The department shall compile and maintain a list of all department-approved courses which shall be delivered to all persons who are decreed by a court to be traffic violators and who are ordered by a court to attend a driver improvement course for remediation purposes.  The court shall allow a violator to select a course within the judicial district in which he resides if there is no court-approved driving course in such district provided that it is one of the courses on the department-approved list.

Ticket Deferral Program is The National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course (DDC-4). This driver improvement program is both an approved course and school in the local courts and by the Louisiana Department of Safety and Corrections. Not all programs are the same from school to school, nor are they all approved by insurance companies and court systems.

IT IS THE STUDENTS / PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY THAT BEFORE ATTENDING ANY OF THE CLASSES, MAKE CERTAIN THE JURISDICTION OR COURT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DISMISS THIS OFFENSE UNDER ARTICLE 892.1

Defensive Driving Course (Driver Impr. Program) ALL AUDIENCES APPROVED: The National Safety Council, Defensive Driving Course (DDC-4), 5th Edition is a fast-paced, four-hour driver improvement program that also makes an ideal refresher course. In just a half day, DDC-4 offers practical strategies to reduce collision-related injuries, fatalities, and costs. Alive At 25 Defensive Driving Course MUST BE UNDER 21: The highly interactive four-hour program encourages young drivers to take responsibility for their driving behavior. Skill practice and on-the-spot defensive driving techniques help change bravado to confidence. This course is used in both driver education (our 38 hour course) and by courts as a traffic deferral program.