TIPS For ParentsGuardians

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Accurate Driving Course Instructors

• Glenn Oide, Classroom BTW
• Ralf Oide, Classroom BTW
• James Onishi, Classroom BTW
• Val Chow, BTW
• Fred Koga, BTW
• Wallace Inouye, BTW
• Craig Koizumi, BTW
• Paul Nakajo, BTW
• Gerry Rojo, BTW

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Our Instructors Meet Monthly For Instructor
Training, to

• share training concepts and techniques
• discuss challenges
• improve teaching skills
• keep up-to-date with newest information
• ensure consistency of information presented to
  students

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Topics
1.  Why a driver education course? 3.  What will
your teen learn? 4.  What is required of your
teen? 5.  How can you effectively enhance the
process? 6.  Where can you get additional
information?
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Why a Driver Education Course?
Consider 100 Teenage Drivers

• 37 will be ticketed for speeding.
• 4 will be arrested for driving under the
  influence of alcohol or other drugs.
• 28 will be involved in a collision where there
  will be vehicle damage.

• 13 will be injured in automobile collisions.
• 1 will be killed in an automobile collision.
• 17 will not fall under the above categories.

Based on national driving statistics Compiled by
Oregon High School Driver Traffic Safety
Education (TSE).
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Why a Driver Education Course?

• The primary factors contributing to teen crashes
  in Hawaii were
• Failure to yield, 35
• Speeding, 30
• Following too closely, 23
• These factors were more than double those same
  factors for all other drivers in Hawaii.

Based on information provided by The State of
Hawai'i Department of Transportation
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• What Will Your Teen Learn?
• DE Classroom 30-hours Ten 3-hour Sessions
• BTW 6-hours Six 1-hour or Four 1½-hour
• sessions, or a combination of both
• Course Syllabus

• DE Session 1, Introduction
• Instructor Background
• State Licensing Requirements
• Course Requirements Format
• Student Expectations
• School Policies
• DE Session 2
• Chapter 1 Assessing and Managing Risk in
  Driving
• Chapter 7 Getting to Know Your Vehicle
• Chapter 8 Starting, Steering, Stopping

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What Will Your Teen Learn?

• DE Session 3
• Chapter 9 Basic Driving Skills
• BTW Worksheets
• DE Session 4
• Chapter 10 Turning and Parking
• Chapter 5 Signs, Signals, and Markings
• BTW Worksheets
• DE Session 5
• Chapter 6 Rules of the Road
• Chapter 3 Knowing Yourself
• DE Session 6
• Chapter 4 Handling Social Pressures
• DE Session 7
• Chapter 11 Driving Environments
• Chapter 12 Light and Weather Conditions

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What Will Your Teen Learn?

• DE Session 8
• Chapter 13 Sharing the Roadway
• Chapter 14 Natural Laws and Driving
• DE Session 9
• Chapter 15 Responding to an Emergency
• Chapter 16 Buying a Vehicle
• Chapter 17 Vehicle Systems and Maintenance
• DE Session 10
• Chapter 2 Your State Driving Test
• Chapter 18 Planning a Trip
• Finals

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What Will Your Teen Learn?

• Behind-The-Wheel
• Course Syllabus
• Pre-Driving Checks
• Signal, Mirror Headcheck
• Starting The Vehicle
• Braking
• Leaving The Curbside
• Unobstructed
• Obstructed
• Curbside Parking
• Lane Changing
• Right Turns
• Left Turns
• Straight At An Intersection

• Reversing
• U-Turns
• 3-Point Turns
• Following Distance
• Stopping, Starting And Parking On A Hill
• SIPDE
• Perpendicular Parking
• Diagonal Parking
• Parallel Parking
• Passing
• Freeway

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What is required of your teen?
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Teen Provisional Driver License Requirements in
Hawaii

• Permit Exam, 15 ½
• DE Course, 30 hours with a certified instructor
• 6 hours BTW with a certified instructor
• 50 hours drive time (10 at night) with someone
  over 21 that has a current driver license
• Road Test Qualifications Certificates of
  completion, 16 years old, permit for 180 days

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To Obtain a DE Classroom Certificate

• Successfully complete all 10 sessions in any
  order.
• Tardiness If the door is locked when your teen
  arrives to class, they will not be allowed to
  attend that session. They will need to make-up
  the missed session. The door is locked when the
  instructor starts the presentation.
• A minimum score of 70 on every test
• Completion of the DUI project.
• Participate in group activities.

