Colorado traffic school rules
Colorado has no course program for tickets. There is nothing for a course to dismiss and no points for it to take off, though some local courts run their own programs.
Rules checked
Colorado has no statewide course that dismisses a ticket today. A 2024 law creates a points waiver for drivers who finish a DMV-approved driving improvement course, but it starts only when the DMV adopts its rules or on January 1, 2027, whichever is first, and those rules will set how many points and how often. Courts may also order a driver improvement school as part of a sentence. Paying a penalty assessment on time lowers the points by law. CDL holders are excluded from the waiver.
- What a course does
- No program
- Set by each court
- Yes
- Speeding points
- 0 to 12 points
- Points count for
- Not published
What Colorado publishes
The rule in four facts. The number points to its source.
- What a course does for a ticket
- No program
- Set by each court
- YesSome courts run their own programs.
- Voluntary insurance course
- Not published
- Point system
- Yes
Points in Colorado
| Violation, as the state lists it | Type | Points |
|---|---|---|
| One to four miles per hour over the reasonable and prudent speed or the 75 mph maximum | Speeding | 0points |
| Five to nine miles per hour over | Speeding | 1point |
| Ten to nineteen miles per hour over | Speeding | 4points |
| Twenty to thirty-nine miles per hour over | Speeding | 6points |
| Forty or more miles per hour over | Speeding | 12points |
| Failure to observe traffic sign or signal | Red light or stop sign | 4points |
| Following too closely | Following too closely | 4points |
| Improper turn | Lane change or turn | 3points |
| Improper passing | Lane change or turn | 4points |
| Violation of section 42-4-239 (mobile electronic device) with no same conviction in the preceding 24 months; 3 for a second, 4 for a third or later | Phone use or texting | 2points |
| Adult seat belt violation (42-4-237): a class B traffic infraction, which the schedule leaves out of the 3 point catch-all row (r), so no points | Seat belt | 0points |
| Operating an unsafe vehicle (1 for defective head lamps) | Equipment or registration | 2points |
| Failure to maintain or show proof of insurance | Equipment or registration | 4points |
| Moving violations not listed in the schedule (other than class B traffic infractions) | Other moving violation | 3points |
| Careless driving | Other moving violation | 4points |
| Reckless driving | Other moving violation | 8points |
| Leaving scene of accident; DUI or DUI per se | Other moving violation | 12points |
| Driver under 18: occupants not restrained or belted, 42-2-105.5(3) (row hh) | Seat belt | 2points |
Your court
Courts in this state set part of the rule, and we hold no court records here. The court named on your citation decides.
Courses and Colorado
- Aceable lists a course for Colorado. We do not link it. Colorado publishes no statewide course benefit for a ticket.
What we could not confirm
- Sources that disagreeA 2024 law creates a points waiver for drivers who finish a DMV approved course. It starts when the DMV adopts its rules or on January 1, 2027, whichever comes first. Next check due by .
Check a Colorado ticket
The form opens the checker with Colorado filled in. Add the violation and the date from your ticket.
Colorado traffic school questions
Does Colorado have traffic school for tickets?
Colorado has no course program for tickets. There is nothing for a course to dismiss and no points for it to take off, though some local courts run their own programs. Ask the court named on your citation whether it runs a program of its own.
How many points is a speeding ticket in Colorado?
Colorado gives 0 points for 1 to 4 mph over; 1 point for 5 to 9 mph over; 4 points for 10 to 19 mph over; 6 points for 20 to 39 mph over; 12 points for 40 mph over or more.
Sources
Checked against these pages in .
- Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Title 42 (official uncertified printout, Internet Archive capture of 2026-09-22): 42-2-127.1 and 42-4-1717 (opens in a new tab)
- 1 CCR 204-30, Driver's License - Driver Control, Code of Colorado Regulations (current version effective 06/30/2026) (opens in a new tab)
- Point Suspension, Colorado General Assembly (2016 explainer of 42-2-127(5)(f)) (opens in a new tab)