Wisconsin traffic safety school rules
In Wisconsin a traffic safety school takes 3 demerit points off; the ticket stays a conviction. It applies once every 3 years.
Rules checked
Wisconsin has no state course that dismisses a ticket. After you finish a WisDOT approved traffic safety school or defensive driving course, your record loses 3 demerit points, or fewer if you have under 3. The cut applies only to points from violations on or before the course date, and you can use it once in any 3 year period. You pay the course fees. The ticket stays a conviction.
- What a course does
- Points taken off; the conviction stays
- Speed limit for the course
- Not published
- How often
- Once every 3 years
- Deadline to ask
- Not published
- Speeding points
- 3 to 6 points
- Points count for
- A 12 month window
The Wisconsin rule
Every field of the rule. The number points to its source at the foot of the page.
- The program
- Demerit point reduction for a traffic safety school or defensive driving course
- What it does
- Points taken off; the conviction stays
- Set by each court
- No
- Speed limit for the course
- Not published
- Bar at double the posted limit
- Not published
- Open to CDL holders
- Not published
- Open to tickets in a commercial vehicle
- Not published
- Open to learner and provisional licenses
- Not published
- Open to drivers licensed in another state
- Not published
- How often
- Once every 3 years, counted from the day you finished the last course
- Lifetime limit
- Not published
- Deadline to ask
- Not published
- Court fee for the course
- Not published
- Course length
- Not published
- Course price the rule publishes
- Not published
- Crashes
- Not published
Who qualifies
- Not published for CDL holders. Ask your court.
- Not published for tickets written in a commercial vehicle.
- Not published for drivers licensed in another state.
- Speed limit for the course: not published. Your court decides.
- Once every 3 years, counted from the day you finished the last course.
Deadline and how to ask
- Ticket writtenDay 0
- Deadline to askBy the date on your citation
The state rule names no day count. The date on your citation or notice applies.
Points in Wisconsin
| Violation, as the state lists it | Type | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Speeding 10 miles per hour or less in excess of lawful or posted speed | Speeding | 3points |
| Speeding more than 10 miles per hour but less than 20 miles per hour in excess | Speeding | 4points |
| Speeding 20 miles per hour or more in excess of lawful or posted speed | Speeding | 6points |
| Failure to obey any official traffic control device (includes traffic signs or signals) | Red light or stop sign | 3points |
| Deviating from lane of traffic | Lane change or turn | 4points |
| Illegal turn | Lane change or turn | 3points |
| Following vehicle too closely | Following too closely | 3points |
| Failure to fasten seat belt | Seat belt | 0points |
| Reckless driving | Other moving violation | 6points |
| Inattentive driving | Other moving violation | 4points |
| All other moving traffic convictions | Other moving violation | 2points |
Source: Wis. Admin. Code Trans 101.02, Point schedule (opens in a new tab)
What we could not confirm
- Not publishedWisconsin publishes no course length or price for the point reduction course.
Check a Wisconsin ticket
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Wisconsin traffic school questions
Can a defensive driving course take points off in Wisconsin?
In Wisconsin a traffic safety school takes 3 demerit points off; the ticket stays a conviction. It applies once every 3 years. The program: Demerit point reduction for a traffic safety school or defensive driving course.
How often can you take traffic school in Wisconsin?
Once every 3 years, counted from the day you finished the last course.
How many points is a speeding ticket in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin gives 3 points for 1 to 10 mph over; 4 points for 11 to 19 mph over; 6 points for 20 mph over or more.
How long do points stay on your license in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin counts points within a 12 month window, so a point stops counting toward a suspension once it falls outside that window.
Sources
Checked against these pages in .
- Wis. Admin. Code Trans 101.07, Reduction of point value for attendance at driver improvement counseling, traffic safety school or defensive driving courses (opens in a new tab)
- Wis. Stat. 343.32, Revocation and suspension of licenses after certain convictions (opens in a new tab)
- Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 101, Demerit point system (opens in a new tab)
- Wis. Admin. Code Trans 101.04, Suspension of license for accumulation of demerit points (opens in a new tab)
- Wis. Admin. Code Trans 101.02, Point schedule (opens in a new tab)