Driver Education Classrooms
LOCATIONS:
El Cajon (Main)
Lakeside (Branch)
San Marcos (Branch)
CLASSES:
- During the school year - Some classes are Saturday and Sunday.
- Four required sessions in total.
- Holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break.
- Summer Vacation - Weekdays and Saturday classes.
GETTING THE PRACTICE
Parents now must provide 50 hours of practice driving, at least
10 of which must be at night. The lesson plan you'll need to follow
is in a booklet called The Parent-Teen Training Aid, which you'll
get when you go to DMV for the written test. Or, we'll provide one.
Practice driving time may be uncomfortable for the parents. Often,
parents ask us to do the 6 hours of professional instruction before
they get in the car with their teen. In our experience, things work
best when the teen does practice driving with the parent in between
the three 2-hour sessions with us.
In many European countries, a standard has been set for the amount
of professional instruction needed to make a safe, competent driver.
Under that standard, a new driver requires 1 hour of instruction
for each year of age. A 16-year old would require 16 hours of professional
instruction. California requires only 6 hours.
DRIVER TRAINING
We do our best to make your 6 hours behind the wheel with us fun
and educational.
We provide a highly-trained instructor, and an insured, late-model
dual control vehicle. We don't just sit you in a car for 6 hours.
We pack that time with as many driving skills and techniques as
we can.
THESE INCLUDE:
- The basics of moving and controlling a car.
- 25 skills required to drive and stay safe.
- Judgement skills required to stay away from trouble on the road.
- New DMV drive test, the Driver Performance Evaluation.
There are additional topics we review for students who did not
come through our Driver Education classes.
We pick up and drop off without charge, but reserve the right to
add a service fee for outlying areas, such as Borrego Springs, or
to arrange for a pick-up point convenient to both student and instructor.
We offer additional instruction time for the teen and other assistance
for parents too.
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