Curriculum

Classes held on Saturdays from 9AM – 5:30PM

Driving is scheduled directly with your assigned instructor. Schedules vary per instructor

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Our classroom instruction techniques include lectures, videos, games, and interactive discussions.

Driving Videos: Knowing Your Car, Residential and City Driving, Expressway, Alcohol and Drugs While Driving
Introduction
Group Picture
Safety: A Personal Focus
Graduation Picture
Road Signs: Meaning, color, shapes, roadway markings
The Driving Task: responsibilities
Driving Appointment Policies
The Driving Task: Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
Controlling the Vehicle: Center of gravity, Friction and traction, Performing vehicle maneuvers, Intersections
Road Signs Test
Distractions while driving
Qualifications/requirements for a restricted license
Review for the Knowledge Test
Driving Knowledge Test – 25 Items
Paperwork: license, permits, information card
Online Documentation: DE-99 form
Scheduling driving lessons
Videos: Hazards and Malfunctions

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Six hours of behind the wheel education in our specially designed driver’s education vehicles.

Starting
Accelerating
Stopping
Backing
Turning
Right-of-way
Securing and Entering the Vehicle
Parking Uphill/Downhill with/without a curb.
Perpendicular and Angle Parking
Parallel Parking
No Parking Zones
Visual Search: Looking ahead, to the sides, and rear.
Vision Limitations: Blind spots, weather conditions.
Adjusting to Roadway Conditions: Curves, slippery roads, water on the roadway.
Adjusting to Traffic Conditions: Keeping pace with traffic, Entering into traffic flow, Exiting into traffic flow.
Adjusting Speed
Changing Lanes
Managing Space: Space ahead, space behind, space to the side, space to merge, space to cross or enter, space to pass.
Passing and when being Passed: Oncoming vehicles, hills and curves, intersections.
Approaching, Driving through, Stopping at Intersections
Communicating: Using headlights, horn, emergency signals; Signaling movements
Handling Traction Technology
Avoiding Collisions: Braking and steering quickly, dealing with skids.
Driving Distractions: Cellphones, food, makeup, etc.
Emergencies: brake, tire, power, accelerator failure.
Sharing the Road: Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, slow moving vehicles, emergency, commercial, and public transportation.
Adjusting to Driving Environments: Roundabouts, traffic circles, residential, school, and work zone, business area, city, rural, railroad, highway driving.
Traffic and Police Stops

Students must practice on their own time outside of driving school.
Students must practice what they are taught.
Students have 7 months to complete their driving portion sucessfully (most students can complete it earlier).
Guardians must help the student obtain efficient amount of practicing.
48 hour cancellation policy for driving appointments: referred in class and in student portal.