Distance Learning Makes it Easier for Potential New Drivers to Get Behind-the-Wheel: Accredited Drivers Education Course Expanding to More States

Oakland Calif., (July 14, 2008)—Millions of teens in the U.S. about to start the school year with expectations of becoming licensed drivers are looking to distance learning to fulfill their drivers education requirement.

School Districts, educators, and students alike are embracing the flexible DriversEd.com Course: http://driversed.com/

“Students approaching driving age have all had some sort of experience online and with interactive games,” says DriversEd.com co-founder Gary Tsifrin.

“We’ve taken into account how teens learn, emphasizing problem solving taught primarily through dynamic on-the-road scenarios and graphically supported interactive narrative elements that provide an immersive learning environment proven to enhance retention for today’s teens, who are tomorrow’s drivers.”

The DriversEd.com Course provides the state mandated in-class instructional portion of driver education all online. The online course affords teens the convenience of taking drivers ed on their own schedule and at their own pace while providing a richer, more effective, and overall more enjoyable experience.

For some students underserved by brick and mortar driving schools, the DriversEd.com Course is the only option for satisfying the drivers education requirement.

“We’re committed to expanding the availability of drivers education to students everywhere, in cities and rural areas alike. The more choice and availability of drivers education, the better for everyone sharing America’s roads and highways because we want teens to complete drivers ed and not simply skip it by waiting for their 18th birthday,” says Tsifrin. 

“Our long-term goal is to see the DriversEd.com driver ed course included in statewide initiatives throughout the country.” 

The first to bring the driver education Course online, DriversEd.com is the most visited site of its kind on the Internet and has helped more than 1.5 million registered users. 

Focusing exclusively on driver safety education, DriversEd.com is the only online Course accredited by the Road Safety Educators Association, the Driving School Association of the Americas, the International Association for Driver Education, as well as Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Public Safety (DPS) and Education (DOE) in eleven states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.

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