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Besides the conveniences
and advantages already mentioned on this web site's Home Page, successfully
completing our private driving course has the same benefits as a public school course.
As with public school driver education, students
completing a driver education course at Wichita Driving School
usually: 1) Receive the license at the Driver's License Office
without any additional testing (besides the eye test)......and......
2) Pay a better rate for insurance. Individuals,
which bypass driver education usually pay more for insurance.
Defensive Driving Classes from the National Safety Council:
Defensive
Driving Schedule
DDC-8
- (2
day, 8 hr or 1 day, 8 hr
courses) There is a description
below.
2007 Jan.
8,10 (Completed)
Feb.
21/28
(Completed) Mar. 28,29
(Completed)
Apr. 30, May 7 (Completed)
May 12
(Completed)
June
11,12 (Completed)
July 2,9
(Completed)
July 24,25 (Completed)
Aug. 6/13
(Completed)
Sept. 26/Oct. 3 (Completed)
Nov. 5/6 (Completed)
Dec. 29th (Completed)
2008
Schedule
2008 Feb. 12/19 (Completed)
March 22 (Completed)
May 10 (Completed)
June 23/24
(Completed) July 9/10
Completed
July 29/30 Completed
Aug 19/26 (Completed)
NEXT CLASS IS ON:
Sept 30/Oct 7 (Tue/Tue) 5:15-9:15 PM
or
Nov 5/12
(Wed/Wed 5:15-9:15
or Dec
20 (Sat)
9:00-5:00
Alive at 25
(1 day, 4 hours) ...No courses currently
scheduled for 2008.
Both courses (4 & 8 hours) are nationally certified for an insurance discount or point
reduction. (Check with your insurance agent)
Monitor this class schedule and notify us the week before the course you
choose to attend. You must attend both four hour sessions of Defensive
Driving to receive credit. Alive at
25 is a 1-day, 4 hour course.
After obtaining the license, an excellent way to reinforce/enhance defensive driving
philosophy,
and to receive additional insurance discounts or point reductions
is to take one of the
National Safety Council's Defensive Driving courses. These refresher courses cost
$90.00/General Public or $39.00/Driver Education
students. Defensive Driving is nationally approved by most insurance companies for an insurance reduction, if the driver qualifies for the
discount. (Please check with your insurance
agent) Family
members of Wichita Driving
School students can also attend for $40.00. We
encourage families to get involved because Driver Education, Defensive
Driving, and Alive at 25 may be the most important classes your teen ever takes.
Our goal is to make students responsible, low risk drivers by establishing a solid foundation of safety awareness
and defensive driving that will continue to evolve over time with
the proper attitude. For enrollment information, contact Wichita Driving School
at 651-0848.
Defensive Driving
is
a 2 day/8 hour or 1 day/8 hour academic class that identifies risky attitudes and
behaviors which cause problems on the road, as well as identifying
why most collisions are preventable. This class also studies the
difference between good driving and defensive driving, and teaches
important techniques in hazard detection and collision
avoidance. Defensive Driving provides a driver
with tips for handling what one can control (You and your vehicle) and
provides useful guidelines for handling conditions one cannot control (traffic,
weather, roads, other drivers, etc..). This meaningful course teaches
that safe driving is created through a personal, life long commitment to be a
responsible, low risk driver and that these habits can be the difference
between health/injury or life/death.
.....A driver education student, which has signed up for Defensive Driving has 10
months to take the course after completing the 6 hours of driving with WDS. The NSC recommends completing the 50 practice
hours/and or obtaining your license before
taking this course. Please confirm with us, which class you plan to
attend. Note: In our driver education contract/agreement, we are offering this class
to our driver education students at a 50% discount price (no refunds please). The
cost is $45.00 to WDS students, provided they sign up for Defensive Driving at
the time of original enrollment, or before the 6 hours of driving is
completed.
Wichita
Driving School has 10-12 NSC DDC-8 classes per year.
Alive at 25
is a 1 day 4 hour course that is geared for the
younger, less experienced driver. It studies the reasons why
drivers in the age group (16-24) have the
highest collision, injury, and fatality rate of all drivers.
It identifies immature, high risk behavior and the consequences of
it. It also examines the issue of peer pressure, and other
situations which can lead to bad judgment and driver error. Alive at 25
has a curriculum that encourages teen drivers to think
before they act, and examines ways to keep control, as a driver or
passenger.
Allstate
Insurance Company offers discounts for graduates of our program, and has
information for parents of teen drivers, including a downloadable Teen Driving
Contract: www.allstateteendriver.com
. We work with Tracy Rutledge of the Rutledge Agency. For
more info, visit www.allstate.com/TracyRutledge
select Planning Tools from the header at the top, then Teen Driver (on the
right).
Tracy
Rutledge - The
Rutledge Allstate
Agency
9415
E. Harry, Suite 704 Wichita
KS 67207
phone (316)
651-5600
Fax (316)
651-5609
email: TracyRutledge@allstate.com
http://www.allstate.com/TracyRutledge
Other discounts
may be available Kansas
Driving Laws/Parents
Call or e-mail us for more
information.
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