Driving Coach 101

Unless you are a professional driving instructor, chances are that behind the wheel driver training techniques and processes are unknown to you. Most states have adopted graduated drives license (GDL) laws requiring that a responsible adult must ride along and supervise a teen as they practice. That means YOU! Driving Coach 101 is a web based course that was created for this very purpose. It provides you specific instruction and guidance so you can have the confidence to do just that.

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Compelling Reasons

What makes the Driving Coach 101 program so compelling is how it emphasizes communication and family relationships combined with drive along activities that reinforce what your teen has learned in Crash Reduction 101. This unique focus balances your effectiveness as a driving coach with techniques on how not to lose your cool. 

Studies have shown that parent involvement during the first 20 to 50 hours of driving practice plays a significant part in the success of your teen’s drivers education and are the most influential in establishing your teen’s driving behavior. This lesson only takes about 20 minutes, yet provides the foundation needed to make you an effective driving coach. We realize that teaching your own child is stressful, Driving Coach 101 will provide you the confidence you need to successfully manage this stress.

Drive-Along Activities Included

After you have completed Driving Coach 101 you will have access to the drive-along activities that have been specifically created to reinforce the fundamentals your teen has learned in Crash Reduction 101.  These activities will give you hours of structured practice time with your teen so they can hone those fundamentals and help you fulfill the requirements of your states GDL laws. Here are the key goals of those activities:

1. Search and Scan -The key goals of the Search and Scan Drive-Along Activities are to ensure your teen is effectively:

• Scanning all around their forward path, mirrors and gauges regularly
• Identifying the hot spots that require more their attention
• Pace scanning so they are not looking away from the forward roadway for more than 2 seconds in any 6 second period
• Adjusting their scanning strategies according to changing road conditions
• Watch a Video Overview of the Search and Scan Lesson

2. Hazard Recognition -The key goals of the Hazard Recognition Drive-Along Activities are to ensure your teen is effectively:

• Recognizing visible hazards in a variety of driving situations
• Recognizing clues and masks that indicate hidden hazards
• Describe why a particular hazard is dangerous and can assess the level of danger
• Incorporating good driving practices such as speed management and scanning to detect hazards
• Watch a Video Overview of the Hazard Recognition Lesson

3. Sight, Speed, and Space Management -The key goals of the Sight, Speed, and Space Management Drive-Along Activities are to ensure your teen is effectively:

• Adjusting speed and space to compensate for reduced visibility
• Adjusting speed to compensate for reduced space
• Adjusting space to compensate for increased speed
• Adjusting speed and space to create and maintain an appropriate safety cushion around the vehicle
• Preventing avoidable crashes by properly managing speed and space
• Watch a Video Overview of the Sight, Speed and Space Management Lesson

4. Judging Safe Distance -The key goals of the Judging Safe Distance Drive-Along Activities are to ensure your teen is effectively:

• Identifying how big a Go Zone must be depending on the speed of oncoming traffic and the maneuver you’re trying to perform
• Adapting Go Zones to varied conditions
• Understanding the influence of sight and speed on Go Zone requirements
• Watch a Video Overview of the Judging Safe Distance Lesson

5. Attention and Distraction -The key goals of the Judging Safe Distance Drive-Along Activities are to ensure your teen is effectively:

• Define cognitive load and identify how it influences attention capacity
• Identify/differentiate between optional and unavoidable distractions
• Anticipate optional and unavoidable distractions
• Eliminate optional distractions
• Use search and scan, hazard recognition, and good sight, speed, and space management skills to compensate for unavoidable distractions
• Watch a Video Overview of the Attention and Distraction Lesson

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