$250 Driver Ed, Congratulations students in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, and Hayden, Idaho!

Students from Rathdrum at Timberlake High School, Lakeland High School, Coeur d'Alene at Charter Academy, Post Falls at Post Falls High School, and in Coeur d'Alene home schools are going to get a great driver education through IDLA online and RAD behind-the-wheel training!

Congratulations to all the RAD students in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, and Hayden, Idaho who have grabbed the lowest priced Driver Ed in Kootenai County!

There is only today and tomorrow, 11/3 and 11/4, to get into Idaho's last online course for 2010!

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Cheap Drivers Ed, Driver Training in Kootenai County:
Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls,  Rathdrum, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho

$250 Driver Ed!

Here's the good news! 

RAD is providing the cheapest driver ed in Kootenai County -- $250! -- until 11/4.

The current rates for driver ed in Kootenai County are:  $400, $360, $350, $325, $300, and $275.

Why is RAD offering this low rate?

1. Many RAD customers have shared how difficult it is to save money for driver education.
2. Every RAD student who has taken IDLA's online course has found the course challenging.
3. Every RAD / IDLA student has done superbly applying their skills behind the wheel.
4. There are only 8 days left to take advantage of the last online course of the year!

Here's how you get the lowest cost.

1. Sign up with for RAD Behind-the-Wheel instruction.
2. Sign up with a high school counselor for the IDLA online Driver Ed course.
3. Pay $75 to IDLA.
4. Pay $175 to RAD.  Full fee of $275 less $100 discount!  RAD can arrange a payment plan to help you.

What's the deadline?

• The last online course begins 11/5, in 9 days.
• Plan to enroll with your counselor next week, 11/1 to 11/3.
• Get your DMV permit by 11/5.

Can we do this in the new year?

• This is NOT likely. 
• IDLA is in the process of ramping up their price and/or limiting and/or discontinuing their online course in the new year.

Any more good news?

• YES!  Going online, you save the most.
• Total driver ed cost = Normal price, $350 + cost commuting to class, $25 to $300 depending on where you live!  So, a $350 course may actually cost more than $600!
  
• Do your own math; you'll be amazed to find out that commuting to a class may double your cost! 
• Go online; save commuting cost and time!

What are ALL THE STEPS needed to get into this course?

• The attachment guides you step by step from RAD to IDLA to DMV.

Any more good news?

• YES!  Your RAD fee will help save slaves!
• 28 million people are enslaved on our planet.
• 1 million of those are in forced prostitution; most of these are women and children.
• RAD donates $20 of each driver ed fee to reputable organizations that serve those at risk of human trafficking or have been saved from slavery!
  

Please share this information to those whom it may help.

We hope it's an answer to someone's prayers.

We look forward to serving you!

Michael & Martha McKibbin         

R A D !  a vehicle for driving away slavery!

                      

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$250 Driver Ed! Lowest Cost Driver Training in Kootenai County: Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hauser, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Athol, Priest River, Hayden, Idaho

Here's the good news! 

RAD is providing the lowest cost driver education in Kootenai County -- $250! -- until 11/4.

The current rates for driver ed in Kootenai County are:  $400, $360, $350, $325, $300, and $275.

Why is RAD offering this low rate?

1. Many RAD customers have shared how difficult it is to save money for driver education.
2. There are only 8 days left to take advantage of the last online course of the year.

Here's how you get the lowest cost.

1. Sign up with for RAD Behind-the-Wheel instruction.
2. Sign up with a high school counselor for the IDLA online Driver Ed course.
3. Pay $75 to IDLA.
4. Pay $175 to RAD.  Full fee of $275 less $100 discount!  RAD can arrange a payment plan to help you.

What's the deadline?

• The last online course begins 11/5, in 9 days.
• Plan to enroll with your counselor next week, 11/1 to 11/3.
• Get your DMV permit by 11/5.

Can we do this in the new year?

• This is NOT likely. 
• IDLA is in the process of ramping up their price and/or limiting and/or discontinuing their online course in the new year.

Any more good news?

• YES!  Going online, you save the most.
• Total driver ed cost = Normal price, $350 + cost commuting to class, $25 to $300 depending on where you live!  So, a $350 course may actually cost more than $600!
  
• Do your own math; you'll be amazed to find out that commuting to a class may double your cost! 
• Go online; save commuting cost and time!

What are ALL THE STEPS needed to get into this course?

• The attachment guides you step by step from RAD to IDLA to DMV.

Any more good news?

