Defensive Driving Courses

Defensive Driving Courses

The defensive driving course is a voluntary course. If you received a notice in the mail from the MVC giving you an option to take a Driver Improvement Program, or a notice to take the Probationary Driver Program, please read above content under Remedial Driver Programs for details.

Most road accidents are caused by driver error. To reduce the likelihood of being involved in an accident you need to understand the concept of “defensive driving.” This course will provide you with standard accident-preventing techniques.

Upon completion of the defensive driving course:

Two points may be removed* from the accumulated points you currently have on your license. *IMPORTANT NOTE: Point credits for State-approved, New Jersey defensive driving course curriculum only. Check with course providers before registering. You may only receive a two point reduction once every 5 years and only if there are points on your driving record at the time you complete the course.

You may also qualify for an insurance rate reduction (contact your insurance agent for more information).

See a list of State-approved classroom and online defensive driving courses below.

Approved classroom course providers

The classroom providers are listed in random order for customers to select a school which best suits their needs.

American Safety Institute, Inc.

9009 Mahan Drive

Suite 501 

Tallahassee, FL 32309

Brenda Ramirez

1-800-800-7121

The NJ Motorcycle Safety Program, Experienced Rider Course (BRC2 License Waiver)

NJ Ride Safe

www.NJridesafe.org

National Traffic Safety Institute

201 Edward Curry Ave

Suite 206 

Staten Island, NY 10314

Teresa Colasurdo www.NTSI.com

718-816-0533

Aware Driver Course

304 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10010

Gary Alexander

800-660-8908

AAA - South Jersey

700 Laurel Oak Road

P.O. Box 1953

Voorhees, NJ 08043-9053

Eleanor Lloyd

856-783-4222 Ext. 42700

Defensive Driving Course, Inc.

910 Bergen Ave.

Suite 230 

Jersey City, NJ 07306

Alison Abdelaziz

973-390-8768

DTA Program for Driver Improvement Driver Training Association, Inc.

433 Broadway - Suite 202 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Bill Crounse

1-800-243-2196

Driving Dynamics

54 Birch Ave

Little Silver, NJ 07739

Paul Hubbard President

732-219-0404

My Seat Belt - Bergen County

200 US Highway 200 2nd FL

Springfield, NJ 07081

Paul Tye

732-510-5428

Drive Safer LLC

60 Whitney Road 

Suite 13

Mahwah, NJ 07430

Jason Friedman

www.drivesafer.com

201-485-7792

New Jersey Safety Program, Inc.

105 Idolstone Lane

Aberdeen, NJ 07747

Sharon Medoro

1-800-386-6562

New Jersey State Safety Council

6 Commerce Drive

Cranford, NJ 07016

Susan Rohoman

908-272-7712

Defensive Drivers Discount

80 Business Park Drive Suite 202

Armonk NY 10504

Wendy Mardel

defensivedriversdiscount.com

877-697-2331

AAA Mid-Atlantic

700 Horizon Drive

Hamilton, NJ 08691

AAA Driver Training

877-457-0711

AAA - Northeast

418 Hamburg Turnpike

Wayne, NJ 07474

Debbie Kramer

866-901-8457

Drivers Club Link, LLC

27 Beach Rd Ste 6A 

Monmouth Beach, NJ 07750

William Buff

www.driversclublink.com 

732-835-2226

A-1 Peck/Sears Driving School

366 Route 46 East

Mine Hill, NJ 07803

James Peck

973-927-9817

My Seatbelt

1913 State Route 27

Edison, NJ 08817

Tina Lee

732-510-5428

Driving School 

Association of NJ, Inc

2561 Yardville-Hamilton Square Road

Hamilton, NJ 08690

Dan Gaskill

President

609-586-4944

AARP

Driver Safety Program

358 W. Dewey Ave

Roxbury Twp.

