Behind The Wheel (BTW)
Putting It All Together
The behind the wheel (BTW) portion of Driver Education is designed to bring together the psycho motor and decision-making skills that are the reality of driving. Each student will receive six (6) hours of BTW time and 18 hours of in-car observation time. It is in this phase that we bring together what has been taught in the classroom. It is also when the parents or driving coaches are expected to assist with as much practice (homework) as possible. Without this practice at home, the development of a competent roadway user is not complete.
The success of anyone’s driving career depends a great deal on quality practice time at home, during this program, and throughout their future driving practices. We highly recommend that parents spend as much practice time with your child as possible. Our program requires 20 outside drives be done with parent. Studies have found that students become safer and more efficient drivers when they learn to drive over an extended period of time. Students are required by DMV to practice 50 hours of driving before road testing.
Research studies have shown that the actions a driver takes are based directly upon his/her decision-making capabilities. These decisions can only be as good as the information they are based upon. proper judgments of time and space coupled with adequate visual perception form the basis upon which sound decisions are made while driving. Our practice driving routes are designed to open student’s eyes to the various possibilities.
Parents need to be observant even after the completion of driver education, by restricting the number of passengers that are allowed in the car, and when their child's drives. Graduated Licensing is in place to help parents with these restrictions. This became such an issue in New York that Graduated Licensing began here in 1998. Graduated Licensing is now in place in many other states. Make sure that these issues are covered in your parent-teen contract.
Observations
Whenever a student is a passenger in the driver education car and not the BTW driver, they are responsible for making observations of the student that is actually driving the car. The observation phase of driver education entails keeping a tally of the driving student's performance on a sheet provided by the instructor. Observation students are advised to be fair in the recordings. Falsely recorded observations (BULLYING) can and will result in disciplinary actions, and may prompt similar actions on the part of other driver education peer students.
Putting It All Together
The behind the wheel (BTW) portion of Driver Education is designed to bring together the psycho motor and decision-making skills that are the reality of driving. Each student will receive six (6) hours of BTW time and 18 hours of in-car observation time. It is in this phase that we bring together what has been taught in the classroom. It is also when the parents or driving coaches are expected to assist with as much practice (homework) as possible. Without this practice at home, the development of a competent roadway user is not complete.
The success of anyone’s driving career depends a great deal on quality practice time at home, during this program, and throughout their future driving practices. We highly recommend that parents spend as much practice time with your child as possible. Our program requires 20 outside drives be done with parent. Studies have found that students become safer and more efficient drivers when they learn to drive over an extended period of time. Students are required by DMV to practice 50 hours of driving before road testing.
Research studies have shown that the actions a driver takes are based directly upon his/her decision-making capabilities. These decisions can only be as good as the information they are based upon. proper judgments of time and space coupled with adequate visual perception form the basis upon which sound decisions are made while driving. Our practice driving routes are designed to open student’s eyes to the various possibilities.
Parents need to be observant even after the completion of driver education, by restricting the number of passengers that are allowed in the car, and when their child's drives. Graduated Licensing is in place to help parents with these restrictions. This became such an issue in New York that Graduated Licensing began here in 1998. Graduated Licensing is now in place in many other states. Make sure that these issues are covered in your parent-teen contract.
Observations
Whenever a student is a passenger in the driver education car and not the BTW driver, they are responsible for making observations of the student that is actually driving the car. The observation phase of driver education entails keeping a tally of the driving student's performance on a sheet provided by the instructor. Observation students are advised to be fair in the recordings. Falsely recorded observations (BULLYING) can and will result in disciplinary actions, and may prompt similar actions on the part of other driver education peer students.