Driver Safety Course for Cars, Vans & Small Trucks

Course Description: This course is made for drivers to improve their driving skills and learn something new. Death, injuries, and property damage in the U.S. must be reduced. It is extremely important to the citizens of this country to identify and implement all reasonable means to reduce human suffering and property loss that result from vehicle crashes. The attitudes and skills of drivers must be improved, and through effective driving safety programs, this can be accomplished.

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Traffic Safety Problems
  3. Factors Influencing Driver Performance
  4. Traffic Laws and Procedures
  5. Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety
  6. Physical Forces That Influence Driver Control
  7. Perceptual Skills Needed For Driving
  8. Defensive Driving Strategies
  9. Emergency Driving Procedures
  10. Occupant Restraint and Protective Equipment
  11. Special Skills for Difficult Driving Situations
  12. Backing Basics
  13. Final Exam – 115 questions @ 70%

—Each Session is followed by a short session quiz. These quizzes vary in length and are scored at 80%.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Evaluate the introduction and instructions to the course
  2. Identify traffic safety problems
  3. Analyze factors Influencing driver performance
  4. Interpret traffic laws and procedures
  5. Contrast the use of alcohol and drugs and their effects on traffic safety
  6. Describe physical forces that influence driver control
  7. Recognize perceptual skills needed for driving
  8. Outline Defensive Driving strategies
  9. Recognize emergency driving procedures
  10. Categorize occupant restraint and protective equipment
  11. Evaluate special skills for difficult driving situations
  12. Summarize backing basics