No, you cannot now take a Florida driving course to get points already placed on your driving record off. You have already been convicted of the offense and assigned the 4 points. In FL you need to take traffic school at the time of the violation in order to keep the points from being placed on your driver's license. Once the points are assessed we know of no way in which to reduce them or take them off.

Florida law allows that you may elect to take a driving course/traffic school once in a 12-month period, and no more than 5 times in your lifetime. The 12 months are floating, thus not necessarily from January to December but from the date of the ticket.

When you are able to choose traffic school when you have received a moving violation citation in FL points will not be assessed and adjudication will be withheld on your driving record. When you elect the school option you will need to pay the appropriate cost to the clerk. This amount differs from the Payment of Civil Penalty as Stated on the Citation. Contact the court to find out the appropriate penalty.

You only have a certain amount of time in which to choose to take traffic school for a ticket. Some courts may require you to make the decision before paying the ticket while other counties' courts may allow you to pay the ticket and then decide.

The time in which to complete traffic school may also vary depending upon the jurisdiction in which you received the citation. For example in Orange County you must elect the school option with the clerks within 30 straight calendar days to avoid late fees and possible suspension of your driving privilege.

Within 90 days, you will need to contact a school of your choice, complete the course and return your completion form to the clerk’s office. Failure to complete the school and return proof within 90 straight calendar days of the date you made your election could result in suspension of your privileges, points being assessed, and assessment of additional penalties and late fees.

In Miami-Dade their clerk of the court states that you may elect to attend school or request a court date even after making payment on your ticket. The request for traffic school or a court date though must be received within 30 days from the date of your first payment and this does not apply to cases that were already ruled on in court.

Here you have 120 days from the date you paid your citation, or the date you attended court, to complete your traffic school. If you fail to complete the course within the allotted time then you may be subject to a license suspension, points to be assessed against your driver license and additional monetary penalties.

Florida statutes do get amended so you may want to contact the FL Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV) to see if there have been any changes regarding DMV points and if there are ways in which to get a reduction in points on your driving record.