Information for Sponsors/ Course Providers

This page provides an overview of the Basic Driver Improvement Course (BDIC) for organizations that want to learn more about the program. Links on how to become a course provider are at the bottom of this page.

Effective December 31, 2010, the BDIC program permits eligible drivers to take a driver improvement course, either on-line or in a classroom.

The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) will not make the points or information from the ticket available to insurance companies for drivers who take and pass the BDIC through an approved course provider.

The MDOS will notify eligible drivers by mail. Eligible drivers have 60 days to arrange for and pass the BDIC. The approved course provider must notify the MDOS whether the driver passes or fails.

"Basic driver improvement course" means a course of study that satisfies all of the following conditions:

• It meets or exceeds the curriculum standards set forth in the Defensive Driving Course Instructor Manual, Eighth Edition, published by the National Safety Council.
• It provides documented evidence from a federal, state, or local agency of course effectiveness in reducing collisions, moving violations, or both.
• It contains other information as approved by the Secretary of State and may be offered over the internet or through classroom instruction.

> List of approved course providers

> Steps to become an approved course provider
> Course provider application form
> EFT application form
> BDIC Sponsors/ Course Providers FAQS
> BDIC Public FAQS