• YES!  Your RAD fee will help save slaves!
• 28 million people are enslaved on our planet.
• 1 million of those are in forced prostitution; most of these are women and children.
• RAD donates $20 of each driver ed fee to reputable organizations that serve those at risk of human trafficking or have been saved from slavery!
  

Please share this information to those whom it may help. 

We hope it's an answer to someone's prayers.

We look forward to serving you!

Michael & Martha McKibbin         
 
R A D !  a vehicle for driving away slavery!

                      

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NEW Driver Ed Course, Hayden Lake, Idaho: Hayden Gets RAD, Responsible Alert Driving School!

RAD is providing a new driver education class in 
Hayden Lake, Idaho,

in partnership with Hayden Lake Evangelical Friends Church!  

RAD launches habits for a lifetime of responsible alert driving!

RAD donations support rescued slaves and children at risk of human trafficking!


NICS student discounts!

Referral Discounts!

For more information: GetRAD@RADschool.net

Driver Training Course begins 10/25.

Classes meet:  T & Th,  6:00 - 8:30pm.

Drive sessions are by appointment.

Enroll today at www.RADschool.net!

It’s as easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3, DMV!

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Post Falls, Idaho gets NEW Driver Ed Course: RAD, Responsible Alert Driving School!

Announcement!
RAD is providing a new driver education class in Post Falls,

in partnership with Classical Christian Academy! 

RAD launches habits for a lifetime of responsible alert driving!

RAD donations support rescued slaves and children at risk of human trafficking!
RAD donations support Classical Christian Academy!

Discounts for CCA students!

Referral Discounts!

For more information: GetRAD@RADschool.net

Driver Training Course begins 10/25.

Classes meet Mondays, from 3:30 - 5:30pm.

Drive sessions are by appointment.

Enroll today at www.RADschool.net!

It’s as easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3, DMV!

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RAD! Opens another driving school Hayden Lake, Idaho!

RAD is expanding it's classroom sites for driver ed to include Hayden Lake!

For years, RAD has given in-car driver training in Hayden Lake, so that new drivers may drive confidently and safely, in town and on Highway 95!

For years, families have driven from all over Kootenai County--from Cocolala to Coeur d'Alene, from Hauser to Hayden, from Cougar Gulch to Athol--to attend our driver education classes in Twin Lakes.

Now, we are opening another class:  Responsible Alert Driving School in Hayden Lake:

Hayden Friends Church

Tuesdays & Thursdays

6 - 8:30pm

Starting 10/25

Visit RADschool.net to request a reservation in RAD, Hayden Lake!

RAD ~ Post Falls gets New Driver Education Course! For years, RAD has given driver training in Post Falls to students from Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hauser, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, and Athol. Now, RAD is about to open a driver ed class in Post Falls!

RAD is expanding it's classroom sites for driver ed to include Post Falls!

For years, RAD has given in-car driver training in Post Falls, so that new drivers may drive confidently and safely, in town and on the freeway!

For years, families have driven from all over Kootenai County--from Cocolala to Coeur d'Alene, from Hauser to Hayden, from Cougar Gulch to Athol--to attend our driver education classes in Twin Lakes.

To accommodate families in the south, we are planning to hold class in Post Falls:  Monday afternoons, beginning the end of October.


Visit RADschool.net to request a reservation in RAD, Post Falls!

RAD Road Trip Tip #7: Look for Camp Grounds Close to Main Attractions! RAD owner and graduated driver training students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!

Ours took us to a beautiful camp ground after watching fireworks over Niagra Falls!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 4  8/1/2010

KOA Camping, Niagra Falls

• On our way to Niagra Falls, we noticed a KOA next to the highway about 20 minutes from our destination.
• If you chose to camp as we did, you’ll find the KOA just outside of Niagra very nice, with lots to do: recumbent bicycles, paddle boats, fishing pond, trampoline, pool, cabins, tent sites, hot showers, and full hook ups.
• After rolling out of our tents and having hot showers, we enjoyed hot breakfast fresh off the grill adn smoothies, too.  
• For tips on delicious and easy full breakfasts on the road, see post:  Take the Blender and the Grill!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!
Start with RAD!

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RAD Road Trip Tip #6 ASK A LOCAL Local Information Boosts Fun! Responsible Alert Driving School owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!
Ours took us to a great little ice cream shop and a firework show over Niagra Falls!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 4        8/1/2010

We end up arriving in Niagra at dusk.  Never having been before, we thought we’d missed out opportunity to see the falls.  Then, as I looked up images online, I discovered that the Canadians infuse the falls with colored flood light!  We knew we were in for a treat!

