REVIEW: Arizona’s Top 5 Online Traffic Schools

by John Fabel | Last Updated: April 3, 2021

There are many reasons to take a traffic school course:

• The Big One—You got yourself a ticket
• The Smart One—You’d like to save some money on insurance
• The “Have-to” One—You drive a vehicle for work and the boss says you gotta
• The Incredibly Rare One—You want to brush up your skills to become a better driver

Question is, how are you going to get it behind you? My kid brother is fond of saying that if you give the hardest job to the laziest man, he’ll find the easiest way to do it with the least amount of effort expended.

As with most anything else in our lives these days, the “easiest way” is to do it online. there are a few classroom courses still to be found, and classroom courses can be fun. However, if you fall into the category my brother speaks of, an internet course is probably the best option. 

I do realize that if you have already googled “Arizona traffic school,” you probably choked at the number of options available. How do you know where to begin?

Here’s where we’d like to help you out. We’re going to discuss who can qualify for an Arizona driver safety course and take a quick look at the five Arizona providers that we think are the best. If, after reading our reviews you don’t agree, we’ve also provided a list of all the online Arizona traffic schools we could find. Get ready to do some scrolling; there’s a bunch of them.

Although traffic school is generally the best way to deal with a traffic ticket, you do have other options.

Do I Qualify for Arizona Traffic School?

To answer that question lies in your reason for taking the course. If it’s for your job requirement or to drop your insurance premiums, there are no restrictions on whether or not you can take a course. But, if you’re taking it for “The Big One,” the Arizona Supreme Court has a thing or two to say about whether or not you can.

Just a little aside here—If this is your first driver safety rodeo, you may notice that sometimes this article calls these courses defensive driving, and at other times traffic school. The Arizona Supreme Court calls driver safety courses “defensive driving,” but most course providers call it “traffic school.” Whether the course you choose calls itself defensive driving or traffic school, either one will get the job done.

The Arizona Supreme Court site has an overview of tickets that are eligible for dismissal, and here they are in a nutshell:

• You can’t have dismissed a ticket with defensive driving in the past 12 months. 
• Your ticket must appear on this list of eligible violations.
• If you were cited for multiple violations at your traffic stop, you can only have one of them dismissed.
• If you were cited for your involvement in an accident involving serious injury or fatality, your ticket is ineligible for dismissal.
• If you hold a CDL, there are a few hoops you have to jump to get a ticket dismissed
  • You had to be driving a vehicle requiring a Class D or a Class M license when your ticket was written.
  • You can’t have been using one of these smaller vehicles for commercial purposes.
  • You meet all the other eligibility requirements for non-commercial driver license holders.

Still in the game? Then let’s find you a course. Here’s the short version and the reviews can be found below.

Arizona’s Top 5 Online Defensive Driving Courses

So How Do You Choose?

With so many Arizona courses out there, what makes one better than another? We’re going to take a look at each company’s history, their unique advantages, and what their students say about their experience.

Traffic School by My Improv

My Improv started in the driving business over 30 years ago and was founded in partnership with the World-Famous Improv Comedy Club. Written by professional Hollywood writers, they present a serious subject in a humorous and light-hearted way. As an added bonus, they will throw in four tickets to your nearest Improv comedy Club if you choose their course.

• Advantages of MyImprov
  • Humorous
  • Flexible
  • Short (as little as two-question) unit quizzes

• What students are saying—
  • Wendy says “Very thorough study of the traffic laws…”
  • Bob says “Easy questions, easy school.”
  • Curtis says “Very easy site to navigate through.”

Go To Traffic School

GoToTrafficSchool entered the driver safety industry in 1999. They have served over 4,000,000 satisfied customers since then, so they must be doing something right! Another unique offering is that they offer a money-back guarantee. If you are disappointed in their course in any way, you don’t pay, even if you get all the way to the final exam.  

• Advantages of Go To Traffic School
  • Animations and videos keep things moving
  • Same day certificate processing
  • Money-back guarantee

• What students are saying—
  • Guillermo G. says “I really recommend this online driving school…”
  • Saurabh G. says “The entire process is simple, with a nice interface!”
  • Casey W. says “As blissful as traffic school can get.”

i Drive Safely

iDriveSafely was one of the first online driver safety providers in the industry. They have served over 5,000,000 customers over their long history and have maintained a very good reputation. The school has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and a nearly 5-star rating on TrustPilot.

• Advantages of i Drive Safely
  • Trusted by 5,000,000 customers
  • Great ratings by customers, Trustpilot, and the BBB
  • Works well on mobile devices.

• What students are saying—
  • Mary N. says “The course was easy to follow.”
  • John S. says “It was specific to my state and very thorough.”
  • Janet W. says “I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.”

IMPORTANT NOTE: Perhaps due to the pandemic, this course appears to be temporarily unavailable, but we expect it to return soon. Visit their website for confirmation. 

Traffic School To Go

Established in 1997, Traffic School To Go is a well-established branch of the American Safety Council. Their course will qualify you for point removal, ticket dismissal, and no insurance premium increases. If you get stuck at any point during your course, they offer live chat 24/7.

• Advantages of Traffic School To Go
  • Backed by the American Safety Council
  • 100% Online Diversion and Court-Ordered Courses
  • 24/7, U.S. Based, Live Chat Support

• What students are saying—
  • Byeonghun K. says “It was really helpful for me!!”
  • Brandon T. says “Very easy to use and understand.”
  • Bryan S. says “It was very helpful.”

AZ Traffic School by DriversEd.com

DriversEd.com has over two decades of success in the driver safety industry, and know what it takes to keep customers satisfied.To maintain that reputation they provide customer service 7 days a week. They also offer a money-back guarantee, but it is only good if you have not started the course.

• Advantages of DriversEd.com
  • Over 11,000,000 customers (including drivers ed students)
  • Engaging content with a mix of learning mediums
  • Long history in the industry

• What students are saying—
  • Gilbert P. says “Comprehensive, clearly presented, well organized, interesting and informative.”
  • Leonardo P. says “It is a good experience.”
  • Kurella M. says “Good web interface”

If None of Those “Floated Your Boat”

Arizona has more (a LOT more) online defensive driving/traffic school choices. Here’s a list of all the ones we know of.

Complete List of Arizona Supreme Court Approved Traffic Schools

John Fabel

I have a long and checkered history with defensive driving. I took my first "court invited" course at age 15 and realized immediately that there had to be a better way. Since that first experience, I have gone on to teach defensive driving classroom courses and to author four internet courses in 2 states. After nearly 25 years in the industry, I can help you find a course that will be the best fit for you.