Safe 2 Drive driving school... I got a speeding ticket

So, I was back in San Diego visiting the folks for a little summer vacation early in July.
The wife and I were driving home from an afternoon of shopping.
We were just merging onto a highway from another when I was coming off a steep on ramp
and was going pretty fast. I drove by a cop of course hidden on the side of the road and
as soon as I saw him and turn on the headlights, I was done for. I looked at the speedometer,
and saw 71 MPH or so. DOH!!! Damn you quiet Acura!

Anyway, the cop was pretty cool and I got my ticket and was on my way.
I wasn't really looking forward for a $300 ticket, but what are you gonna do?

I got my notice in the mail back in nyc a few weeks later and had the option to take driving school
to ensure a point would not be added to my driving record.

I searched through some 30 odd driving schools approved for San Diego county provided with my
notice to appear in court and narrowed it down to the one I choose. Safe 2 Drive.
https://www.safe2drive.com/

The course was $12.95 plus $6.95 to do online I.D. verification through Equifax.
This was one of the cheapest course costs as well online verification costs I came across.
Other schools were charging 9.99 and higher most of the time.

When I finally got to payment part of the course (at the very end after you have passed all course material),
there was a field for Promotion Code. I did a quick google search and the first entry delivered this code below.

Code: 1FAF1
Discount: 10% off

It worked like a charm and deducted an additional 3.00 off for "Family and Friends".

Total price was $16.90.

The reason why I choose this course was mainly based of the site's design.
It was one of the cleaner and more professionally designed sites I came across.
Some of the driving schools were so crappy in design, I only would have considered them
if the price was even cheaper. Anyway... I had a pleasing experience and got through 5
chapter course in about 3.5 hours total broken into 2 sessions at my computer.

You take a 10 question quiz at the end of each chapter. Pass with 80% or more and you
can move on to the next chapter. After going through all course material, you then
can enter the payment flow, i.d. verification online (if you choose that path) and then onto
a 25 question test.

The funny thing is, there is nothing to stop you from keeping course material or the
internet for finding answers to questions on the test if you need it.

I ace the test 100%, but probably because the stuff I had just read and ran through was still
fresh in my head.

Bottom Line, if you get a speeding ticket in san diego county and you qualify for driving school.
I'd recommend this school for cost and design. The only crappy part of the site's design is that
there is no way to quickly navigate to say Chapter 1 from Chapter 4. You have to hit Prev/Next
buttons for each slide/page to get there. Locked in the linear navigation. If you can deal with
that... there you have it.

PODCAST Update for August 2008, FINALLY!!!!! PPD-NOS Part 1

It's been way too long. The biggest gap I've had in putting out these podcasts since I started getting these out.

Without further ado...

Benny Blanco®
AOL Radio 22 August 2008 : PPD-NOS Pt.1
Title | Artist | Release | Label | Country

1 (13) Visions Cut Copy In Ghost Colours [Modular Records USA MODCD050] US
2 (09) bodies (prins thomas orgasmatron) todd terje prima norsk 3 - the space disco edition [beatservice records bs078cd] Norway
3 (A) Night Falls Won't Back Down (A-Side Remix) Booka Shade Vs Plastic Operator Night Falls Won't Back Down [Mash MASH001] Germany
4 (B1) Second Moon DJ Kent In The Bush [Bear Funk BF 002] UK
5 (2A) She's Sent (Heaven) (Original) Michoacan She's Sent (Heaven) [Tiny Sticks Records stick009] UK
6 (B2) Disco D'oro (Dj Spun Mix) Tussle Disco D'oro [Rong Music RONG004] US
7 (B2) Black Coffee Jesse Rose Let's start again EP [Dubsided DSD004] UK
8 (A) Magic Love (Ashley Beedle's Black Magic Vocal Mix Edit) Bent Magic Love [Sport SPORT8P] UK
9 (A1) Where The Music Takes You (Pastaboys Main) Ananda Project Where The Music Takes You [Nite Grooves KNG286] US
10 (B) Tomcat' (Mock's Mod Mix) Mock & Toof Black Jub [Tiny Stick Records stick 011] UK
11 (B) Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix) Cut Copy Hearts on Fire [Modular Recordings MODVL056] Australia
12 (01) I Walk Alone (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit) Those Guys Basement Boys Productions - Anthology [Basement Boys Records BBRCD006] US
13 (B1) Go Around (Gusto's Move The Party Mix) Criminal Element Orchestra Go Around [Fourth & Broadway 12 BRW 336] UK
14 (B2) Help Myself Chez Damier I Never Knew Love [KMS KMS048] US

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