ASK A LOCAL
When you get to a destination, always ask a local about special events, sites, and deals.
When I asked a local--which was easy, since he was at an information counter!--about cheap ice cream and other events, he gave directions to an ice cream stand and pointed out on a map the best vantage points for viewing the FIREWORKS SHOW, scheduled to begin in thirty-five minutes!

NIAGRA FALLS at NIGHT
Using our inside information, we avoided the three-dollar tourist popcicles and headed for the ice cream stand two blocks away.  There we invested the ten dollars saved earlier into ice cream cones for the whole group!  These were so good and fun on our walk through the state park on a warm summer evening.

FIREWORKS
Licking ice cream cones and laughing though the park with water fall mist in the air, we arrived at the falls seven minutes before the fireworks show began!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #5: FREE PARKING! Free Parking May only Take 5 Minutes! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

Ours took us to free parking in Niagra!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 4     8/1/2010

PARK FOR FREE

• Any time guys are flagging you into a parking lot, BEWARE!  
• After getting waved in, we nearly paid ten dollars for parking.  
• Instead, we went around a few blocks and found a great big free space, across the street from our walk in the park!  
• Better!  We still had ten bucks in pocket to put to better use!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!
Start with RAD!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #4: Expect the Unexpected! Budget Extra Hours to get to your destination! RAD owner and graduated driver training students, from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho, lived it in America’s Heartland!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 3  7/31/2010

Expect the Unexpected; Budget Extra Time

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!

Ours took us through a maze of corn fields, flooded roads, and family history!

         

• A day earlier, since someone mentioned flooded roads ahead, we budgeted extra hours to get to our destination, even though we never saw a flooded road for an entire day of travel.
• A small side trip to Hurley, South Dakota--16 miles off the state highway--took over an hour and half to accomplish!  Here’s what happened.
• The little town of Hurley is where the daddy of RAD owner, Martha, grew up.  It is also the home of the Arthur Nelson Historical Museum, in honor of Martha’s grandfather.
• With temperatures in the 90’s and clear blue skies, a few miles off the highway, we found ourselves submerged in miles of corn fields, and at our first of many closed roads--with water flowing like a river over the low areas! 
• As we ventured further from our destination, trying to find a passable road we became the proverbial mice in a maze of corn fields, and flooded pastures, and looded roads, and quaint farm houses set as little island hills of flooded acres.  Fence posts peeked above the surface in some places, corn tassels in others!
• Finally, we met some locals surveying the damage done to their father’s land.  They informed us that heavy rains over several days produced the flooding; and that it happens every year!
• They who weren’t sure which roads to direct us to, since many were still under flowing water! 
• So we sought high ground further away, so that we could survey the land and determine a successful course by line of sight.  Joy did a great job navigating us through washed out roads, nearly washed out roads, rebuilt soft dirt roads, pit run gravel road repairs, and--glory be!--pavement to Hurley!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

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Responsible Alert Driving School serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #4 When Mama’s Happy, Everyone’s Happy! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it in America’s Heartland!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip

DAY 3  7/31/2010

When Mama's Happy, Everyone's Happy!

          

1. Let Mom sleep in, while you get fresh ice for the cooler and refill all the water bottles!
2. Put venison tenderloin and bacon on the grill as Mom emerges from her beauty sleep!
3. Surprise her by pulling the blender out of the box you sneaked under the stuff she packed!
4. As she eats the most tender of tenderloins hot off the grill, present her with a fresh smoothie:  pineapple, banana, nectarine, and North Idaho huckleberries!
5. While she’s gone to change clothes for the day, have the graduated driver ed students clean and pack the van!
6. Let her know how beautiful she is; and tell her you love her!
7. You will notice that your entire road trippin’ crew is smilin by now!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #3: Honesty Pays! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it in America’s Heartland!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 3  7/31/2010

Honesty Pays!

• Last night, we pulled into the Oasis Campground just before midnight with the office closed, set up the tent, and took deliciously long hot showers!
• The next morning, at the camp office, I was surprised to receive a discount!
• The manager said, “I always give a 10% discount as a way of saying thanks when people are honest to pay for their late night arrival.” 
• On the way out, I picked up a bag of ice for $1--best price I’ve seen in a long time!--to surprise the family with fresh smoothies, since I hid the blender under the other packed items!
• See the post, When Mama’s Happy; Everyone’s Happy, to see how well the surprise turns out!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

Responsible Alert Driving School Road Trip Tip #2: Make your Mom Happy; Make the Sweet Memories! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho did!

