Traffic Offender Re-education Courses

Outline

Traffic offender re-education courses are designed to raise the safety awareness of drivers through direct experience of social participation-type volunteer activities and practical driving skills instruction.

Normally, if you accumulate 6 demerit points for light traffic violations (offenses up to 3 points) (or if you lose 6 points in the case of a traffic accident), your license will be suspended. However, if you undertake a traffic offender re-education course, you can avoid the suspension (and the offense will not remain on your record).

If you do not take a traffic offender re-education course your license will be suspended (and you will be unable to attend a re-education course for drivers who have had their license suspended.

Details of re-education courses

A choice between the following two types of re-education courses is offered.

Social-participation activities experience

This type of re-education aims at the raising the safety awareness of drivers, through direct experience in social participation-style volunteer activities.

Two social participation experience courses are offered: Course A, where the activity is done on the same day as the re-education lecture; and Course B, where the activity is done on a separate day, before the day of the lecture.

• Course A = Social participation activity experience on same day as re-education lecture
• Course B = Social participation activity experience on a day previous to the day of the lecture
• Course time = Social participation activity (3 hours) + lecture (3 hours)
• Course fee (incl. notification fee) = (total) 10,050 yen

For both courses, the lecture is held in the afternoon

Examples of social participation activities are as follows.

• Traffic safety campaigning (e.g., distributing flyers)
• Providing daily living support to elderly people in care facilities
• Kyoto City beautification activities (work with a volunteer organization around JR Nishioji station)

The above activities are each conducted only on particular days of the week.

Re-education course locations

You can choose the place and day of social participation activity when you book the course.

Driving safety training in a real car

This course is aimed at enhancing awareness about driving safety through the experience of driving a car and an aptitude assessment performed using a driving simulator.

This course does not include social participation activities.

In this course, the practical training and lecture are held on the same day: training in the morning, lecture in the afternoon.

Course C

Training time = Skills instruction driving a real vehicle (3 hours) + lecture (3 hours)

Course fee (incl. notification fee) = (total) 14,250 yen

Course place

If you select driving safety course with real car training, the course will be held in the place specified on the notification slip you receive.

Kyoto Prefecture Vehicle Safety Driver Training School (at the Driver License Examination Center)

Monday to Friday (except public holidays and the New Year holiday period)

Registration time: 8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.

Course time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Yamashiro Driving School

Twice a month * Please inquire about course days/times and other details.

Sonobe Safety Driving School

Twice a month * Please inquire about course days/times and other details.

Kyoto Maizuru Driving School

Three times a month * Please inquire about course days/times and other details.

Flow of courses

Select either a social participation experience course (Course A or B) or a safe driving course using a real vehicle (Course C).

Course A

(reservation required)

(takes one day)

On the day of the course:

• Social participation activity
• Lecture

* Course time

6 hours on day of course

Course B

(reservation required)

(takes two days)

On a day before the course (day 1):

• Social participation activity

On the day of the course (day 2):

• Lecture

* Course time

Total of 6 hours for the two days

Course C

(reservation required)

(takes one day)

On the day of the course:

• Driving aptitude assessment with real car
• Lecture

* Course time

6 hours on day of course

• Course fee (incl. notification fee) (10,050 yen)
• Course fee (incl. notification fee) (14,200 yen)

Make reservation by telephone

Telephone to change course dates.

Experience social participation activity on the morning of the course day.

Experience social participation activity prior to the course day

Experience driving aptitude assessment on the morning of the course day.

Lecture, on the afternoon of the course day.

Necessary documents

• Driver license
• Traffic offender re-education course notification
• Family seal
• Writing tools
• Course fee

Reservations and inquires

Course Section, Driver License Division, Driver License Examination Center

Tel: 075-631-5181 Ext. 235/236

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