Aloha Traffic School

The first time I went to traffic school Orange County had just gone bankrupt and they sold all their traffic school business to one company, which was at the courthouse and patrolled by Sheriff deputies. It was a small taste of what a school in prison must be like.
I was given a list of schools and phone #‘s at OC North Court. Phone #‘s? Who calls phone #‘s? The clerk also highlighted the website. Many other companies, but online ones were added to that list. An actual pdf list with no hyperlinks. Plus the online companies didn’t list websites, there were phone #‘s too! Really!!! We have this thing called technology, it’s great, try it sometime!
I scanned thru, Aloha caught my eye. I went to Maui and loved the vibe there, so checked it out here on Unilocal.GREAT REVIEWS! What’s even better, you can basically check the WHOLE COURSE FOR FREE! All the quizzes, almost everything, but you need to pay before you can see or take the final exam, the one that counts. The one that you only have one hour and a two tries to get 75% pass score. Mine cost $ 25 (fee varies according to who issued the ticket).
So I was at the courthouse about 3 hours ago and just passed the test. The quizzes are true false, i sped thru those, i did get tripped up with «legal» and «illegal», seeing things backwards, but that’s the DMV for you. You have to actually read the question because i swear there are some triple negatives. I decided to pay and do the final test. It’s multiple choice, and pretty tough. I only get two chances so I double checked a lot of answers. I highly recommend you use a tabbed browser and leave all the chapters open for viewing, I was able to pretty quickly confirm correct answers. I think I took about a half hour. If you are not web savvy, go back to the quizzes and see how quickly you can check answers and figure out a method that works for you, you need to average about 2 minutes a question to pass.
The site said they would automatically electronically send my passing to the court («as required by law» no less!), the webpage has my status as passed but not sent, which is correct because I just took it, I expect it to update in a few days, I’m not in a rush. If I want a paper copy I should be able to pay the few bucks later as an upgrade option, but I don’t think I’ll need to do that.
What completely sold me was the ability to basically take all the quizzes up front and to see how I can keep their manual open for reference. Completely sold. I didn’t even look at any other site. So much better than spending 8 hours in prison school.
And you always learn something different… the big one for me is that if two cars meet mid hill and they can’t pass, the car going downhill should backup until the car going uphill can pass, because the car backing uphill has much greater control. That makes so much sense when you actually think about it, but if that happened to me I’d probably not figure that out.

Face it, having to invest 3 or 4 hours for an online course about driving laws isn’t going to be super exciting. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad for the opportunity to keep the ticket off of my record, but I wasn’t really looking forward to having to do it. Aloha was priced nicely and didn’t try too hard to be cute or entertaining. They delivered the content as efficiently as possible, threw in a couple of fun Hawaii facts and kept things moving.
Registration is super easy, as is logging in and out if you don’t want to do the whole thing in one sitting. Glad it is over and hope I don’t need it again, but should there be an occasion for an online driving school, Aloha gets my vote.

I’ve used Aloha twice now, and I’m glad I went back. Both times it was informative and educational, but also easy to use and navigate, and with a touch of humor and Hawaii thrown in. This time I needed to call about my payment (moving, billing address), and unlike my bank, I was quickly able to reach a real, live human who handled my concerns.
I don’t think I was going as fast as that cop said (nor did my 3 passengers), but it wasn’t for a lack of knowing the rules of the road. Hoping I won’t be back in a couple of years, but if so I would choose Aloha yet again.

Aloha Traffic School was easy to use and straight to the point. I was able to complete the course and final exam in about 3.5 hours, after work, after putting two kids to bed, and being exhausted. The test was open book and straight forward, and was easy to navigate back to the various course sections to double check answers. The additional Hawaiian Theme and little fun facts about Hawaii were a nice touch. I now have better knowledge of traffic safety AND that there are no seagulls or billboards in Hawaii. Also, the Island of Molokai has 3000 foot cliffs on the ocean! OMG!!!

In Hawaiian, ALOHA means both Hello & Goodbye and that really sums up my experience.
ALOHA TRAFFIC SCHOOL’s on line course was very affordable, relatively quick and painless & not at all overwhelming in any way. The directions are simple and organized in a logical manner. After you register, you only need your CDL# & Case# each time you login. Since it is self paced you can do as little or as much as you want each time – always at your convenience & whenever you have time.
I WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND ALOHA IF YOU LIKE READING because there are 16 chapters of material (totaling approx 24+/- pages). Also following every 2 chapters there is a short easy open book quiz (1 – 5 True/​False questions) that you can retake again and again if needed until you get it correct. I am a slow reader so I would usually only read 2 chapters+1quiz per session. I was worried about The Final Exam but it is a joke (again open book & very short) with only 25 multiple choice questions of which you need to get only 18 right to pass. Also you have 1 hour to take the exam & conveniently located on the screen, there is a countdown timer so you can easily see how much time you have left.
My Final Exam took me 23 minutes to complete and I had to look up 6 answers & I passed my first time! But don’t worry if you don’t pass your first time. Their course permits you to take the Final Exam 2 times without any additional fee.
BEST FEATURES:
FREE TEST DRIVE
ALOHA TRAFFIC SCHOOL allows you to «test drive» their course BEFORE PAYING A DIME. You can register and begin the course free of charge. Read as much as you like, roam around and everything check out (except the final exam) & see if you really like their format. Believe me, you’ll know after reading about 4 chapters+2 quizzes if you want to continue to stay and pay.
ELECTRONIC COURT CERTIFICATION
Once you have successfully completed the course and passed the final exam, ALOHA TRAFFIC SCHOOL will send an electronic certification notifying your court that you have completed your traffic school. In addition, if you want, there is an option to request a hard copy certificate for your personal records. There is a small fee for this and it will be mailed to your address.
MAHALO ALOHA TRAFFIC SCHOOL!

Easy to navigate, easy to register, easy to follow instructions. One you have been on the CA DMV site and have no idea what to do after you «see the six page list of schools» it is a great relief to call someone (on Sat) and find a person who speaks English and knows what he is talking about.
I signed my boss up, he took the class and got through it with no problems.
I highly recommend this class to anyone looking to get through traffic school with no problems. If you do have to call in — I promise you a great experience as well. I called in because the DMV site left me baffled, and AlohaTrafficSchool…“bailed” me out so to speak. Ok, bad pun. but they were great.
Boss passed, all is good, Mahalo!