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Lesson 1Driving is Your Responsibility
Lesson 2US History of the automobile and US  Highway
                    Transportation Systems
Lesson 3   The Driver
Lesson 4Natural Forces Affecting Driving
Lesson 5Signs Signals and Highway Markings
Lesson 6California Vehicle Code and Rules of the Road -
                    Part I (Driver License  and Vehicle
                    Registration/Ownership)
Lesson 7California Vehicle Code and Rules of the Road -
                    Part II  (Traffic Laws for Pedestrians/Drivers
                    and Automobile Equipment)
Lesson 8California Vehicle Code and Rules of  the Road -
                    Part III (Civil Liability, Financial Responsibility,                         and Criminal Offenses)
Lesson 9       California Vehicle Code and Rules of  the Road -
                    Part IV (Automobile Equipment)
Lesson 1      Critical Vehicle Systems and Maintenance
Lesson 11  Driving Environments (differences in
                     Urban, rural, and freeways driving)
Lesson 12  Major Causes of Accidents
Lesson 13  Accident Avoidance and Prevention
Lesson 14  Pedestrian and Animal Safety
Lesson 15  Sharing The Road with Bicyclists and
                     Motorcyclists
Lesson 16  Sharing the Road with Trains, Light-Rail
                    Vehicles, Trolleys, and Trucks
Lesson 17  Substance Abuse: Effects of Alcohol and Drugs
Lesson 18     Driving Inexperience, Risk Taking, and Risk
                     Perception  of Teenagers
Lesson 19    Road Rage
Lesson 20 The California Driver License

                          

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Thank you for your interest in our driver training program!  Did You Know:

...that our driver training program is 38 years old !  It is true ! We have been teaching safe driving since 1971 !

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OUR BUSINESS PRACTICE

We do not schedule back-to-back appointments (also known to the pros. in the business as piggy-backing). This is when a driving school schedules a    9am - 11am appointment, for instance, and the next appointment is    11am  -  1pm. The 11-1 student will have to expend his/her own precious training minutes, sometimes up to an hour, to drive the 9-11 student home. If home is in another town the 11-1 student will be put on the freeway on his/her very first day behind the wheel of a car. And the poor 9-11 student will have to suffer the agony of being driven home, on the freeway, by a 15/16-year-old who has never been behind the wheel of a car before. This is a true story, and it happens daily with serious consequences that occasionally make it to the front-pages of major newspapers such as the Sacramento Bee.   WE AT ABC/RICARDO'S DRIVING SCHOOL DO NOT DO THAT. Our 9am -11am  student in this example will end his/her training at home, the trainer will get a 30 minute rest, and the next student is picked up at 11:30 for an 11:30 - 1:30 appointment, .....and so on.

Safety is our focus, and we always use late model cars.

We make sure that students/parents get their money's worth. We stay busy, no time wasted (no jocks, no gimmicks)... for a full two-hour session with the exception of a short break half-way through the session.

We are competitively priced, and will match lower prices if reasonable.

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Getting Ready to Drive

Seating Position
Seat-belt
Rear-view mirror
Side view mirrors
Instrument cluster
Arm position
Arm signals
Parking brake
Wind-shield wiper switch
Defrosters (front/back)
Emergency hazard light switch
Signal light switch (left/right)
Head-light switch
Break/gas pedals
Horn
Window controls
Door controls

Getting the Vehicle in Motion

Signaling
Traffic check - mirrors
Traffic check - blind spots
Steady acceleration
Smooth breaking
Steering techniques
Where to look
Reading signs
Pulling away from the curb
Leaving traffic to  park
Backing - parallel to the curb
Backing - offset backing

Signs and Signals

Stop Signs

          -  Deceleration, full stop
          -  Where to stop
          -  Gap
          -  How long?
          -  Where to look
          -  What to look for
          -  Right-of-way rules

Stop lights (Steady/ flashing)

   - Green lights
           - Yellow
           - Red lights
           - Going straight
      -  Unprotected left turn
          -  Protected left turn
          -  Right turn on red
          -  Right on green
          -  Where to look
          -  What to look for
          -  Right-of-way-rules
   
Emergency situations

Tire blow out
Other mechanical failure
Illness

Emergency vehicles

What to do

 


Right Turns


Traffic check
Signaling
Looking left, right, and left again
Lane position
Right-of-way rules
Wide turns/ short cuts
Unnecessary stops
Speed
Ending in proper lane

Left Turns


Traffic check
Signaling
Looking left, right, and left again
Lane position
Right-of-way rules
Wide turns/ short cuts
Unnecessary stops
Speed
Ending in proper lane

Rail road crossing

          -  Deceleration, full stop
          -  Where to stop
          -  Gap
          -  How long?
          -  Where to look
          -  What to look for
          -  Right-of-way rules

Parking


Up-hill
Down-hill
Angle
Perpendicular
Parallel
Curb colors
Where/when not to park

Special speed limits

Residential
Business
School zone
Rail-road crossings

Freeway Driving

Entering (acceleration lane)
Entering (speed)
Entering (gap in traffic)
Space cushion (front, back, and to the sides
Following distance
Acceleration
Deceleration
Speed limit
Merging traffic
Exiting

Economy Driving

How to save gas
Excessive breaking wastes gas/ brakes

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