Pittsburg Traffic School

The Census Bureau estimates 77,542 residents in Pittsburg on July 1, 2025. The city lies on the south shore of Suisun Bay, and State Route 4 cuts through it from west to east as an eight-lane freeway. Kirker Pass Road crosses the northern Diablo Range into Pittsburg, where it becomes Railroad Avenue at Buchanan Road and runs through the center of the city to East 3rd Street near the marina.

Tickets in Pittsburg come from two agencies. The Pittsburg Police Department patrols city streets such as Railroad Avenue, Buchanan Road and West Leland Road. Highway Patrol officers handle State Route 4, and the California Highway Patrol's Contra Costa, Dublin, Marin and Oakland Areas serve Contra Costa County. Whichever agency stops you, the ticket goes to Contra Costa County Superior Court under the same traffic school rules.

The state Office of Traffic Safety ranks Pittsburg against California cities of 50,001 to 100,000 people. For 2023 it counted 145 people killed or injured in Pittsburg crashes, 92nd of 103, where 1st is the worst. Some counts rank higher. Hit-and-run crashes that killed or hurt someone numbered 23, 38th in the group, and 22 pedestrians were killed or injured, 42nd.

When the City Council paid for flashing beacons at five school crossings in November 2023, city collision data showed 193 crashes between vehicles and pedestrians since 2018, five of them fatal. By March 2024, 10 beacons stood on School Street, Seeno Avenue, Riverview Street, West Fourth Street and Buchanan Road.

The city has named Crestview Drive a problem corridor, where speeding drivers spun donuts in the wide intersections. Pittsburg put in temporary medians and a temporary traffic circle there in 2021, police increased enforcement, and in April 2024 the council awarded a contract for raised medians, new markings and crossing improvements at six intersections. In September 2026 the city posted notice that it is starting environmental review of a West Leland Road extension from Santa Teresa Drive to Avila Road.

Pittsburg drivers do not have to leave town for traffic court. Contra Costa County Superior Court hears their cases at the Richard E. Arnason Justice Center, 1000 Center Drive, next door to City Hall where Center Drive meets Railroad Avenue, under DMV court code 07465. The court's page for the building lists Pittsburg among the east county communities it serves, and the court answers at (925) 608-1000.

Traffic school is something you request from the court, and the courtesy notice tells you whether your ticket is eligible. As Pittsburg police explain, the court's bail schedule sets the fine, and the court adds its own traffic school administrative fee, with both amounts and your due date on the notice. Mirai Traffic School's course is a separate $24.99. Contra Costa's rule asks for a valid California license and no traffic school in California in the past 18 months, measured from one violation date to the next. The court makes the final decision.

Mirai Traffic School reports your completion to the DMV electronically, and the court retrieves it from there. Contra Costa still leaves it to you to confirm that the certificate arrived, so check your case before the due date and make sure your name, license number and court code 07465 match. Finishing the course keeps one conviction in any 18-month period confidential and off your driving record.