Wharton, NJ 07885

Patricia Davenport

1-888-227-7669

National Safety Council

200 Salina Meadows Pkwy

Syracuse, NY 13212

Sherry Sylvester 

www.drivesafe.com/newjersey

877 441-9721

Cheap Defensive Driving

535 South Broadway

Suite 216

Hicksville, NY 11801

Inquire with rep. or visit

www.CheapCourse.com

1-800-356-9705

USA Training Company, Inc.

99 Washington Ave.

One Commerce Plaza Ste.400

Albany NY 12210

Phil H. Ward

www.usatraining.com

512-346-2132

Garden State Safety Council

176 Terry Road

Smithtown, NY 11787

Tony Dellasso  

Director

631-360-2160

Gold Cross Safety Corp.

508 Main Street

Boonton, NJ 07005

Daniel P. Lanktree

973-402-8910

Avanti Industries LLC

11D Brookside Heights 

Wanaque, NJ 07465

Walter Mann

973-650-2375

Approved online course providers

Web site links are listed in random order and are provided as a service for customers to select a school which best suits their needs.

AARP

aarpdriversafety.org

customerservice@aarpdriversafety.org

Online Traffic Education

www.OnlineTrafficEducation.com/New-Jersey.php    admin@onlinetrafficeducation.com

www No Stress Traffic School com

www.nostresstrafficschool.com

nostresstrafficschool@gmail.com

Affinity Driving School

www.affinitytrafficschool.com

info@affinityautodrivingschool.com

Disabled Veteran Owned Traffic School

www.disabledveteranowned.com

kevin@vetnational.com

Garden State Safety Council www.GardenStateSafetyCouncil.com

ADellasso@gmail.com

GoToTrafficSchool.com

www.GoToTrafficSchool.com

info@gototrafficschool.com

New Jersey Safety Council 

www.njsafety.org

susanr@njsafety.org

Don-Tre Professional Driving School, Inc.

www.DonTreDriving.com

dontredriving@verizon.com

American Safety Institute, Inc.

www.njinsurancereduction.com

danielle@americansafetyinstitute.com

CHEAP DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE

www.CheapDefensiveDrivingCourse.com

info@CheapDefensiveDrivingCourse.com

123 Clear My Ticket Com

www.123clearmyticket.com 

123clearmyticket@gmail.com

FNL Driving School

www.fnldrivingschool.com

fnl@fnldrivingschool.com

TrafficSchoolOnline.com 

www.TrafficSchoolOnline.com

custsvc@trafficschoolonline.com

Fast and Easy Traffic School

www.fast-and-easy-traffic-school.com

info@fast-and-easy-traffic-school.com

DefensiveDriving.com

www.defensivedriving.com/

info@DefensiveDriving.com

Complete Today Defensive Driving

www.completetodaydefensivedriving.com

Completetoday@yahoo.com

AA Auto Traffic School, Inc

www.aaautotraffic.com

aatrafficschool@gmail.com

12 Dollar New Jersey Driver

www.12DollarNewJerseyDriver.com

CustomerCare@12DollarNewJerseyDriver.com

A & A Safe2Drive

www.safe2drive.com

support@Safe2Drive.com

CHEAP-EASY-FAST-New Jersey Defensive Driving 

www.CheapEasyFastNJ.com

Support@CheapEasyFastNJ.com

Defensive Drivers Group

www.defensivedriversgroup.com

help@defensivedriversgroup.com

Fun and Cheap Online

www.funandcheaponline.com

Fun and Cheap Online

www.funandcheaponline.com

DriveSafeToday.com, Inc

www.drivesafetoday.com

support@drivesafetoday.com

American Safety Council

www.safemotorist.com

NJInfo@SafeMotorist.com

DriversEd.com

www.DriversEd.com

info@DriversEd.com

Defensive Driving Express.com

www.DefensiveDrivingExpress.com

info@DefensiveDrivingExpress.com

Improv ... The Comedy Club Presents

www.myimprov.com/defensive-driving/new-jersey/

support@MyImprov.com

Fast and Stress Free Traffic School

www.fastandstressfreetrafficschool.com

support@fastandstressfreetrafficschool.com

Quick and Cheap Online

www.quickandcheaponline.com

support@quickandcheaponline.com

AAA

AAA.com/NJDDC

DriversEd@aaamidatlantic.com

National Traffic Safety Institute (NTSI) www.ntsi.com

ntsinj@ntsi.com

-Easy-Fast-Cheap-Defensive Driving

EasyFastCheapDefensiveDriving.com

Support@EasyFastCheapDefensiveDriving.com

Cheap Mature Driver Course

MatureDriverOnline.com

800-356-9705 or support@newjerseyonlinetrafficschool.com

National Driving and Traffic School 

www.njdriversafety.org

info@njdriversafety.org

DriveSafe, Inc.

