| Having a driver's license is one of the major | | | | understand how certain laws apply to in-road |
| status symbols among high school students and | | | | situations. In short, professional instructors |
| teenagers, in general. Aside from being a | | | | prepare you both for safe driving and road |
| "coolness" asset, a driver's license also provides | | | | responsibility. |
| kids with a sense of independence by providing | | | | Another advantage in enrolling at driving schools |
| them with the right to drive on their own. Though | | | | and drivers education courses is the opportunity |
| most kids can't wait to get behind the wheel, | | | | to receive honest assessment of driving skills |
| some schools do not offer drivers education. As a | | | | from the professionals. They identify areas and |
| result, most kids learn to drive on their own, | | | | skills which need improvement and constantly call |
| through peers, or other unqualified instructors. This | | | | students' attention to the problems they spotted. |
| puts the kids' safety at risk because they are at | | | | As a result, bad habits are eradicated before they |
| the phase when they are most impressionable. | | | | actually start. Plus, professional instructors usually |
| They are prone to picking up unsafe driving | | | | give summaries and written reviews of the |
| habits, wrong information, and false confidence | | | | students' skills that are useful for private practice |
| from these instructors. This is extremely risky, as | | | | time with qualified supervisors. Driving schools and |
| most teen accidents are traced from this | | | | drivers courses provide structured and |
| equation. The American Automobile Association or | | | | systematic training which builds and develops the |
| the AAA actually states that although the teen | | | | students' skills bit by bit. There is no rush to learn |
| driving population is relatively small (7%), they | | | | one maneuver to another before the first move |
| account for at least 14% of all fatal motor | | | | is mastered. The students actually learn and |
| accidents. These figures make the need for | | | | understand driving basics before tackling more |
| competent driving schools and drivers education | | | | complicated lessons. Exposure to other lecturers |
| urgent. | | | | and providers of road safety is a bonus from |
| There are many advantages in enrolling in a | | | | professional drivers education. Visiting lecturers |
| drivers course handled by a professional | | | | usually include firemen, the local mechanic, |
| instructors. Instructors from driving schools and | | | | paramedic, police, and towing service personnel. |
| drivers education provides objective observations | | | | They provide seminars wherein students learn |
| and instructions about the students' driving abilities. | | | | what to do in accidents and driving emergencies. |
| Students are not saddled with instructions that | | | | Lastly, an advantage often sought at driving |
| are full of vague notions about driving, or about | | | | schools and drivers education courses are the |
| how a certain maneuver is done. Professional | | | | mock drivers' exams. These prepare the students |
| instructors are also able to give valuable and | | | | for taking that all-important test and refresh their |
| useful advice how to handle practice sessions with | | | | driving knowledge. Aside from this, there are also |
| qualified supervisors. Furthermore, instructors | | | | new policies that allow only students who have |
| address and discuss issues about the student's | | | | professional training to take driving tests and |
| driving techniques to the supervisors which make | | | | apply for driver's licenses. The purveyors of the |
| for a comprehensive and coordinated training. | | | | laws see this as an extra measure needed to |
| Aside from teaching maneuvers and gear shifting, | | | | ensure the safety of the teen drivers, other |
| instructors also teach updated road safety | | | | motorists, and the pedestrians from irresponsible |
| precautions and traffic laws. They help students | | | | driving. |