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.

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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.