High Driver Education/Traffic Safety

Driving Defensively to Minimize Risk

• Driving Safely vs. Driving Defensively
• Reducing Your Risk
• People as Road Users
• Risks by Vehicle Type
• Roadways and Their Unique Risks

Signs, Symbols, Markings, and Rules

• Learning the Language of the Road – Traffic Control Devices
• The Language of the Road - Traffic Signs
• Get the Signal – Traffic Signals
• Pavement Markings
• Right-of-Way and Intersections

Fitness to Drive

• Driver Fitness and Safe Driving Responsibility
• Danger of Drowsy Driving
• Driving Under the Influence
• Distracted Driving
• Assessing Your Fitness to Driver
• Assessing Your Vehicle’s Fitness

Basic Techniques and Maneuvers

• Foundational Driving Skills
• Vehicle Instruments and Controls
• Basic Procedures
• Basic Techniques
• Scanning and Space Cushion

Advanced Techniques and Maneuvers

• Real-World Driving Skills
• Risk Reduction Skills
• Driving Safely at Night
• Space Management

Ready for Every Road

• Hitting the Road
• Trip Planning
• Urban Journey – Driving in Cities and Towns
• Rural Journey – Driving Through the Countryside
• Highway Journey – Hitting the Highway

Vehicle and Road Safety

• Prepared for Anything
• Natural Laws
• Vehicle Anatomy 101
• Vehicle Malfunctions
• Hazardous Roadway Conditions
• Collision, Traffic Stops, and Emergencies

Your License, Your Vehicle, Your Responsibility

• Next Steps to Licensing
• Vehicle Ownership
• Eco-Driving
• Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• DUI: Just the Facts
• Getting Your License

 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.