Responsible Alert Driving School Road Trip Tip #2:
Make your Mom Happy; Make the Sweet Memories!
RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho did!

1st RAD TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 2  7/30/2010

Mom goes down Memory Lane!

Martha, RAD owner, has fond childhood memories of road trips from Kirkland, Washington through Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to Hurley, South Dakota to visit her grand parents.  Along the way, they would visit many of the tourist attractions.  Actually, they stopped at ALL of them!  So, Mommy had a very special day on memory lane, as quoted below.

• Reptile Gardens--”Look!  This is the bench my mom used to sit on while she waited for us to tour the building where all the snakes and lizards are loose!”
• Mount Rushmore--”Let’s make sure to watch the movie, so the kids can appreciate how Mt. Rushmore was created.”
• Wall Drug--”Woo hooo!  We’re going to have ice cream for dinner!”
• “Could we pleeeeese camp tonight for a good night’s rest?”
• Day 2 ended at the Oasis Camp Ground, Oacoma, South Dakota, with luciously gushing hot showers and a pool just like when Martha was a little girl!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!
Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

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Responsible Alert Driving School serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #1 Make the Side Trips; Make the Sweet Memories! Driver Training Instructor and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho did at Helena, Montana!

1st RAD  TART

Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 1  7/29/2010

Private Tour of Carroll College!

Without an appointment, without any forewarning, with summer classes completed, we popped in on Carroll College in hopes of making sweet memories with Joy, who is looking forward to attending Carroll, in a few weeks.

• When we drove onto campus, it appeared uninhabited.  But, since Joy really needed to use a restroom, we drove up to the doorway of a building hoping against hope for a human to come to her aid.
• A kindly custodian did appear!
• Welcomed in, we discovered a gifted children’s camp!
• One of the college students leading the camp offered to give us a tour and treated us like he was our personal ambassador--for the next hour and a half!
• Since we hadn’t ever seen the campus, we’re delighted to see so much and to receive such an enthusiastic tour with a very involved student who loves Jesus!
• We celebrated by grilling burgers on the hibachi, behind Carroll’s library.

Returning to Interstate 90 from state highway 12, former driver education student, Josh, to co-pilot, Robbie, announced:  “When you cross a cattle guard to get on the freeway, you know you’re in MONTANA!” 

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

1st RAD TART ~ DAY 1 ~ Inventing a Road Trip Game! with Driver Training Instructor and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho.

1st RAD TART
Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip

DAY 1  7/29/2010

•  12:20  on I-90 from Cd’A 820 Beautiful Blue Skies, Striking White Cumulus Clouds, our Prayed up Pilot, Cruising Speed 65 mph, Full Cargo Hold, Full Seats, Full Hearts, Prayerful with High Expectations of great moments with Christ, the people He’ll use to teach us, and the people we’ll get to touch with His great love!
•  1:21  Lookout Pass, MONTANA, elevation 1480

 1:32  First Fresh Fruit Stop!  Montana CHERRIES!  Becomes a Road Trip Contest! 

• Martha got a mix of varieties picked in Flathead, Montana. 
• The five of us lined up on the fog line of the roadway next to the fruit stand, for a pit spitting contest, to see who could clear the double yellow, the opposite fog line, and eject a pit onto the far gravel road shoulder.  Predictions?! 
• Those of you who have spit with us before guessed it right:  Joy can not be beat for her prodigious spit projectile launching abilities.
• Dad propelling a close second. 
• Josh decided that the cherry pit spitting contest was deliciously PITiful!  What a puny wit!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!
What road trip games will you play?

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

FAQ 4 1st RAD Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip (RAD TART) began on July 29, with RAD owners, driver education instructor, and graduated driver education students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho.

FAQ 4   Have RAD owners or RAD grads taken similar road trips?

YES!

1. RAD Owner, Martha Nelson-McKibbin, is a third generation road tripper!  Her great-grandparents traveled by train and model T, from Hurley, South Dakota to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Seattle, Yosemite, Sacramento, and New Mexico.
2. As a child, Martha took several family road trips to her daddy’s home town of Hurley, South Dakota.   So, the RAD TART is allowing her to relive her childhood!  Good stuff at mid-life!
3. Michael has been trippin’ up and down the West Coast for decades.  Some of the most memorable trips being:  camping the Sierra’s from Mexico to Yosemite, going with his brother to get an engagement ring in California, taking his bride to California for seminary, bringing their first baby home to Cd’A, and three separate teen-and-daddy trips after each McKid graduated from driver education.
4. As newly weds, Michael and Martha traveled from Seattle to Hurley, to Pennsylvania to Fort Lauderdale, to Americus to Seattle, to Pasadena, California for seminary.  So, M & M get to relive a bit of their newly wed journeys.  More good stuff for mid-lifers to share with their teens! 

