AARP Texas Announces New 4-Hour Driver Safety Program
For Drivers Age 50+
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Quick, in Texas, 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 Texas 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 Gus Cardenas,
Texas AARP driver safety coordinator. "Each of us needs 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. It is gradually becoming available in 20 other states. 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.
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