Thursday, August 18, 2011

Web-Based Driving Safety Courses in Texas

The most convenient and cheapest option for driver safety courses in Texas are those that are web-based. While it may lack the entertainment value that comedic classroom-based driving safety courses provide, it's better for some Texans to sit in the comfort of their own living room or office and listen to as well as watch a driving safety course on their computer screen than attend a live class with a licensed driving instructor who may or may not be versed in comedic performance as well. For those Texans, there are an abundance of options available of which don't really vary in price or convenience, but often vary in experience. Without doing some research, a person really can't know which option is going to offer the best experience for him or her.

The price of web-based driving safety courses across Texas vary little from provider to provider. By running a Google search using, “web-based driving safety course in Texas” as your search terms, you'll notice that every driving safety course provider that turns up in the results offers their web-based driving safety course for twenty-five dollars. By state law, the lowest price any driving safety course provider can offer for a driving safety course, whether web-based or classroom-based, is twenty-five dollars. For classroom-based driving safety courses, schools generally charge anywhere from $29 such as at Comedy Driving, Inc., to as much as $59 at other driving safety course providers. Some driving safety course providers distribute coupons for a discount on their classroom-based driving safety courses which may decrease the price to $25 such as it does at Comedy Driving, Inc., classroom-based driving safety courses, but not every driving safety course provider distributes such a coupon and those that do may not decrease the price the $25 that is required as the minimum by Texas law. You'll only find driving safety courses that start at $25 without any sort of coupon or discount by taking a web-based driving safety course.

The distance from the course provider to the address where you'd like to have your Certificate of Completion mailed probably won't be a huge factor in your decision of what web-based driving safety course provider to use. While most driving safety course providers state to allow one to seven days for delivery of your Certificate of Completion, you'll most likely receive it much sooner than seven days. If close by, two to three days is more likely albeit never guaranteed. Taking a web-based driving safety course from a driving safety course provider that is located on the opposite side of Texas from where you're located could potentially take significantly longer than a driving safety course provider that is within no more than a few hours driving distance from your location.

Most web-based driving safety courses are designed to fit your schedule so that they're as convenient as possible. Since you're given unique login identification and a password, you're able to login at anytime, day or night, and you can logout to take breaks anytime. When you logout during the web-based driving safety course, your progress is saved so you can step away for hours or even days at a time and finish it later when you some free time or just want something to use to kill some time at work. When choosing a web-based driving safety course, you can choose between completely serious or funny at every opportunity available. Just as some driving safety course providers have their classroom-based courses taught by comedians, they also provide a web-based driving safety course that has contributions from actual comedians to make the web-based driving safety course as funny as possible.

Once you complete a web-based driving safety course which includes a test you must pass at the end of the course, a Certificate of Completion will be mailed to you with has your information that your provided printed on it so that it's ready for you to take to the court where your ticket is being handled. If you only took the web-based driving safety course for insurance purposes then you'll receive a copy of the Certificate of Completion specifically for your insurance company.


Wednesday, August 3, 2011



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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Construction Zones

Each year in Texas, there are approximately 15,000 crashes and more than 100 people killed in highway construction and maintenance zones. The two leading causes of work zone crashes are excessive speed and the failure to remain alert while driving. As a result, one in three work zone crashes is a rear-end collision. In 2009, there were 3,871 distracted driving crashes in Texas work zones, involving 7,837 vehicles. These distracted driver crashes resulted in 27 fatalities. Don't mistake the orange barrels for slalom poles. They're not meant for you to weave in and out of them. They're meant to separate you and the workers from danger.
At any one time, there can be more than 1,000 Texas highway work zones in operation. With so much construction, motorists frequently encounter work zones. Please keep the following tips in mind when driving through work zones:
 Slow down and always follow posted work zone speed limits. Speeding is one of the major causes of work zone crashes. Remember, traffic fines double in work zones.
 Pay attention. Workers and heavy equipment may only be a few feet from passing vehicles.
 Be patient. Delays from highway construction can be frustrating, but it only takes a few extra minutes to slow down for a work zone.
 Plan ahead. Leave a few minutes early when traveling through a work zone in order to reach your destination on time.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH

The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the scene as possible, immediately return to the scene of the accident if the vehicle is not stopped at the scene of the accident and remain at the scene of the accident until the operator complies with the requirements of rendering aid as stated by the Texas Transportation Code. It's called a “scene” because some people like to act like they're injured and you really should get back there as quickly as possible so they don't have a chance to make up a story for their one-man play.
An operator of a vehicle required to stop the vehicle must do so without obstructing traffic more than is necessary. If it can be moved by your own means then you should move it. Otherwise, unless you happen to have Superman in your back pocket to move your upside-down vehicle to the side of the road, you should just get yourself out of the way of traffic as quickly as possible.
A person commits an offense if the person does not stop or otherwise comply with the laws for rendering aid and accidents involving personal injury or death. Such an offense is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both the fine and the imprisonment or confinement. Stick around at the scene of the accident and help out where you can so you can use that time and money to get your clunker fixed.


