Moraine Park Technical College and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) administer traffic safety courses that enable drivers to reduce demerit points assessed against their driving privilege.
Traffic Safety, Group Dynamics, and Multiple Offender courses are offered face-to-face and are held on campus at Moraine Park. There are no online courses offered for these courses, and online third-party courses are not accepted.
Class Length: 12 Hours
Focuses on reducing traffic violations and accidents in Wisconsin. Students receive information about defensive driving, risks and consequences of aggressive driving, safety belts and airbags, Wisconsin traffic law and penalties, crash risk, and impaired driving. To modify high risk driving a Personal Change Plan is developed by the student. This course can only be taken once every 3 years to reduce up to 3 points.
Q: Do I need to take this class before my court date?
A: No, you can take it before or after your court date. However, if you have more than 12 points after your court date the Department of Transportation will suspend your driving privileges.
Q: Do I need a court order to take this course?
A: No, this is a voluntary class.
Class Length: 24 Hours
Focuses on first time OWI Offenders who have been assessed as irresponsible users by an alcohol/other drug abuse assessor in a county treatment facility. The emphasis is on education and changing their behavior. Each student develops Personal Change Plans to avoid problems with on-going impaired driving.
Class Length: 33 Hours
Focuses on individuals who have multiple OWI charges and have been assessed as irresponsible users by an alcohol/other drug abuse assessor in a county treatment facility. The emphasis is on education and changing behavior. Students develop Personal Change Plans to avoid ongoing problems with impaired driving. This course also includes a 90 day follow up interview to check progress/success with their Personal Change Plans.
The Failure to Yield/Right of Way requirement can be satisfied through a short online or in-person class through a private provider.
Please visit the WI-DOT website for more information.
The 12-hour in-person Traffic Safety Point Reduction Course may also be used to satisfy this requirement.
Group Dynamics, Multiple Offender and Point Reduction courses are not offered online in the State of Wisconsin. The exception is the Failure to Yield course (however, MPTC does not offer the Failure to Yield course). Find traffic safety courses through the WI-DOT.
The student has the option to adjust their schedule and attend class, request their paperwork to be transferred to a different WTCS college for course enrollment, or risk being placed in non-compliance with WI-DOT. Once a student is placed in non-compliance, the student will incur an additional fee with the WI-DOT in order to reinstate their license.
In situations where the current schedule of open classes does not work, Student Services staff will direct students to the Traffic Safety email/inbox mptctrafficsafety@morainepark.edu . The student will receive an auto response to time/date stamp the correspondence for Moraine Park and the student record.
Prospective students may visit the WI-DOT website for a comprehensive list of locations around the state that offer Traffic Safety courses.
Students that wish to transfer to another college must notify the Human Services Administrative Assistant mptctrafficsafety@morainepark.edu
At the final session of class, the student will receive a signed copy of the Course Completion form signed by the course instructor. Additionally, MPTC will notify the WI-DOT of the student’s successful completion of traffic safety requirements. Allow at least ten business days for your completion to be reported to the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
No – Your assessment is good for one year from the date you had it.
However, per your signed Traffic Safety Assessment, you have 72 business hours to register for a class. (You must pay for the class at the time of registration.)
“The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be notified if the client fails to substantially comply with the driver safety plan. Copies of this report will be distributed to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the county department, under s.51.52 Wis. Stats., or its approved agency, the driver safety plan provider named above, and the client.
I understand the recommendations made above, that my participation in the plan will make me more aware of the effects of driving while intoxicated on victims and their families, and agree to comply. I further understand that if it’s discovered that I provided the assessor with any invalid information this assessment can be considered void. I have been informed as to the fee provisions under s.46.03(18)(f) Wis. Stats. For assessment and driver safety plan costs. I agree to set an appointment with my chosen driver safety plan provider, named above, within 72 hours. I further understand that if I fail to comply with the driver safety plan, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will withdraw my driver’s license indefinitely until I complete the plan satisfactorily.”
NO – Registration MUST be completed by the student who will be attending the course(s).
To successfully complete Traffic Safety courses, you must attend all classes for the full class period. The ONLY excused absence is a documented medical absence or the death of an immediate family member. In the case of a documented absence, you can only miss 1 class period at a total of 3 hours. Caution: in courses where the schedule exceeds a 3-hour block, no absence is permitted.
Students are eligible to bring in a personal interpreter to facilitate successful completion of the enrolled course. Interpreters must be over the age of 18, commit to the duration of the course, and abide by confidentiality. Students in need of an interpreter should contact the Traffic Safety Admin for approval and instructor notification. Students should utilize the Traffic Safety email in box as the method of seeking approval for an interpreter. (mptctrafficsafety@morainepark.edu)
Disability Resources facilitates equal access for students with disabilities, allowing full participation in educational programs, services and campus activities through appropriate and reasonable a accommodations while maintaining the academic standards and integrity of the College. To submit a request for accommodation please visit Moraine Park’s Disability Resources office.
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Students whose MV3521 form indicates their non-compliance status is VALID due to non-registration will need to take a printed copy of the MV3521 form, along with required payment, to the WI-DMV to reinstate their license.
Moraine Park personnel are not able to answer this question. We recommend that you review the WI-DOT website to check the status of your license.
Please refer to the WI-DOT website for the answer to this question.
