GetDefensive.com is approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) as a provider of online driver education for adults who are 18-24 years of age. Our Texas Driver Education School number is C2588. You may view a copy of our license by clicking here.

This online driver education course for adults is divided into 9 chapters, including the final examination. Texas law requires that you spend a minimum of 6-hours taking a driver education class for adults. Each lesson page is timed, and you are required to spend the minimum required time on each page before proceeding to the next page. Once you have completed all of the online course chapters, you are required to pass the final exam with a score of 70% or better. You will have 3 opportunities to pass the final exam.

We are required to verify your identity before allowing you to take the final exam. In order to do this, we utilize three (3) separate verification tools:

1. Voice Biometrics. Upon logging into your course for the first time, you will be prompted to call a toll-free telephone number in order to record a voice sample. Then, at random intervals during the course, you will again be prompted to call a toll-free number to verify your identity through voice biometrics. This process is required of all GetDefensive.com adult driver's education course students at no additional charge.
2. Experian Verification. Prior to taking the final examination, you will be asked to verify your identity using Experian. This process involves drawing 5 questions from your credit history based on information such as mortgage payment amounts, previous addresses, etc. This service is offered to you at no charge.
3. Statement of Assurance. If you are either unable or unwilling to verify your identity through Experian, you will be required to submit a signed and notarized "Statement of Assurance" prior to taking the final exam.

Once you complete the online adult drivers ed course, we will process and ship a certificate of completion (TDLR Form ADE-1317) to whatever mailing address you entered during online registration. It is your responsibility to present this certificate to the TDLR licensing office when you go to apply for your Texas driver's license. Although successfully completing this adult driver education course means you will not have to re-take the TDLR written exam, you will still be required to take the vision and the behind-the-wheel driving tests in order to get a driver's license.

We will send your certificate via regular US Mail free of charge or you can select any one of our expedited shipping methods available through Federal Express. Please note that our certificate shipping cut-off times are 6PM Monday through Friday and 2PM on Saturday. We do not ship certificates out on Sunday. If you complete your course after the cut-off time, or on Sunday, your certificate will be processed the next business day.

Also, please note that Federal Express shipments are processed according to a business day schedule. For example, if you select Federal Express Overnight delivery and complete your course on a Friday before the cut-off time your certificate will be delivered on Monday morning. Saturday delivery is available but can only be ordered if you complete the course on a Friday night and call our customer service department at 800-851-3007.

If you have not started the course*, you may request a full refund at any time. Once you start the course, however, you must request a full refund within three (3) business days of your enrollment date. If you do not request a refund within this period of time, you may still request a refund minus a $15 penalty surcharge. Additionally, once you start the course, if you do not complete it within 180 days from the date of your enrollment your account will be disabled and you may request a refund minus a $15 penalty surcharge. Please call us at 800-851-3007 to request a refund.

If your certificate is lost or damaged in the mail, you have thirty (30) calendar days from the date of your completion to request a duplicate certificate free of charge. If you request a duplicate certificate after thirty (30) days from the date of your completion, you will be required to pay a $10.00 duplicate certificate fee.

If you would like to read the GetDefensive.com Adult Drivers Ed Course terms of use, please click here.