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!
Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

Find out how at www.RADschool.net!

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RAD serves driver education students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD is on it's 1st Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip! Owners and graduated driver training students are from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho.

On tour:

• RAD grad driver training student, Joshua McKibbin, former North Idaho Christian School student, headed to North Idaho College!

• RAD owner, Martha McKibbin, retired from Lighthouse Christian Academy, seeking to serve Christ in public schools!

• RAD cheerleader, Joy McKibbin, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy grad, headed to Carroll College!

• RAD owner, Michael McKibbin, retired from Lakeland School District, seeking to serve Christ through RAD School and the Modern Abolition Movement.

• RAD friend, Robby Delorto, North Idaho Christian School grad '07, returning for his senior year at University of Idaho.

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

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RAD serves driver training students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:   Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD's learning to Drive out slavery with T-shirts. Graduated driving students from Cd'A, Idaho and RAD owners, Rathdrum, Idaho, drive to learn about anti-human trafficking strategies.

Where will your adventure take you?!

• Our adventure has taken us across the country to learn about modern slavery abolition!
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• RAD drove 3,275.1 miles to attend a three-day school about abolishing modern slavery!

• Some of you have been in Mr. McKibbin's junior high history classes over the years, where we learned about slavery and the historical struggle for freedom throughout the world. 

• Now, we're here at SoulFest, in Gilford, New Hampshire--and yes!--we're learning about how to actually prevent, document, and stop slavery today!

• Last night, after the Switchfoot concert--by the way, they are very big fans of Not For Sale and the movement to re-abolish slavery!--we hung out in the back stage after-party to discuss how to be effective abolitionists.  

Here's one way! T-shirts!

• We're learning how to develop accountability in supply chains--that's right!--the stuff some of you students and I discussed years ago about t-shirts being made in third-world country slave sweat shops; then hiked, shipped, and trucked for you to buy at the store.
• Bad news, most cotton throughout the world is picked by hand, most of that by children, who do not get to go to school.
• Good news, there are companies that can prove they do not use any slave labor in their t-shirts, from the cotton farmers and pickers to the manufacturers!
• So, graduated driving school students are discussing with us strategies for being smart in how we buy the products we need, so that we help rather than hurt others.
• More good news, RAD is working to make those shirts available to you!
• We'll keep you posted!

So what about DRIVING?

• RAD is committed to your success!
• Success in being Responsible people!
• Success in being Alert people!
• Success in your Responsible Alert Driving!   
• Success in your journey through life, to a positive future!

• RAD is committed to the success of other young people, too!
• Success in being free to play, just like you!
• Success in being free to rock, just like you!
• Success in being free to drive, just like you!

•  So, RAD is committed to driving out slavery!

• When you enroll in RAD School, you're part of something much bigger!
• Part of your fees go to help prevent slavery, rescue slaves, and provide them new futures!
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Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

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Responsible Alert Driving School serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

Learning how to Drive out Slavery in our Lifetime: Switchfoot, RAD owners and graduated student drivers (Coeur d'Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho).

Where will your adventure take you?!

• Our adventure has taken us across the country to learn about modern slavery abolition!
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• RAD drove 3,275.1 miles to attend a three-day school about abolishing modern slavery!
• We're here at SoulFest, in Gilford, New Hampshire--and yes!--we're learning about how to actually help slaves!
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• Graduated student drivers from Coeur d'Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho are learning how to drive out slavery in their lifetime at SoulFest, in New Hampshire. 
• Tonight, RAD owners, Michael and Martha McKibbin, will be hanging out with Switchfoot--abolitionists and very big fans of Not For Sale!--at the main concert after party to discuss how to be more effective abolitionists.
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• We'll have lots to share with you, after attending the Not For Sale Academy!
• When you enroll in RAD School, part of your fees go to help victims of slavery!
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Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

1st RAD Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip FAQs with former driver education student from Rathdrum, Idaho and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho!

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RAD TART!

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Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip!

Most FAQ’s

1.  Why is the driver education instructor driving across the country with a former driver education student?

• We’re headed to Gilford, New Hampshire.

2.  What’s in New Hampshire?

• Soul Fest, one of the largest Christian music festivals on the planet, takes place in Gilford, NH.

