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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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i've taken comedy defensive driving before and it sucked so now i think i'll do online

this site is only 25 bucks, anybody use it before? how was it?
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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When I did it it sucked. I haven't done many online but they took forever to send my completion certificate and NEVER sent my driving record which I paid for and paid to have it express delivered. I only did it because it was a deadline and I needed it soon. I would NEVER use that site again. They ripped me of about 40-45 bucks!

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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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Take www.defensivedriving.com and don't look back. Seriously
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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i did getdefensive and didn't really have a huge problem....but maybe i was lucky!
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:14 AM
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used it liked it got my Certificate in like 3 days after completion
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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Maybe that was my problem. I paid for next day air, and it took 5 days. No refund and after getting my driving certificate thinking, next day air on that from the same spot i could turn it in faster, and NEVER got that. Called to ask if one had been sent/ordered and they for whatever reason had no record of it...but it was still charged. Refused to refund the money on shipping for either item or for the driving record that was never sent.

It might have worked for some, but i would never go through them again.

P.S. Have to computers if you're going to do it online so you can play on one and take the class on another
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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One rule of thumb. Dont put off till the last minute. As soon as you get the approval for the course, take it! (online of course). It was the most convenient thing for me to do and do not know why I did not do this a long time ago. I could have saved me about 10 trips to the downtown and cypresswood courthouse. You get the thing started, hi "next" and go and do what you want to do. When the "page time mininum" gets down to 0, Answer the simple/common sense question they ask you and move on. This saves you gas, time, money for parking, waiting in line, rude window tellers, convenience of your own bathroom facilities instead of a public one and you take take it at 2 in the morning if you get a wild hair! After one's around 8'th time in defensive driving, you pretty much know the answers without even looking at the content because it becomes redudant.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by will69camaro
Maybe that was my problem. I paid for next day air, and it took 5 days. No refund and after getting my driving certificate thinking, next day air on that from the same spot i could turn it in faster, and NEVER got that. Called to ask if one had been sent/ordered and they for whatever reason had no record of it...but it was still charged. Refused to refund the money on shipping for either item or for the driving record that was never sent.

It might have worked for some, but i would never go through them again.

P.S. Have to computers if you're going to do it online so you can play on one and take the class on another


I was weary about that too but I only had one computer so I chanced it. While the video's etc were playing in the background I was busy lurking here without any "penalties" or such.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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I actually just finished the course online through this website. I found it pretty simple. The only bad part about it is making yourself sit at a computer for the required 6 hours. I'd recommend it! I believe it's the same price as the 'schools' you'd go to as well...
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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+1 for getdefensive.....very cheap and I got my stuff fast.--Tony
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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I usually dont wait until the last minute however I signed up for defensive driving before my "1 year" was up so I waited two months until 1 year had elapsed since the last time. The course is really easy but honestly, what defensive driving course isn't? As said it's all common sense and if you've taken defensive driving before (as I have 8 times) it's even easier!

I would just find another place to go through.

William
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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used getdefensive 3 times... no problems. Friends have used it too.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Take www.defensivedriving.com and don't look back. Seriously
+1 I've used this site 3 times. It's very easy and saves all forward progress and you can just get on when it's convenient for you. I did mine at work in a couple of days. I would just leave it in a background window and then randomly just click next 50 times, wait for time to nearly expire while checking back every once and in a while to click around for to prevent a no activity penalty and then when time was up I just answered the questions. It probably will take you 4 hours if you stay with it.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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I did it, not a big deal. Cheapest around too. Also, I didnt rush deliver my certicate and got it within a week from when I finished the course.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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incredibly easy, but painfully long. you cant just sit back and watch... each page is like a paragraph. you gotta click the next button after a timer that varies from page to page. about every minute and a half.

you can half *** pay attention and just copy and paste the text of each page to a word doc and use as cliffs notes.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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getdefensive.com ftw.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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I just did this one. I had previously done defensivedriving.com, and getdefensive is cheaper and just as easy.

Originally Posted by slayer_taunu
you can half *** pay attention and just copy and paste the text of each page to a word doc and use as cliffs notes.
You can do even less than that. At the end is a review of the entire course. Just copy it into Word and you can search for keywords if you don't know the answer on the test.
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by will69camaro
As said it's all common sense and if you've taken defensive driving before (as I have 8 times) it's even easier!


William


wow over achiever huh
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 02:09 AM
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Almost, or I like to keep all my tickets off my record and manage to get them all a year apart or so I havn't had a ticket since the V1 was bought however Not for speeding and nothing that stuck anyway (all got dismissed ).

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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 03:18 AM
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i have used defensivedriving.com about 3 times and it was great every time.
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