Up to the School

That depends on the traffic school. Many online traffic schools allow you to retake the test as many times as you need to in order to pass. Most traditional in-person traffic schools do not allow you to retake the final test.

One of the considerations you need to remember when selecting a traffic school is what their policy is if you fail the final exam. Since you’re spending considerable time and money to take traffic school, it would be a shame to fail the final test and not get any of the benefits of traffic school, namely a clearing of the citation and a removal of the points from your driving record.

Choose a School Carefully

There are numerous traffic schools approved by each state’s DMV. Some offer in-person classes and some offer online, self-taught education. Depending on the traffic school and how the course is administered, there are different rules for what happens if you fail your final test.

Traditionally, in-person traffic schools teach you for about 8 hours and then administer a final test. If you fail the test, you fail traffic school, plain and simple. With the advent of online traffic schools, it’s now much easier for traffic schools to administer education and testing. Since they don’t need professors present to administer tests, there’s no reason to be as stringent.

Failing traffic school students is not in the state’s best interest. The state is much more interested in people learning the rules of the road so that they become better drivers. As a result, many online traffic schools will allow you to retake the final test until you pass it. That being said, do you really want to spend all that extra time getting it right? The best practice is to learn and study as you go, and you shouldn’t have any problem passing the final test on the first try.

Check Your Driving Record

Once you pass the final test for traffic school, your citation will be removed from your driving record. To make sure, order your driving record online. Ordering online is the fastest way to get the information you need.