Texas Adult Driver Education Is Now Required

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 26, 2010 -- Hoping to lower the number of accident and traffic violations inflicting the Texas highways and road, the State Legislature passed a new law on March 1, 2010 that requires all Texas residents, age 18 through 24 applying for a first time drivers license to have completed an approved Texas Adult Drivers Education Course*. This law was passed due to the rise in accidents and traffic tickets for 18 to 24 year old drivers who have not taken a Drivers Education course when compared to those drivers who had completed a Drivers Ed course.

“In the past there have been Texas Adult Driver Ed Courses, but they weren’t required by law,” explains Rick Hernandez, CEO of I DRIVE SAFELY. “The courses were more for helping students who had never been exposed to the laws of Texas and needed help with simply passing the Drivers License exam. The results were more and more drivers were unprepared to handle the responsibility of driving a car.”

Approved by the Texas Education Agency, the course is a shortened version of the Texas Drivers Education course required for teens, age 16 to 18. The new Texas Adult Drivers Ed course is a 6-hour course that covers alcohol awareness, traffic laws of the state, highway signs, signals and markings. In addition, the Texas Adult Driver Education course instructs new drivers in issues commonly associated with accidents including poor decision-making, risk taking, impaired driving, distractions, speeding, use of wireless communication devices and failure to use a seat belt.

After completing the Texas Adult Driver Education, students will be issued a Certificate of Completion by the TEA approved Drivers Ed Provider which will be required when applying for their drivers license. Students who present proof of successful completion of the approved course will not be required to submit to the written highway signs and traffic laws test required but must still pass the driving skills examination.

The Texas Adult Driver Education course can be taken only by approved online or approved classroom providers which can be found at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/drive/activede.html.

* A driving safety course or drug and alcohol driving awareness program are not acceptable as driver education courses for this requirement. This change in the law does not affect applicants ages 15 to 17, who are still required to complete a driver education course to be licensed.

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