The
external links below have been
selected for accuracy, relevancy, & all-around usefulness
by the Editors of RoadTrip America. Please let
us know if you have comments or suggestions.
Safe
Driving Links & Resources"Please
Call Police!" Safety Banner: Produced by the Westside
Center for Independent Living and available for a donation,
this 3-foot long banner adheres to your windshield and/or rear
window. It's reusable and can be folded to standard map size.
(10/3/04)Drive
Safe with Uncle Bob: RoadTrip America's expanding resource
written by professional driving instructor Robert SchallerDo
You Have Road Rage? Take this quiz to find out. This
site is full of suggestions for improving driving skills and
includes an innovative program for reporting discourteous and
dangerous divers in North America. (9/5/04) Online Driver
Education Firms & Programs
Awake
at the Wheel: Alertness Solutions sells an
Alertness Driving Guide workbook and CD ($20) that provides
some useful tips and suggestions. We found the workbook
to be especially helpful in determining how much sleep
a person should get and how quickly sleep deprivation
can affect a driver's performance on the road. The program
lists some useful tips for improving driver alertness
while on the road. The presentation of the material (also
provided in the workbook) on the CD primarily provides
a source of irritation (in this editor's opinion) that
might be useful in staying awake as well.
(6/27/04)
Gallop
Poll - Drowsy Driving: This 2003 report conducted for
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration examines
behaviors of drowsy and distracted drivers and includes detailed
statistics. (6/27/04) Mothers
Against Drunk Driving - MADD: Since its founding in
1980, MADD has supported and actively waged political war against
the practice of driving while intoxicated. Today, there are
over 600 chapters and Citizen Action Teams in all 50 states
and affiliate organizations in Guam, Canada and Puerto Rico.
(6/27/04) Pre-Road-Trip
Car Care: Tips & car conditioning suggestions for
travel to the beach, mountains, and deserts.
(5/02/04)Five
"Bad" Roads: Travel guru Chris Elliott picks
the most dangerous highways in the U.S. Mountain
Driving Tips: Race car drivers George Creeze, Rick Herrick,
& Don Alexander share professional drivng tips for navigating
Online
Driver Education Firms Note: RoadTrip America
does not endorse any of these programs, but we provide
links to those that serve most or all of the USA as service
to our readership.
DriversEd.com:
The lessons on this site feature Flash video clips, interactive
3-D traffic scenarios, and case studies. In some states,
completing this online course fulfills the classroom instruction
requirement when applying for a first-time driver's license.
Because online courses have inherent drawbacks including
no forum for discussion, the effectiveness of this program
is limited. According to Bob
Schaller, the lessons have a number of grammatical
errors and misused words. On the other hand, the graphics
are innovative, and a lot of useful material is presented.
(4/24/05)
Teen
Driving Course, based in Santa Monica, California,
provides fee-based online instruction for obtaining driving
licenses, practice DMV tests and an informational DVD
called "Rules of the Road" that meets the licensing
requirements of most, if not all, of USA state requirements.
Traffic
School Online, based in Santa Rosa, California,
has been providing courses online since 1997 to clear
traffic citations around the country, obtain license point
reductions (which can lower insurance premiums) and providing
defensive driving instruction. They also provide first-time
driver education programs in Florida and California.
I
Drive Safely, based in Solano Beach, California,
provides online traffic school, defensive driving, commercial
fleet instruction, and a child and passenger safety course.
Driving
Directory provides online driving programs limited
mainly to Florida, but we have included them because of
the FREE driving quizzes (both signs and traffic rules)
and the extensive list of traffic schools, performance
driving programs, truck driving schools and links to all
of the USA DMV offices found on this site. You may well
be surprised by how many of the questions you answer incorrectly
on the quizzes. The RTA editor certainly was!
Awake
at the Wheel