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Driving is your responsibility.
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Driving is a privilege, not a right. The
youthful driver must understand the responsibility and consequences of
their actions on the road.
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The driver.
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The physical, emotional, and mental condition
affect the driver's ability to control their vehicle.
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Natural forces affecting the driver.
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The world around the driver and their vehicle
contribute to the factors that need to be considered in the decision
making process. Inertia, gravity and traction all affect braking
distance. Thus, affecting following distance.
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Signs, signals & highway markings.
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Do you know the difference between a yellow
line and white line on the road? What is the difference between a
yellow crosswalk and white crosswalk? What does a right red arrow on
a traffic light mean, how is that different from a solid red light?
Click
here for the answers.
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California vehicle code - rules of the road.
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The rules of the road give us guiding
principles to conduct ourselves by and a strategy to use in what to expect
from other drivers.
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Critical vehicle systems and preventative maintenance.
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Basic skills such as checking the oil and
component identification are necessary to prevent on the road breakdowns
that lead to traffic congestion and accidents.
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Motorcycle Safety.
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Even if you don't plan on driving a
motorcycle, knowing the rules that they have to live by, gives the
driver an insight to the motorcyclist's decision making.
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Differences in characteristics in urban & rural driving.
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Whether you drive in the city or country,
unique obstacles are presented. The driver must be ready to react to
upcoming events with the skill that comes from experience obtained in the
classroom and on the road.
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Pedestrian Safety.
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Pedestrians are difficult to see in traffic
and children need special consideration since they see the world
differently than adults. 71,000 pedestrians were injured in 2002 and
4,808 pedestrians were killed in auto accidents in 2002.
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The effects of alcohol and drugs in relation to driving.
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Young drivers need to understand their
limitations when it comes to drinking, drugs and driving and the physical,
emotional and financial consequences of exceeding those limitations and
why the laws exist for their protection as well as for the public.
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The
classrooms are equipped with modern equipment and air conditioning for
those warm summer days. For questions regarding obtaining an
instruction permit and other related lesson information,
click
here.
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All
teens don't learn at
the same rate. The State of California requires that the teens are
given a minimum of 6 hours of instruction
behind the wheel. The teen driver requirements were first instituted in
1967. For some, this is an adequate amount of time for the
instructor to give the teen student a good foundation to build upon. Six
hours is not enough time for anyone to learn how to drive, though. Since
1967, the urban driving environment has changed tremendously. With
the growth in population, changes include multi-lane roads and
super-highways, new traffic signs and signals and additional color
coding. An additional minimum
of fifty hours of supervised practice is required, with ten of those hours
being at night. This is intended only as a minimum, or a starting
point. The fact is, the more guided practice that the teen driver
has, the better chance that they will have the skills to respond in an
emergency situation. Many parents and teens find
additional instruction with an instructor is the most comfortable and
appropriate learning environment available. Allied Driving School offers additional lessons in
two hour increments to complement the 6 hour behind-the-wheel program. We
encourage students to keep driving appointments in unfavorable weather to give the new driver experience driving in winter conditions
with the guidance of an instructor and the safety of dual controls. The car that
the teen learns to drive in is also available for the his/her driver exam.
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The 6 hours of
behind-the-wheel instruction is private. This is to
minimize distractions and embarrassments for the new driver. Each
two hour lesson is individually scheduled with a professionally trained
and state licensed instructor. Instructors are available seven
days a week, at hours that are convenient for the student. The
student may be picked up from home, school or work. Pick-up and
drop-off is free of charge. All of our vehicles are equipped with
dual controls.
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