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To Obtain a BTW Certificate

• Successfully complete all 6-hours of BTW
  lessons.
• Submit to the BTW instructor the notarized
  driving log affidavit.

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Behind The Wheel Lessons

• The State of Hawai'i requires a driver education
  program to be conducted in no less than 6 weeks.
  
• If you are going to schedule BTW lessons through
  another driving school, please notify the
  Classroom instructor.
• BTW lessons through Accurate Driving will start
  sometime after completing sessions 3 4.

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Learners Permit

• Requirements
• Written Test, 30 questions, maximum 6 wrong,
  based on the Hawai'i Drivers Manual
• Both Parents Signatures
• Certified Birth Certificate
• Original Social Security Card

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Driving With A Learners Permit

• Requirements
• Must be accompanied by someone 21 years old with
  a license in the same category as the permit,
  seated in a passenger seat beside the permit
  holder.
• Between the hours of 1100 p.m. and 500 a.m.
  the licensed driver must be a parent or guardian
  with a license in the same category as the
  permit.
• All occupants must wear a seatbelt or child
  passenger safety restraint.

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Requirements For A Road Test

• Requirements
• Both certificates of completion of a certified
  driver education course.
• Have had a permit for at least 180 days.
• Accompanied by a licensed driver.
• To make an appointment go to accuratedriving.com
  On the home page scroll to the bottom and click
  on the Road Test Appointments Online box.

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Classroom Rules

• Dry Clothes
• Footwear
• No Profanity
• No Smoking
• No Food or Gum
• No Drinks
• No Disruptions

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Course Format

• Lecture
• Tests
• Videos
• In-Class Reading
• Discussion
• Group Activities

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When your teen passes the Road Test they will be
issued a Provisional Drivers License
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Provisional Drivers License Rules

• All occupants must wear a seatbelt or child
  passenger safety restraint.
• Cannot transport more than one person under the
  age of eighteen who is not from the same
  household unless accompanied by a licensed driver
  who is the teens parent or guardian
• Between the hours of 1100 p.m. and 500 a.m. the
  licensed driver must be a parent or guardian with
  a license in the same category as the teens
  license, except when

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Provisional Drivers License Rules

• 1. Driving to or from the teens place of
  employment if no other transportation is
  available. The teen needs to have a signed
  statement from the employer containing
• Employers name
• Employers address
• Employers telephone number
• Verifying employment and work hours

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Provisional Drivers License Rules

• 2. Driving to or from an authorized activity of
  the teens school, if no other transportation is
  available. The teen needs to have a signed
  statement from a parent or guardian containing
• Parents or Guardians name
• Parents or Guardians address
• Parents or Guardians telephone number
• Verifying driving is necessary to travel to the
  school-authorized activity

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Violating Provisional License Rules

• First Offense
• Suspension of license for
• Three months, or
• Until the teen is 18 years old, whichever occurs
  sooner
• Second Offense
• Revocation of license for
• Six months, or
• Until the teen is 18 years old, whichever occurs
  sooner

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Penalties for Conviction of a Traffic Offense

• First Offense
• Suspension or revocation of license for
• Six months, or
• Until the teen is 18 years old, whichever occurs
  sooner
• Second Offense
• Revocation of license for
• 12 months, or
• Until the teen is 18 years old, whichever occurs
  later

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A Regular License will be issued when

• The holder of the provisional license
• Has held the provisional license for at least
  six months
• Has no pending proceeding that might result in
  the suspension or revocation of the
  provisional license
• Is at least 17 years old
• If the license is not suspended or revoked it
  will expire on the licensees nineteenth birthday.

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Are You Going to Move out of Hawaii?

• If you plan to move to another state be sure to
  call that states DMV for regulations regarding
  Juvenile Drivers Licenses

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When do you notify your insurance company?

• From the Fall 2003 issue of GEICO DIRECT
• Insuring Your Teen Driver.  When should you add
  them to your policy? 
• Once teens get their learner's permit, they must
  be added to your auto insurance policy.  This is
  to protect you from any possible liabilities in
  the event your teen has an accident while driving
  - even while supervised by an adult.

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How can you effectively enhance the process?

• Read all the information available on the For
  Parents page of our website accuratedriving.com

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Where Can You Find Additional Information? Go To
accuratedriving.com
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Thank You For Viewing This Parent/Guardian
Orientation Power Point Presentation!