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3 Key Benefits of Sending Your Teen to Driving School

For most parents, imagining their teen on the road alone is terrifying. If your teen is anxious to get behind the wheel, then do him and yourself a favor by looking into effective driver training courses offered in your area.  Here are three of the key benefits of sending your teen to driving school:

Enhance His Confidence

One of the most effective ways to produce a great driver is to instill confidence on the road. Teens who feel confident behind the wheel won’t hesitate to make the right decision in split-second situations. They will also be more defensive and capable of handling high-pressure situations and conditions—including broken traffic lights or icy roads. The best way to instill confidence is to send your teen to driving school, where he will gain the necessary knowledge and experience. 

Help Him Understand Responsibility

Many teens long to get their license because they see driving as a fun or thrilling activity. However, driving lessons quickly teach them that driving is a responsibility that requires their full attention. Driving instructors help teens understand the dangers that everyday activities such as texting can present to their own safety as well as that of their passengers and other drivers on the road.

Lower Your Insurance Premiums

In addition to instilling confidence and a sense of personal responsibility, driving lessons offer potential financial incentives. Many insurance companies offer discounted premiums for drivers who have undergone comprehensive driving courses at a reliable driving school. Although your main concern as a parent is your child’s safety, it’s helpful to know that lessons could also offer you a financial break.

If you’re a parent who would like to know more about how driving school can benefit your teen, contact Top Driver today. We’re the largest provider of driver’s training programs throughout the country, and we offer numerous convenient locations throughout Chicagoland. Call us at (888) 471-5418 to find your nearest location or to learn more about our services. 

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Top Driver Driving School is the nation's largest driving school. Located throughout Chicagoland, classes are also available in Connecticut, Michigan and Ohio. For more information about classes in your area, call (888) 471-5418 to speak with a representative.

Evaluating the Dangers of Texting vs. Drinking While Driving

While a significant amount of emphasis is placed on preventing drinking and driving, the same is not necessarily true for texting and driving. However, as you will learn in this video, texting while driving can be even more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. Drivers reading or responding to texts were found to have slower reaction times than drunk drivers when tested on a closed driving track.

Participants in the controlled simulation agreed that texting is a complicated task that presents far too much of a distraction while driving. Here at Top Driver, these are the types of lessons we will convey to your young driver. To learn more about how we can prepare your teen for the road, call us at (888) 471-5418. 

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Click These Links For More Essential Teen Winter Driving Safety Tips

Though safe driving is important year-round, teens and other new drivers need to be especially careful on icy winter roads. Top Driver offers driver education classes that will teach your teen safe driving habits.

• Visit Edmunds.com for more instructions on how to drive safely in the winter.
   
• According to a recent article in Time, fewer teens drink and drive now than did in 1991. Do your part to make sure the number shrinks to zero. 
   
• For more hints on how to handle snowy and icy roads, read this article from The Weather Channel.
   
• Teen drivers need to be extra cautious during the winter, because car crashes are still the leading cause of death among teens according to this article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving presents these statistics about the dangers of driving while impaired. 

Call us at (888) 471-5418 for more information.