Persons charged with passing a school bus are not eligible to take a driving safety course.

• A. True
• B. Eligible only if no prior offenses
• C. Not eligible to take a driving safety course
• D. Eligible if the driver is under 18

Answer: (C)

Eligibility for a driving safety course depends on the nature of the traffic offense. Offenses that endanger children, like passing a stopped school bus, are treated as serious violations and typically disqualify a driver from enrolling in a driving safety course. The purpose of the course is to help reduce points and promote safer driving for less severe offenses, but when the violation involves school bus safety, the program is not available as a remedy. So, a person charged with passing a school bus is not eligible to take the driving safety course. This ineligibility isn’t changed by age or by whether there were prior offenses—the rule is based on the severity and nature of the violation itself.