Fairfax County Police Department’s “Youthful Driver Program” can help new drivers
Posted by: Doug in Uncategorized
There is a Fairfax County Program that assists new drivers. The “Youthful Driver Program” can help “give them the knowledge and experience that could save their lives,” notes Herndon Reston car crash lawyer Doug Landau. He has taken similar courses in Virginia, online and in the District of Columbia, and he has learned new safety and defensive driving techniques.
The Fairfax County program web site asks:
Is someone you love learning to drive? The FCPD Youthful Driver Program can help. Police instructors will help your “young driver”:
* Learn what it means to be an “inexperienced” driver
* Identify the risks and realities of being teen driver
* How to ignore peer pressure behind the wheel
Spend a Saturday learning the rules and risks of the road. Dangers of the road aren’t confined to teenagers; everyone on the road will be safer once they learn:
* How to recover from skidding on a wet roadway
* How to adjust your driving when road surfaces vary- hard surface to soft shoulders
* How to judge distance while driving at highway speeds
The FCPD Youthful Driver is a one day, hands-on course, running Saturdays from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Location: Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy, 3725 Stonecroft Blvd. Chantilly
Cost: $200.00 (Financial accommodations may be made for qualifying students)
Eligibility: Fairfax teens aged 16-18 with a valid driver’s license
Contact: School Resource Officer in the high school the young driver attends, or call 703/818-1924.
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