Before you reserve a class or plan a trip across Hampton Roads, identify what your paperwork actually requires. Driver Training Solutions LLC (DTS) helps Hampton students compare eight-hour Driver Improvement, complete twelve-hour RADEP, and the four-hour RADEP supplement.
This page connects your course decision with your travel and completion plan: verify the hours, confirm the accepted format, and choose a route that gives you time to finish and submit your certificate.
“Driver improvement,” “reckless driving,” and “RADEP” are not interchangeable instructions. A traffic charge alone does not tell you which course to buy. Use your DMV notice, court order, or attorney instructions to answer these questions.
The regular Virginia Driver Improvement Clinic is an eight-hour course. It may be a complete requirement by itself. Do not add RADEP simply because your case involves a serious traffic allegation.
Review eight-hour Driver ImprovementThe Reckless & Aggressive Driver Education Program (RADEP) totals twelve hours. Compare the full online program with the classroom pathway of eight-hour Part 1 plus four-hour Part 2.
Understand the full RADEP requirementKeep your certificate. Ask whether that completion is accepted as Part 1 for this requirement and whether you may complete the remaining four hours online or in a classroom.
Check the supplemental RADEP option
Whether you are starting from Phoebus, Buckroe, Downtown Hampton, or the Coliseum area, make the course decision before planning the journey. A convenient date is only useful if it matches the required course and gives you enough time to submit completion documents.
Students who live in Hampton but work, study, or handle appointments in Newport News can use both city guides when planning attendance. Your home city does not turn an unlisted address into a scheduled classroom.
Our Hampton guide focuses on course selection, travel planning, and deadlines. The Newport News guide provides the neighboring city's course and classroom-access information. Both lead to the same current schedule and clearly separated enrollment options.
Newport News Driver Improvement & RADEP OptionsFor students elsewhere on the Virginia Peninsula, verify your own requirement and use only an advertised venue and class date.
Choose the required course first, then the language-access option. These links explain each course and lead to its existing enrollment pathway. An online offering does not override an instruction to attend in person.
The regular clinic for an eight-hour Driver Improvement requirement. It is not the complete twelve-hour RADEP program.
For a full twelve-hour RADEP requirement when your court or referring authority accepts the complete online program.
For students with an accepted prior eight-hour certificate who need only the remaining four-hour component and may complete it online.
Original online courses are authored in English. After course entry, Google Translate can display compatible lessons, instructions, quizzes, and the final examination in Spanish. Translation is automatic and may be imperfect; this is not a separately authored Spanish curriculum. Customer service and technical support are available in English only.
Antes de pagar: confirme las horas y la modalidad aceptadas. El contenido compatible puede mostrarse en español mediante Google Translate después de ingresar. Las clases presenciales, la atención al cliente y el soporte técnico se ofrecen solamente en inglés.
Online purchases are nonrefundable. Confirm acceptance, prior-certificate eligibility when applicable, and language limitations before purchasing.
Eight-hour Driver Improvement can serve as RADEP Part 1 when accepted for your requirement. Complete classroom RADEP also requires four-hour Part 2 after an acceptable Part 1. Register separately for each session; the course and venue may differ between dates.
Typical session: 9:00 AM–5:30 PM. Classroom instruction is in English. Complete the full session and required testing.
Typical session: 9:00 AM–1:00 PM. Bring the prior eight-hour certificate when required. Check Part 2 availability separately.
Eight hours plus four hours, two classes, and two registration submissions. Plan both dates before assuming the requirement will be finished on time.
Pay $100 cash for each classroom course. These classroom prices are separate from the online prices above.
Choose a venue from the current schedule, not from the city nearest your home. Not every course is offered at every location. Your selected listing and registration confirmation identify where to attend.
Use your correct personal information and select the exact course, city, and date. For classroom RADEP, submit a separate registration for each part.
Open classroom registrationClassroom students should bring photo identification, relevant DMV or court paperwork, cash tuition, and any required prior certificate. Online students should read the selected course's access and completion instructions before beginning.
Finish all required instruction and testing. Completion documentation is processed after course requirements are met. Review your details, keep a copy, and submit it by the method and deadline your authority specifies.
Classroom study combines instructor-led defensive-driving education with opportunities to ask questions about the material. RADEP includes education about attitudes and behaviors behind risky driving. Online students work through required course content and assessments using the selected platform.
If you are unsure which DTS course matches the wording in your documents, call 757-235-4994 before paying or planning travel. We can explain our courses and registration steps. Your court, DMV, attorney, or referring authority must resolve acceptance questions.
Four-hour supplemental RADEP and complete twelve-hour online RADEP do not award +5 Virginia DMV safe-driving points. For an eight-hour Driver Improvement Clinic, point treatment depends on the official attendance reason and eligibility.
These regular Driver Improvement and RADEP courses do not meet Virginia DMV commercial-driver improvement requirements for CDL license holders. Confirm the required commercial clinic before registering.
The current published schedule lists Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, not a Hampton classroom date. Use the live schedule and your registration confirmation to identify the actual venue.
No. The listed Hampton Inn & Suites venue is at 1421 North Battlefield Blvd. in Chesapeake. Confirm the city and street address before traveling.
An online course may eliminate classroom travel if your requirement accepts that format. Confirm the exact course and hours before choosing among eight-hour Driver Improvement, full twelve-hour RADEP, and the four-hour supplement.
Full classroom RADEP requires two sessions totaling twelve hours. One eight-hour class does not complete full RADEP. Ask the responsible authority about accepted formats and timing before registering.
A qualifying certificate may be accepted as RADEP Part 1. Confirm that it meets your current requirement and that the remaining four-hour component may be completed in the format you select.
Choose dates and venues that offer the correct components and let you complete an acceptable Part 1 before Part 2. Register separately for each class and verify both confirmations.
Use Hampton for the course, travel, and deadline planning explained here. Use the Newport News guide for neighboring-city information. Both connect to the current schedule; neither promises a Peninsula classroom that is not listed.
Classroom instruction is in English. The six online choices include three Spanish-accessible routes using Google Translate for compatible material after entry. Original course content and customer support are in English.
Do not assume automatic court delivery. Confirm the submission instructions, who must provide the certificate, and the deadline. Keep your own copy and check whether both RADEP component certificates are required.
Driver Training Solutions LLC has 23 years of experience in Virginia Driver Improvement and RADEP education. Damon Hogan, Program Administrator, brings classroom teaching experience to the questions students face before enrollment.
Our approach makes the requirement, course structure, tuition, language limitations, and completion responsibilities visible before you choose.
AAA Driver Improvement: our classroom Driver Improvement instruction uses recognized defensive-driving materials to help students identify hazards, make safer decisions, and reduce avoidable driving risks.
NSC Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving: classroom RADEP education addresses the attitudes, choices, and behaviors that contribute to aggressive or risky driving.
National Safety Council Certified Training Center: Driver Training Solutions LLC holds this professional training credential. These classroom materials and credentials describe our instructional foundation; course acceptance still depends on the requirement that applies to you.
Program guidance by Damon Hogan, Program Administrator, Driver Training Solutions LLC. Serving Virginia drivers through 23 years of Driver Improvement and RADEP education. For questions about our courses, registration, or completion documents, call 757-235-4994.