AARP Ohio Offering New 4-hour Driver Safety Class

Quick, in Ohio, how far must you stop behind a school bus with flashing lights?  Where should you place your hands on the steering wheel? How far from the steering wheel should you sit?

If you have forgotten the answers to these questions or think they haven’t changed since you first got your driver’s license, you are a prime candidate for the AARP Driver Safety Program’s new 4-hour course.

Over the past 30 years, the AARP Driver Safety Program has provided instruction to more than 12 million participants seeking to refresh their driving skills.   Now the course is available in Ohio in a new 4-hour version.  Learn how best to reduce traffic violations, crashes, and chances for injuries; update your knowledge of recent changes in laws and car design; develop safe driving strategies to compensate for age-related changes.

The new 4-hour course also stresses the importance of periodically monitoring your own and your loved ones’ driving capabilities.  An exhaustive workbook offers self tests and quick tips to challenge any complacency that has crept into your driving over the years.

“This new 4-hour course is a great way for drivers to refocus on safety especially as they get ready for the vacation season,” says Ken Kilby of North Canton, AARP Ohio’s recently appointed state coordinator for the AARP driver safety program. “Each of us need to take responsibility for keeping up our own driving skills and monitoring those of family members, whether young or old.  The new 4-hour AARP Driver Safety course is a one-stop way to do it.”

The 4-hour Driver Safety course was piloted in Kentucky and Wisconsin and proved so popular it became a substitute for the original 8-hour version of the course. An 8-hour interactive online version of the course is available at www.aarp.org/driver/online.

For information on local courses, please call 1-888-227-7669 or visit us at www.aarp.org/drive.