drivesafeonline.com/newjersey

supportne@drivesafeonline.com

247NewJerseyDefensiveDriving.com

www.247NewJerseyDefensiveDriving.com

contact@247NewJerseyDefensiveDriving.com

I Drive Safely

www.idrivesafely.com

mature.idrivesafely.com

support@idrivesafely.com

1SafeDriver.com

www.1SafeDriver.com

support@1SafeDriver.com

Driving University

www.drivinguniversity.com

support@drivinguniversity.com

Easy New Jersey Defensive Driving

www.EasyNJDefensiveDriving.com

contact@gardenstatedriver.com

ATG Traffic School

www.atgtrafficschool.com

atgtrafficschool@gmail.com

www 12 Dollar School Online com

www.12DollarSchoolOnline.com

support@12DollarSchoolOnline.com

Cheap Defensive Driving School

www.cheapdefensivedrivingschool.com

support@cheapdefensivedrivingschool.com

National Safety Council

www.ddcnsc.org/NJ

Help@SafetyServe.com

U.S. Interactive 

www.edriving.com

customerservice@edriving.com

source https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/license/driverprograms.htm

39:4-66 Emerging from alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway 2 points

39:4-66 Emerging from alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway 
     

2 points

.  a.  Theoperator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway, shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving upon the sidewalk, and shall proceed to enter the sidewalk only after yielding the right of way to a pedestrian on the sidewalk, if the pedestrian is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. 

    b.   In addition to any duty imposed under subsection a. of this section, the operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway, shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to entering or crossing a highway, and shall proceed to enter or cross the highway only after yielding the right of way to the traffic on the highway, if the traffic is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.

2 points per 39:4-82 Failure to keep right

39:4-82 Failure to keep right-2 points per 39:4-82 Failure to keep right

    Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not

exceeding 15 days, or both

fines $50 $200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company

Plus 2 car insurance points per year

39:4-82.  Keeping to right
    Upon all highways of sufficient width, except upon one-way streets, the driver of a vehicle shall drive it on the right half of the roadway.  He shall drive a vehicle as closely as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, unless it is impracticable to travel on that side of the roadway, and except when overtaking and passing another vehicle subject to the provisions of  sections 39:4-84 and 39:4-85 of this Title.

39:4-127 Backing or turning in street

39:4-127 Backing or turning in street 

    Penalties set forth at 39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not

exceeding 15 days, or both

fines $50 $200 plus court costs and possible non renewal by insurance company

2 NJ MVC Points 39:4-127 Improper backing or turn in street

2

Plus 2 car insurance points

39:4-127.1 Failure to stop at railroad

crossings

39:4-203 Fine or imprisonment not

exceeding 15 days, or both

$50 $200

Points 39:4-127.1 Improper crossing of railroad grade crossing

2

Plus 2 car insurance points

39 :4-127 .    Backing or turning in street 

    No vehicle shall back or make a turn in a street, if by so doing it interferes with other vehicles, but shall go around a block or to a street sufficiently wide to turn in without backing. 

