Folsom Traffic School

The Census Bureau estimates 91,983 residents in Folsom on July 1, 2025, up from 80,463 on April 1, 2020. US 50 crosses the city on its way east to El Dorado County, and East Bidwell Street and Folsom Boulevard carry much of the local traffic to and from the freeway.

Tickets in Folsom come from two directions. The Folsom Police Department patrols city streets such as East Bidwell Street, and the California Highway Patrol's North Sacramento, South Sacramento and East Sacramento Areas serve Sacramento County, including US 50. Both kinds of ticket land at Sacramento County Superior Court, which applies one set of traffic school rules no matter who wrote the citation.

In the California Office of Traffic Safety's 2023 rankings, Folsom crashes killed or injured 303 people, placing the city 62nd of 103 cities of similar size, where 1st is the worst result. Motorcycles are the number to notice. Crashes killed or injured 26 motorcyclists, 15th in the group, and speed-related crashes that hurt or killed someone numbered 65, 23rd. Pedestrians fared better, with 12 killed or injured, 89th, and bicyclists with 16, 73rd.

Folsom adopted its current Local Road Safety Plan in 2024, drawn up with residents, city staff, public safety workers and transportation experts. It uses crash data to find high-risk areas and names the fixes the city is after, including better routes for people on foot and on bikes, retimed traffic signals, and clearer signs and road markings. A city Traffic Safety Committee, set up under Section 10.02.010 of the municipal code, advises the city council on traffic safety and hears residents' concerns. In 2021, Caltrans also funded signal and intersection safety work at several Folsom locations through the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program.

A ticket written in Folsom is handled by Sacramento County Superior Court at the Carol Miller Justice Center, 301 Bicentennial Circle in Sacramento, which hears adult and juvenile traffic infractions under DMV court code 34470. The court's traffic call center is (916) 669-5712. The officer writes a court date on your ticket, and the court expects the case resolved on or before that date, so plan around it.

You can ask for traffic school any time on or before that date, and the court decides. It looks for a valid non-commercial license, a moving violation that carries a DMV point, and no traffic school sign-up in California in the 18 months before the ticket date. Tickets involving alcohol or drugs, or a charge under Vehicle Code Section 22406.5, do not qualify. When the court says yes, it collects full bail, any proof of correction fees and an administrative fee it does not refund, apart from Mirai Traffic School's $24.99.

Wait for the court's answer before you start. The court warns that a driver who attends without being eligible still has the conviction reported, and gets no refund of fees paid. Once you are granted traffic school, one due date covers both the court payment and the course, and the court allows no extensions or partial payments. Mirai Traffic School reports your completion to the DMV electronically, and the court retrieves it from there.