Adult Services

SENIOR BEHIND THE WHEEL

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles there are well over 5-1/2 million licensed drivers aged 55 and older in the state of California alone. Over 2-1/2 million of them are 70 and older. This is the largest population of older licensed drivers in the United States. Generally, older drivers, especially over the age of 70 have more crashes per mile than any group except teenagers and young adults according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics & Analysis. It is also more difficult for older drivers to recover from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. We at America Driving School are concerned for the safety of our drivers of all ages, but more mature drivers experience physical changes such as declining vision, hearing, reaction time, and flexibility that can affect safe driving habits. That is why America’s seniors have come to America Driving School because we have met the challenge to help and prepare hundreds of older adults successfully pass their drive test for over 20 years. Our testimonials are evident to the fact that we have done our job to help people like you retain and keep their license. We offer lesson packages from a 6-hour package to a 100-hour package depending on the student’s abilities or lack there of and or needs. Please check our package pricing below. Our driving instructor will take you Behind The Wheel on the road and go over a possible situational 32-point maneuver checklist assessment evaluation on traffic rules and rules of the road on the fundamentals and basics of driving.

Here are just few of the maneuvers the instructor will cover:

1. Backing
2. Three-Point Turnabout
3. Reversing in a Straight-Line
4. Basic Left Turns- Basic Right Turns
5. Lane Changes
6. Scanning or Visual Habits and more….

Our Driving Instructor will go over all the requirements that the DMV Examiner will ask the student to execute on the DMV drive test. At the end of the lesson the instructor will review and evaluate the students driving and issue a carbon copy of his/her student progress record card, to take home to check for strengths and weaknesses and any problem areas the student needs to work on the next lesson. Student brings the progress record card copy on his/her next lesson so the instructor can score the lesson again. The student gets to keep the progress record card at the end of the lessons for the students records and reference.

Our fleet of driver training cars are late model cars 2015 Toyota Corollas. We provide free pick up and drop off from home, school or work and all our vehicles are equipped with dual brake control and gas pedal for added safety. We are available for scheduling student drivers Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm Saturday’s from 8:00 am to 5:30 p.m and on Sundays if available. Our patient friendly instructors are available for day, evening or weekends to accommodate your schedule. For additional service we also help with the DMV Drive Test and will give you a one-hour brush up before the DMV road test and use of the car.

RENEWALS & RE-EXAMINATIONS

If you have not already received two consecutive five-year extensions, you may be eligible to renew by mail, without taking a written test, if:

• Your current license expires before age 70.
• You do not have a probationary license.
• You have not violated a written promise to appear in court within the last two years.
• You are not suspended for driving with an illegal blood alcohol content (BAC) level, or for refusing, or for failing to complete a chemical or preliminary alcohol-screening test within the last two years.
• You do not have a total violation point count greater than one.

Note: You may renew by Internet if your renewal-by-mail notice includes a Renewal Identification Number (RIN)

DMV can reexamine a driver when information suggests they no longer have the knowledge and/or skills necessary to drive safely. Such reexaminations are based on information received from peace officers, physicians, family members, relatives, and acquaintances or other drivers sharing the road by getting the license plate number and submitting a complaint to the DMV stating specific observations relating to the person’s potential ability to drive safely.

At a reexamination, a Driver Safety Hearing Officer may ask you a wide range of questions about your driving history and about specific incidents on your driving record, as well as questions about your health and medical history, and questions about the rules of the road and how you would handle specific driving situations. You may be asked to provide medical reports from your physician, medical records, or similar documents. All information concerning your health and medical history is confidential by law, and the department cannot divulge this information to any outside party. The Driver Safety Hearing Officer may require you to submit to a vision test, a written test of your knowledge of the rules of the road, and a drive test. If a drive test is required, you will be scheduled for a separate drive test appointment. When taking a drive test, you must provide a vehicle in which to take the test. You must present acceptable proof of financial responsibility (automobile insurance) in effect at the time of the drive test. Following the reexamination, the Driver Safety Hearing Officer decides whether any action should be taken against the person’s driving privilege in the interest of public safety. If so, such action may be a restriction, probation, suspension, or revocation of the driving privilege. The driver is notified in writing of the action and usually would have the right to a hearing to contest the action if they believe it is unjustified.