Florida TLSAE Drug and Alcohol Course

Our professionally designed Florida Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education (TLSAE) online drug and alcohol course gives you everything you’ll need to get where you’re going. With innovative, proven teaching methods making full use of animation, video, and optional audio, this is Florida drivers ed built for you from the ground up. 

Florida Drivers Ed Requirements

To earn a Florida drivers license, you must:

• Be at least 16 years old
• Complete Florida’s TSLAE drug & alcohol course
• Pass a written permit test
• Complete 50 hours of behind-the-wheel training
• Pass the DHSMV road test

Learn more about course details and exam requirements at our Florida Drivers License Guide.

Meets All Florida Requirements for the Drug and Alcohol Course

I Drive Safely’s Florida TLSAE online course is fully approved by the Florida DHSMV to satisfy the state requirement for the first time driver TLSAE drug and alcohol course. Be aware the DHSMV is also referred to as the Florida DMV or FLHSMV. The Florida drug and alcohol course provides all of the information you are required to know before you finally get on the road. The course meets the state-mandated 4 hours to help you earn your driving permit quickly and easily. Note that in order to complete your Florida drivers ed online, you must be at least 15 years old.

All the material you’ll need is included in 7 single-subject units that you can study at your own pace. Don’t worry one bit about scheduling – you can log on or off anytime and always pick up right where you left off. You’ll learn all the essential Florida traffic laws and driving procedures, including chapters on:

• Night driving
• Driving in inclement weather conditions
• Florida road signs and signals
• Defensive driving techniques
• Freeway driving
• Merging and lane changing
• Hazard prevention methods
• Dangers of substance abuse and driving while intoxicated

With interactive elements and plenty of video content, you’ll find yourself breezing through the material in no time. You’ll even retain the information better, with accommodations made for every kind of learner, including voice-overs and subtitles.

How Long Will it Take to Get My Permit?

You can take our Florida TLSAE online drug and alcohol course completely at your own pace. Start and stop as often as you’d like, and finish as soon as you’re able. It’ll take about 4 hours in total, but how you go through those 4 hours is completely up to you and your learning preferences.

With cool animations, video, and audio content, you’ll find yourself moving through the material faster than you’d ever think possible.

Easy Course Completion, Even Easier Florida Permit Test

Once you’ve completed the course, we'll notify the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles department of your drug and alcohol course completion. This not only satisfies your "first time driver" TLSAE requirement, but it also makes you eligible to go ahead and take the online Florida drivers permit course.  You’ll get three tries to pass it online – fail to do so, and you’ll be required to take the test at the DHSMV office in person.

If you pass, all you need to do is fill out some paperwork at the DHSMV office, provided you have all the right forms. When that’s done, you can get your permit just like that!

Under 18?

You're going to need both the alcohol & drug course as well as Florida permit test.

Take a look at our  TLSAE course plus online permit test combo.

We’re Here for the Parents, Too

I Drive Safely gives parents all the resources they need to get their teens through this exciting but anxious time safely and successfully. From our parent-teen driving contract to our step-by-step guide on getting your learners permit in Florida, we’ve got the tools you need to make this special time in your lives as stress-free as possible.

Still have questions? See our FAQs.