they want is money, i mean 185 for stopping and having the cop say i rolled though, i guess i got to talk to my instructors and find out what to do, either way 200 bucks is just stupid especialy when that money could go to suspension or beer..

**nnnick** · 01-15-2009 08:11 PM

you don't need to go to court, you do the class instead of going to court. The class means no points on your licence, no court date, its as if it never happened. Even with the online course you still have to go in to the DDCAZ office to take a test though, so best to take care of this really soon while you're still in the area...

Call the phone number on the DDCAZ website tomorrow I'm sure they could help you out with more specific questions, they had a receptionist that was pretty helpful when i was there...

**P3RryaudiA4** · 01-15-2009 08:16 PM

iight man thanks alot, first ticket i was pretty pissed, thanks for the link an dthe info ima take care of it tomrow and try to forget about it tonight