3.  Why drive all the way from Rathdrum, Idaho to New Hampshire for a music festival?

• Good question! 
• Michael has been trying to learn the truth about modern day slavery and how to be a part of the solution.
• The Not for Sale Campaign, a group dedicated to ending slavery in our lifetime, is providing a three-day course at Soul Fest.
• Martha, the McKids, and friend Robbie, were not able to attend Creation (another festival), as they usually do each year.
• Joy is going off to college in Montana.
• Josh is going of to college in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
• Of course, driving school owners love having their own kids get lots and lots and lots of supervised driving; transcontinental and back is a lot!
• So, Martha and Michael agreed this was a great way to bring all the people and pieces together:  spend lots of time together before the kids go off to college, attend a music festival and praise our lungs out together, and begin learning how to set slaves free--together! 

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You?!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students

residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, 

Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

Coeur d'Alene and Spirit Lake Driving Students Complete their Behind the Wheel Training! CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!

Idaho Digital Learning Academy students from Coeur d’Alene and Spirit Lake successfully completed their RAD Behind-the-Wheel training during July.  They are well on their way to being responsible alert drivers!

• Each of these super students has a very busy academic, sports, and/or church schedule.  Online study allowed them to set their own schedule for driver education.

• RAD contracts with IDLA students to apply the concepts learned online to actual driving in the RAD red Jeep. 

SCHEDULE

• After learning the rules of the roads and time/space managing strategies during the first weeks of class, RAD provided behind the wheel training for three consecutive days.

• Then we took a break from driving days for the students to focus on learning about various driving environments.

• The following week, we met for another three days. 

SUCCESS

• Since each of these students has high personal performance expectations, they took their online learning seriously,  As a result they were able to easily apply concepts learned online to actual driving during each driving sessions. 

• After completing their IDLA exams, RAD looks forward to their RAD Grad Burger Bash compliments of American Family Insurance Teen Safe Driver Program.

    

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You could WIN an entire Driver Ed course for $5!

RAFFLE
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RAD! Lowest Cost Driver School in Kootenai County, Idaho: Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hauser, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Athol, Hayden

RAD students dive for the chance to answer review questions as they prepare for their Final Exam!

RAD:  Great Driver Education
for the Lowest Cost in Kootenai County!

• $300.00
• While students enjoy the homey environment of our main classroom, between Rathdrum and Spirit Lake, Idaho; we serve students who reside in all the cities of our county.
• Recent RAD graduates live as far south as Cougar Gulch, near Lake Coeur d'Alene, and as far north as Athol, Idaho.
• Warm hospitality, compassion, and respect for all students are distinctive qualities of RAD School.

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Driver Training Student Experiences Tailgater in Rathdrum, Idaho

April, a responsible alert driving student from Timberlake high in Spirit Lake, Idaho, learned that she did a great job maintaining appropriate speed and keeping her cool while being tailgated during driver training in Rathdrum, Idaho.

Here are her thoughts.

• Today, while driving, I noticed that people can be so impatient while driving! While on Highway 41,  I was tailgated by a 3/4 ton pickup truck, and I was getting irritated.  I was getting ready to move into the right-turn-only lane, while the truck was going to stay in the straight ahead lane.   I was traveling 30 in a 35mph zone approaching a red light;  so of course, I had to slow down.  The funny thing was that, while I was able to go after stopping at the red traffic light, they had to hurry up to wait at the light until it turned green.

April is doing a great job applying behind-the-wheel skills from what she's been learning through IDLA online classes.  Bravo!

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Online Driver Ed Students Compare Sports and Driving Alertness, in Twin Lakes, Idaho

RAD students begin building lifelong habits of Responsible Alert Driving:  able to respond proactively, skillfully, and wisely. Today during their second lesson at Twin Lakes Village, students focused on driving proactively using the vision concepts they had learned online though IDLA.  As they learned to anticipate risks far ahead and close to the vehicle, they began discussing how we can apply the same habits used to be successful in sports to safe driving.  Here are some observations in their own words.

• I am Jordyn, and I play softball in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In softball you are always thinking ahead to what you are going to do when the ball is hit to you and you are prepared for all situations. This is the same as in driving because you must be ready and prepared for anything. You can’t control the other drivers, only yourself.

