Colton, California Traffic School: Court Steps and Online Course Options

Use the court named on your citation or reminder notice—not your home address or the location where you received the ticket—to identify where to handle the case. The San Bernardino Superior Court’s traffic information and citation payment and case lookup portal provide official case services. If the citation is not yet available online, the court says you still need to take action by the appearance date printed on your citation.

For Colton-related traffic matters, the court’s official filing information identifies the Fontana District as accepting traffic infractions and lists Colton among the communities served by the San Bernardino region. The court’s traffic-school page identifies Fontana District court code 36480. Use that code only if Fontana is the court shown on your own citation or official notice.

The San Bernardino Superior Court says it may grant a traffic-school request when the citation and driver meet its eligibility conditions. Its published criteria include a moving violation under the California Vehicle Code, no traffic-school completion within the prior 18 months, no speeding more than 25 mph over the posted limit, no commercial vehicle involved, no mandatory-appearance charge, and no alcohol- or drug-related citation. The court’s full eligibility instructions and any case-specific determination control.

The court states that traffic school cannot be requested through its online Ability to Pay tool. Follow the instructions on your citation or reminder notice or contact the court listed there to request permission. Court obligations and course enrollment are separate: completing a course does not itself respond to a citation, satisfy court payment obligations, or extend a deadline.

If approved, choose a provider from the court-linked Traffic Violator School Provider Search. Enter the correct court code when the provider requests it. The court’s published instructions say the school submits completion information to the DMV and the court processes it electronically. The court must receive and process completion by the deadline stated for your case; verify receipt through the official court portal or with the court.

The court building is in Fontana, not Colton. The court’s service-area listing and traffic-division information make it relevant to Colton traffic matters, but your citation or later official notice identifies the court assigned to your case.

Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino — Fontana District, Traffic Division

17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, CA 92335

Traffic / general information: (909) 350-9322

Public phone hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Court hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., except court holidays. These are listed court hours; hearing schedules may differ.

Official Fontana District information and traffic services · Official traffic information · Official citation lookup and payment portal

The court portal supports case searches by citation number, case number, party name, or business name. Searching for a case is not the same as paying or responding. For court procedures, payments, traffic-school requests, and hearings, use the official court’s links above. If you plan to contest a citation, follow the court’s instructions and deadline; this guide does not recommend a plea.

For an eligible noncommercial driver, completing court-authorized traffic school can keep a point from appearing on the public DMV record. It does not erase the citation or underlying conviction. Eligibility is not automatic, and commercial-license or commercial-vehicle situations can involve different rules. California Courts advises drivers to check the court notice or contact the court when unsure.

GoToTrafficSchool.com describes its California Traffic School course as online and self-paced and states that its DMV school license number is E1990. That is a company claim about its licensing. The San Bernardino Superior Court directs eligible drivers to select from its provider-search resource; its public traffic-school instructions do not independently confirm that every individual provider or course is accepted in every case. Confirm course acceptance with your court before enrolling.

View the GoToTrafficSchool.com California course information. Do not begin the course for ticket masking until the court has authorized traffic school and you have confirmed that the selected course is acceptable for your case and can meet your deadline.

A City of Colton traffic advisory dated March 27, 2026, describes planned construction around the I-10 Mount Vernon Avenue interchange, including lane closures along Mount Vernon Avenue and Valley Boulevard. The notice lists work from April 2026 through fall 2028. Conditions and schedules can change; check the City’s current traffic advisories before traveling through the work area and follow posted work-zone instructions.

The City’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan describes local concerns including speeding, cut-through traffic, truck traffic near residential areas, and pedestrian access. These planning findings are not a claim that any particular street is unsafe or that a specific location has current enforcement. The city document is large and could not be independently read in full for this review; consult the City’s safety-plan document for the underlying material.

• San Bernardino County traffic information — official court services, case procedures, and traffic-school information for county cases.
• California traffic-school guidance — statewide eligibility and point-masking basics.
• GoToTrafficSchool.com California course information — company course details; check acceptance with your assigned court before enrolling.