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DoubleAction : I understand what you are saying. In the case of my CHL class the time did seem to fly by but then I had a very informative and interesting teacher. I guess I am slightly biased as I work in the IT business and there are some very good classes/courses/qualification that available out there and they are not as Mickey Mouse as some people think.

I have never had to take the defensive driving ( I have probably put a hex on that now! ) so I can't comment too much on that except to say that I worry about a class that can be taken in a restaurant, comedy club or Hooters!

There were parts of the class that seemed to me to be a little obvious, but judging by some of the questions and comments by some of my fellow students, other didn't find it as 'obvious'.

There are pros and cons for the online method. This is after all a way of taking defensive driving class too.

One pro is that they (the DPS) can check that you do all of the tution and don't just skip to the test. I actually know someone who passed their classroom part of the CHL in just 30 minutes! Yes, I know that isn't legal and shouldn't have happened, but that is what he told me and I have no reason to disbelieve him as the CHL instructor is a buddy of his.

I can't see the internet being a total replacement for a classroom but I do believe it would be a plausible option if correctly administered. Taking a CHL class is a long day of classroom and range that is not easy for everyone to 'slice off'.

The range part is obviously not going to happen online but people take degrees online so why not the classroom part of a CHL?

I do agree that the test part shouldn't be a 'gimme', but quite honesty the test I took after the classroom for my CHL I found to be pretty easy (100% pass).

I do have a little concern on whether the TxDPS IT department has the technical ability to do this correctly given that they can't even keep the progress of a CHL application current and correct!

Just some random ramblings...YMMV