• My name is April, and I play soccer. I am goalie for my team, and with being goalie, I have to anticipate what all the players on the field may do. When one person from the opposite team is heading toward me with the ball, I have to not only look at what they are doing, but I also have to look at what all of the other players are doing. I have to see if a player is coming for a header or to help with the ball. I also have to warn my players and I have to be aware of everything. As a player on the field I have to do the same thing. I have to be aware of where everyone is before I get the ball, so that when I do get it, I don’t end up turning over the ball. This is the same for driving. I have to be aware and anticipate what the other drivers are doing and may do, so I may respond appropriately.

• My name is Kathryne, and I play basketball.  In basketball, I have to be able to look down the court to the other basket and see what the others are going to do, like throw the ball down the court or dribble down. I also have to be able see the people around me and also the person I’m guarding. This applies to driving, too; I have to be able to identify what’s going on around me and ahead of me.

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ONLINE Driver Ed Students had their First Drive at Twin Lakes Village, Idaho! Way to Go, Ladies!

April Sutton, Kathryne Kuhn, and Jordyn McCracken did a great job in their first driving lesson today
at Twin Lakes Village, Idaho!

• These busy and very bright ladies have chosen to take their Driver Education classes online with IDLA.
• RAD is their partner for behind-the-wheel instruction. 
• Because of the great instruction provided by IDLA, these ladies were able to excel today, easily applying essential concepts learned online to practical hands-on application behind-the-wheel.
• What a privilege to work with such enthusiastic, smart, and courteous young women!

They covered a lot in their first drive, including:

• approach with awareness
• passenger safety
• gauges and instruments
• basic controls
• steering techniques
• reference points for vehicle sides, front, and rear
• perfect 12 inch street park
• traffic checking
• managing time and space
• blind spot checks
• maintaining steady vehicle lane position

In this photo, Kathryne is letting the driver know that the vehicle is 1 foot from the grass.

April shows the driver that the rear bumper is about 3 feet from the grass.

Jordyn shows her driver that the front bumper is at the safety limit, 

about 2 feet from entering the cross street.

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RAD Students Learn to Back Safely all over Kootenai County, Coeur d'alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, and Hayden Lake!

4 Steps for Backing Safely

1. Check back over your shoulder and in mirrors for a clear course.
2. With foot on brake, shift into reverse.
3. While backing at a slow controlled crawl, look back and check mirrors frequently.
4. If making a turn, check front clearance frequently.

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August ~ RAD Camp! ~ 8/21 - 9/1

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R A D   C a m p !

10 DAYS of RAD LEARNING!

Finish your Driver Ed classwork
BEFORE
Labor Day Weekend
at
RAD
!

This Exclusive Class is Limited!

Only 8 Students!

RAD School's full driver education course exceeds Idaho state standards, while equipping teens to begin building lifelong habits of Responsible Alert Driving.

Class meets in the RADS Fireside Room and enjoys Martha's hospitality and complimentary homemade treats.

RAD Camp runs daily, except Sunday, August 21 - September 1.
The classroom component runs from 9-12noon.
Drives groups meet only six afternoons, for two hours each.

ONLINE Driver Ed CLASS!

SAVE $ !

SET YOUR OWN CLASS SCHEDULE!

RAD School's Behind the Wheel service 

completes Idaho's requirements for students enrolled in

IDLA's online Driver Education course. 

Families save

traditional classroom enrollment fees

as well as  costs that would have been spent commuting to class.

PRIVATE LESSONS

RAD School provides private lessons for teens to improve new skills, review and polish skills before skills testing, or to build competency in winter conditions.

RADS also provides private lessons to adult licensed drivers who desire to improve skills, safety, and confidence.

8 Steps to Your Driver's License!

Eightfold Path
for
Teen Drivers

1. Enroll in RAD School.
2. Get your permit at DMV.
3. Pass the RAD course.
4. If under 17, complete six months or more supervised driving.
5. Pass Skills Test.
6. Pass Knowledge Test at DMV.
7. Pass Vision Test at DMV.
8. Smile       for the camera!

Make DMV your Happy Place!

Idaho State Law
You must have a driver training permit to attend any driver training program.

Get Your Supervised Instruction Permit

from DMV at 451 Government Way, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (208.446.1340).

Take all of these items with you to DMV:

1.  Certified Birth Certificate
2.  Social Security Number
3.  School Compliance Letter or Transcript
4.  Photo I.D. (yearbook photo, ASB card)
5.  Legal Guardian or Parent as Co-signer
6.  $21.50 (non-refundable)

Timing is Important!

1.  For the happiest, most efficient experience at DMV, we recommend taking your student to DMV Licensing in the morning--when they first open. This allows you to get in and out quickly.

