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We are excited about kicking off our 8th year in Phoenix! The nationally acclaimed
New Driver Car Control Clinic® is proud to announce a new partnership with
The Teen Driver Safety Foundation & Radio Disney. Below is the beginning
of a large schedule of Clinics presented by The Teen Driver Safety Foundation
offering scholarships for young drivers and aid to supporting high schools and school
districts.
Price & Cancellation Policy --
Unless stated otherwise, tuition is $179 per parent/student team. The tuition is non-refundable, nor changeable to another clinic date. You
may, however, give your space to another family with a new driver and
work out the finances between you. Register online below or call 800-862-3277
for reservations or for more information.
All clinics shown below are available to the general public regardless
of location.
Bring the Clinic directly to your High School.Call us, or have your Principal or
PTA/PTO call us at 800-862-3277 to schedule your own weekend. There is no
cost to the school.
Regarding Joshua’s Law: Please be advised that the New Driver Car Control Clinic
is a valuable, effective, hands-on, behind-the-wheel program that puts teens into
emergency situations (in a safe environment) to program their brain how to properly
respond in an emergency, and according to a government study, it has been proven
to save lives. It is not part of the Joshua’s Law curriculum requirements. However,
4 hours spent behind-the-wheel in the Clinic may be applied toward the 40 hours
of “supervised driving with parent/guardian” portion of Joshua’s Law.
Remember, one in four teens will crash in their first year of driving. New
Driver Car Control Clinic graduates have a proven record of 77% fewer crashes than
their untrained peers. Now, there is something parents can do to make their
new drivers safer.
The New Driver Car Control Clinic is all about changing the
anatomy of an accident
by
pre-programming the sub-conscious to break the chain of panic -- to prepare the
driver mentally and physically to react to surprises with skill and precision. And
more importantly, to recognize impending danger earlier so that they never enter
the emergency zone where accidents lurk. This popular behind-the-wheel Clinic focuses
on teaching parents and teens critical accident-avoidance maneuvers and defensive-driving
skills such as
- Eye Management - judging spatial relationships
- Steering Management - making the car
go precisely where you want it to, even in an emergency and
- Brake Management - the so-called panic
stop without the panic.
- The exercises are performed in a series of cone patterns in the family's
own car on both Wet And Dry Pavement.
"Driving is a psychomotor skill," says Clinic founder David
Thompson. "Just like learning to play the piano requires an actual keyboard,
so does learning to control an automobile in an emergency demand that you actually
drive a car."
Why skill training is different than Drivers Ed.
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How it Works & What's Required -- Parents are required at both the classroom and behind-the-wheel sessions.
Behind-the-wheel sessions are limited to ten parent-student teams per session. Teens
must have at least their Learner's Permit (Temps).
The teen should have enough driving experience to be
comfortable making the car go forwards, backwards, left and right. This usually
requires from 4 to 8 hours behind the wheel. Families use their own
car -- preferably the one the teen is most likely to end up driving.
Each team receives a 90-minute classroom session on vehicle dynamics and human dynamics
-- why the car, and the driver, behave the way they do in an emergency; -- 4 hours
of in-car instruction; a 45-minute video and 56-page workbook with diagrams of ten
exercises, a log and a Parent-Teen contract so that they can continue to practice
these life-saving maneuvers.
Who We Are -- The New Driver Car Control Clinic is a
ten-year-old program offered in Florida, Tennessee, Massachusetts, North Carolina,
Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, Maryland, Virginia, Alabama and Washington DC. Developed
by automotive journalist and racecar driver David Thompson, the curriculum is an
adaptation of the skills taught to fire, police and other emergency vehicle drivers.
Terri Ranson, driver's education teacher in North Carolina says, "Thirty
hours of classroom and six hours behind the wheel [in traditional driver's ed]
cannot truly make a safe driver. This program is a wonderful grand finale to what
we start in driver's ed. I highly recommend it." Florida parents and teens
agree. "This course saved my child's life," Debbie Still of Palm Beach
says. "If I had a million dollars I would take every one of my son's friends
to this clinic in case he is ever riding with them in an emergency situation. I
have my son today, thanks to [this clinic]," she exclaims.
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