Monday, July 25, 2011

Smart Phone, Dumb Driver

Have you ever been stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeway and thought, “I wish I knew what was goin' on up there?” Of course, you have. That's what everyone thinks when they're struck in traffic. As if by knowing what's going on will somehow make it all go away and you can continue on you way.
These days there are actually quite a few tools most people have at their disposal that could help them find out that sort of information. Although, most of the tools are the very same thing that cause the accidents that, in turn, cause the traffic to be backed up so badly. These tools are your cell phones. There are a lot of great uses for a cell phone when you're driving: GPS, traffic updates and taking pointless pictures of yourself driving to put on Facebook instead of having both hands on the wheel to make sure you don't become the cause of the traffic being locked-in at a standstill.
When you're using one of the tools on your smartphone to find out about the traffic in your area, you should only do so when your car isn't and shouldn't be moving. Do it in your driveway or in a parking lot before you get moving. Stop some place away from traffic like a gas station or restaurant to double-check the information or update the route on your GPS. There's no point is having a smartphone that has all those capabilities if you're just going to make dumb decisions. Be smarter than your phone.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Vehicles and Equipment Subject to Inspection

A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer registered in Texas must have the following items inspected at an inspection station or by an inspector: tires, wheel assembly, safety guards or flaps (if required by the Texas Transportation Code), brake system (including power brake unit), steering system (including power steering), lighting equipment, horns and warning devices, mirrors, windshield wipers, sunscreening devices (unless the vehicle is exempt from sunscreen device restrictions under the Texas Transportation Code), front seat belts in vehicles on which seat belt anchorages were part of the manufacturer's original equipment, tax decal (if required by the Texas Transportation Code), exhaust system, exhaust emission system, fuel tank cap using pressurized testing equipment approved by rule of the Department of Public Safety and emissions control equipment as designated by the DPS. Inspector Gadget and Inspector Clousseau are not permitted to conduct motor vehicle inspections for you.
A moped is subject to inspection in the same manner as a motorcycle, except that the only items of equipment required to be inspected are the brakes, headlamps, rear lamps, and reflectors, which must comply with the standards prescribed by the Texas Transportation Code. Not all vehicles are created equal. Just like people, some are cooler than others so they don't have to go through the same hassle.


Monday, June 6, 2011

Comedydriving.com Video Contest!



Need some extra cash to payback your Grandmother? - either way ComedyDriving.com is conducting a
Video Contest that could allow you to win some serious cash!

2011 Official Contest Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. HOWEVER IT WILL MAKE OUR ACCOUNTANTS HAPPY!
First Place $ 1,000.00
Second Place $ 500.00
Third Place $ 250.00
Fourth Place $ 150.00
Fifth Place $ 100.00

Entrants must submit an original video ranging from 1-5 minutes in length on one or more issues or topics relating to comedy and driving safety. Here are some additional requirements:

Video should be created after June 1, 2011
Length should be from 1 to 5 minutes
Topic/Material should be comedic in nature and relating to driving safety
Include a Title at the beginning, before the video starts
Conclude with the Director's / Producer's name
Include Actors names and role in the credits
Include contact information with submission
The content should be original and have not been submitted to any other contest.
Work to be created or compiled by the person or group entering the video and not contain credits, company names, logos, trademarks, or watermarks

In addition any contestant's original video idea that is utilized by Comedy Driving Inc. on their educational website, in whole or in part, will receive a payment for such services in the amount of $50.

Please be advised once media content is submitted into the contest, it becomes property of Comedy Driving Inc. At that point any creative content / original ideas / /images of the videos can be utilized to enhance Comedy Driving Inc's existing educational online platforms. Comedy Driving Inc. will only be uploading the most engaging media content online so please send us your best stuff! Contest entries with questionable content may be rejected, meaning any content that violates Comedy Driving media policies will be deemed ineligible.This includes but is not limited to the following:

The video should convey effective ways to improve driver safety for Texas drivers and may not contain any work (in whole or in part), which is the subject of a copyright or infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party. Video must not include anything that is inappropriate for publication (such as, profanity, nudity, pornographic, graphic or sexually explicit content, hate speech, illegal conduct, animal abuse, drug abuse, any form of racism or gratuitous violence). Video must address the contest theme and must not have been submitted to any other competition or contest, or have received an award prior to submission as an entry in this contest. Video must be the original work created on or after June 1st 2011.

Acceptable Formats & Hard Copies

Video Format

Comedy Driving will be uploading all acceptable media content to the Comedy Driving Youtube channel.
Be advised Comedy Driving aims to showcase only the most entertaining, educational and humorous videos online.
The best image format is dot.mov file or dot.mp4

Hard Copies

External Hard Drive
Memory Stick
Data CD/DVD
E-mail (if file is small enough) submission@comedydriving.com

Contest Deadlines

Winners will be announced at the end of the year - December 31, 2011 on the Comedy Driving Facebook Page. For any questions or concerns contact us via email at jeff@comedydriving.com or comedydriving@comedydriving.com

The Comedy Driving management team will judge video entries on the effectiveness of the driving safety message (25%), popularity (like's on YouTube) (25%), creativity/originality (25%); and humorous content (25%)

To enter the contest, access the website www.comedydriving.com/contest during the contest period, complete the official entry form that is located on that page and submit the video as directed. Entry must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Central Time on October 31, 2011. There will be a limit of five entries per person. Entries become the property of Comedy Driving Inc. and will not be returned.