39:4-129(b) Leaving the scene of accident involving damages to attended vehicle or property

 39:4-129(b) Leaving the scene of

accident involving damages to attended

vehicle or property

    First offense: Fine or

imprisonment not exceeding 30

days, or both, and mandatory suspension of

driving privileges for six months

from date of conviction or guilty plea

Fine $200 -$400

plus 2 NJ MVC points

plus 2 car insurance points

Subsequent offense: Fine or

imprisonment not less than 30

days nor more than 90 days, or

both, and suspension of driving

privileges for 1 year from date of

conviction

$400 $600

39:4-129, 39:4-130 Leaving Scene of Accident and Failure to Report, Car Accident

Kenneth Vercammen's Law office represents individuals charged with criminal and serious traffic violations throughout New Jersey. There is mandatory 6-month loss of license for leaving the scene. Our goal as the attorney is to negotiate with the prosecutor to reduce down to a violation with no suspension.

More info at http://www.njlaws.com/leaving_the_scene.html

39:4-129   Action in case of accident.

 39:4-129 . (a) The driver of any vehicle, knowingly involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene until he has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.  Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.  Any person who shall violate this subsection shall be fined not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000, or be imprisoned for a period of 180 days, or both.  The term of imprisonment required by this subsection shall be imposed only if the accident resulted in death or injury to a person other than the driver convicted of violating this section.

In addition, any person convicted under this subsection shall forfeit his right to operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this State for a period of one year from the date of his conviction for the first offense and for a subsequent offense shall thereafter permanently forfeit his right to operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this State.

(b)The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle, including his own vehicle, or other property which is attended by any person shall immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible, but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.  Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.  Any person who shall violate this subsection shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $400, or be imprisoned for a period of not more than 30 days, or both, for the first offense, and for a subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than $400 nor more than $600, or be imprisoned for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days or both.

In addition, a person who violates this subsection shall, for a first offense, forfeit the right to operate a motor vehicle in this State for a period of six months from the date of conviction, and for a period of one year from the date of conviction for any subsequent offense.

(c)The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to any person or damage to any vehicle or property shall give his name and address and exhibit his operators license and registration certificate of his vehicle to the person injured or whose vehicle or property was damaged and to any police officer or witness of the accident, and to the driver or occupants of the vehicle collided with and render to a person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying of that person to a hospital or a physician for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that the treatment is necessary or is requested by the injured person.

In the event that none of the persons specified are in condition to receive the information to which they otherwise would be entitled under this subsection, and no police officer is present, the driver of any vehicle involved in such accident after fulfilling all other requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, insofar as possible on his part to be performed, shall forthwith report such accident to the nearest office of the local police department or of the county police of the county or of the State Police and submit thereto the information specified in this subsection.

(d)The driver of any vehicle which knowingly collides with or is knowingly involved in an accident with any vehicle or other property which is unattended resulting in any damage to such vehicle or other property shall immediately stop and shall then and there locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle or other property of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or other property or, in the event an unattended vehicle is struck and the driver or owner thereof cannot be immediately located, shall attach securely in a conspicuous place in or on such vehicle a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle doing the striking or, in the event other property is struck and the owner thereof cannot be immediately located, shall notify the nearest office of the local police department or of the county police of the county or of the State Police and in addition shall notify the owner of the property as soon as the owner can be identified and located. Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(e)There shall be a permissive inference that the driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to any person or damage in the amount of $250.00 or more to any vehicle or property has knowledge that he was involved in such accident.

For purposes of this section, it shall not be a defense that the operator of the motor vehicle was unaware of the existence or extent of personal injury or property damage caused by the accident as long as the operator was aware that he was involved in an accident.

There shall be a permissive inference that the registered owner of the vehicle which was involved in an accident subject to the provisions of this section was the person involved in the accident; provided, however, if that vehicle is owned by a rental car company or is a leased vehicle, there shall be a permissive inference that the renter or authorized driver pursuant to a rental car contract or the lessee, and not the owner of the vehicle, was involved in the accident, and the requirements and penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be applicable to that renter or authorized driver or lessee and not the owner of the vehicle.

Any person who suppresses, by way of concealment or destruction, any evidence of a violation of this section or who suppresses the identity of the violator shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000.

Amended 1940, c.147; 1967, c.189, s.1; 1977, c.407; 1978, c.180; 1979, c.463, s.1; 1994, c.183, s.1; 2003, c.55, s.1; 2007, c.266, s.1.