2.  During the school year, if you go after the school day ends, you run the risk of waiting at DMV for a long time; and then, being informed that their office is being closed for the day. Which means you would get to visit on another day.

How Do I Keep In the Center of my Lane?

G e t C e n t e r e d !


Three Methods

1
Aim High.
Align the top, 12 o’clock spot, of the steering wheel
on the center of your lane, as far as you can see.

2
Ride the Center.
Each lane of pavement has an obvious center--between the wear marks of tires.
Ride your right knee over this center as if you were on a motorcycle or bicycle.
This will place the vehicle just barely right of center.

3
Fog Line is my Friend.
Position the vehicle so that the fog line
appears to run down the the center of your hood’s right half.


Practice.
You’ll be able to do all three--at the same time!

Check out our video clip
of RAD grad, Aron Moore,
riding the lane center
through mountainous curves.


More Lane Position How To

How Do I Know Where the Side of my Vehicle Is?

How Do I Know Exactly How Far my Rear Bumper Extends?

Find Your Rear Limit.


When you look back
over your left or right shoulder,
the curb or line appears to be
in the middle of the rear windows.

Use these reference points to:
Avoid backing into cars or other objects.
Avoid going over cliffs.
Park perfectly.

How Do I
Know
Exactly How Far
My Front Bumper Extends?

F i n d Y o u r F r o n t L i m i t .

1. Side mirrors seem to align with curbs or parking lines.
2. Get out to check your distance.
3. Or, have a buddy give you feedback.

Avoid getting hit by cross traffic.
Make precision turns.
Park perfectly.

Responsible Alert Driving School lesson--Stop Flying Elephants!--in Hayden Lake, Post Falls, and Rathdrum.

DANGER: FLYING ELEPHANTS!

Strap down Dumbo!

At 30 mph,
the impact of an average adult,
is equivalent to being trampled by a
3 1/2 ton elephant!

Make sure all elephants are safely secured before departure.
HERE’S HOW.

1. Secure your seat belt.
2. As your buckle clicks, instruct all passengers to buckle up.
3. Listen for the click of each belt.
4. Look over your shoulder to verify that each passenger is buckled. (Some “friends” think it’s funny to outsmart the driver, especially the passenger directly behind the new driver; it’s actually deadly dumb!)
5. Do not begin traveling until all occupants are buckled.

The life you save may be yours!

Below: Reality check video of flying killer elephant.

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Post Falls Responsible Alert Driving School Students Learn to Drive Like a Professional Pilot!

ASSUME PILOT MODE BEFORE YOU MOVE!

INITIATE PRE-DRIVE SAFETY SEQUENCE

Aircraft pilots--at least the smart ones!--
go through a standard safety checks BEFORE each flight.

Drivers should do the same!

Establish a pre-drive habit for safe and pleasant driving.

1. As soon as seated in the driver seat, lock doors.
2. Adjust seat.
3. Adjust steering tilt.
4. Adjust head restraint.
5. Secure seat belt and check that all passengers are wearing seat restraints.
6. Adjust rear and side mirrors.
7. Upon ignition, check all indicator lights. They should illuminate briefly to show functionality, then turn off.
8. If gauges do not illuminate, there may be a burnt bulb or an other electrical problem.
9. If gauges remain illuminated, have the issue addressed by a mechanic.

More Info:  Driver Ed in North Idaho
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How to Get DMV Driving Permit
Responsible Alert Driving School, Post Falls, Idaho

More Info about Post Falls, Idaho

Even More Driver Training in Post Falls at Home.

Don't Kill the Baby!

BEFORE YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE
APPROACH WITH AWARENESS

~ Don’t kill the baby! ~

Many of life’s distresses and disasters are preventable.
That’s why we brush our teeth--to prevent dentist bills, pain, and decay.
Driving is the same; but the costs are higher--
high repair costs, injury, and death.

Follow these simple steps, EVERY time you approach your vehicle.
Begin this process as soon as the vehicle is in sight.

LOOK for Child or animal in tire path.
PREVENT killing the baby!

LOOK for Objects in path of tires.
PREVENT flat tire or collision from the flat.

LOOK for Low tire pressure.
PREVENT flat tire or collision from flat.

LOOK for Fluid drips or puddles.
PREVENT brake or steering failure, engine overheating or failure.

LOOK for Broken lights or lenses.
PREVENT collision, being mistaken for a motorcycle.
PREVENT being rear-ended for lack of brakes lights.
PREVENT getting ticketed for lacking lights.

LOOK for Unwanted passengers.
PREVENT Hijack.