1.3 Importance of Driver's Education
The main purpose of driver education is to help you learn the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed for greater safety as an operator of an automobile and as a pedestrian.
- Driver's Education teaches students
- The rules and regulations of California roadways.
- How to handle and operate a motor vehicle
- To develop their skills in preparation to become a confident and safe driver.
- Driver's education and behind the wheel training:
- Gives students the information and skills to drive an automobile and prevent crashes. Trains drivers how to handle hazardous situations that arise while operating a motor vehicle.
- Driver's education reduces the possibility of costly, injurious and sometime deadly crashes. It also reduces a family's auto and home insurance costs.