Colorado Traffic School: What to Do Instead

First, why there is no dismissal class here

In Colorado, points follow a conviction, and it is the DMV that assesses them, not the judge. Colorado Springs Municipal Court puts it bluntly: the state runs no program that lets someone charged with a traffic offense attend a remedial class and see the ticket dropped.

Classes do turn up in Colorado traffic cases, but only as a term of a sentence or a plea bargain, never as something you can request over the counter. Be wary of any website selling a statewide Colorado dismissal course.

Option one: pay a state ticket on time

For state penalty assessments, statute 42-2-127(5.5) rewards on time payment with a smaller hit: offenses of three points or more lose two, and two point offenses lose one. The DMV says payment online, or by mail postmarked inside 20 days of getting the ticket, counts. You still owe the whole fine.

Once a ticket is more than 40 days old it has moved to court, and the DMV can no longer accept payment. A driver younger than 18 also has to send form DR 2334, notarized and signed by a parent or guardian.

Say you got a 4 point ticket for going 14 over on a state highway. Pay it online the next week and the record shows 2 points instead of 4.

Option two: negotiate a plea, possibly with a class

At a county or city court, nothing stops you from asking the prosecutor to amend the charge to a lower point offense. Colorado Springs, for one, states that its City Prosecutor can bring points down through a plea and that a traffic class may enter the discussion.

Some cities go further and reduce points automatically when you pay ahead of court. In Colorado Springs, an eligible 4 point ticket becomes 2, a 3 becomes 1 and a 2 becomes 0. CDL holders are left out, as are offenses that require a court appearance, such as speeding in a school or construction zone, careless driving and having no proof of insurance.

Option three: the phone ticket escape hatch

Colorado's 2025 phone law comes with a single use reprieve. CDOT says your first violation is dismissed when you produce a receipt or other proof of buying a hands free device.

It will not help a second ticket. A repeat within 24 months costs $150 and three points, and penalties climb from there.

Option four: the HB24-1250 waiver course

In force since August 7, 2024, HB24-1250 offers drivers convicted of a traffic infraction, or a misdemeanor traffic offense, a way to have the suspension points from that conviction waived: finish a driving improvement course that a commercial driving school teaches and the Department of Revenue has approved.

The law hands the practical details (points covered, frequency, claim steps, fees) to the Department of Revenue to settle by rule. When we checked in October 2026, no official DMV page described an active way to file a claim, so get confirmation from the DMV before paying any school that advertises the waiver.

If you hold a commercial license

Commercial drivers have fewer escape routes. Colorado Springs bars CDL holders from its automatic reductions, citing statute 42-4-1719, which restricts how a CDL holder's violations may be reduced. Ask the DMV directly before counting on the HB24-1250 waiver.

Federal rules also require CDL holders to report most traffic convictions to their employer within 30 days, whatever vehicle they were driving. A plea that lowers the points can still leave a conviction your employer has to hear about.