Course Map for

Driver Education

Instructor:Wade Meier
May 2011

Month / Content / Skills / Assessment
August-November / -Course Outline and procedures.
-Health questioners
-Visual Testing
-Getting to know your vehicle
-Starting, steering,
stopping the vehicle.
- Basic driving skills.
-State Driver Handbook
  • Driver License requirements.
  • Obtaining a drivers license.
  • Rules of the road.
  • Traffic signs, signals, and
roadway markings.
  • How accidents may affect
you.
  • Health problems.
  • Losing your privilege todrive.
  • Alcohol and other drugs.
-Driving in adverseconditions.
-Mountain driving
-Understanding insurancecoverage’s.
-Utah’s D.U.I. laws.
-Distracted driving; cell phone use
-Map reading skills.
-Vehicle maintenance.
-Organ and tissuedonation.
-Course conclusion. / -Understand the
requirements
for successful completion
of the three phases
(classroom, range, andbehind the wheelinstruction) of the course.
State requirements mustbe met.
-Demonstrate visualacuity of 20/40 withcorrective lenses.
-Demonstrate knowledgeof driver licenserequirements for the stateof Utah.
-Understand rules ofdriving, traffic signs,signals and roadmarkings.
-Demonstrate pre-driving
checks, starting, steering, stopping and securing the vehicle.
-Show knowledge of and
demonstrate IPDEprinciples.
-Develop visual skills
necessary for safe
handling of anautomobile.
-Demonstrate proper behind the wheel driving skills. / -Oral (and or) writtenquiz.
-Completed Heath Questioner form.
-Eye examination. Must
have visual acuity of
20/40 with correctivelenses.
-State handbook writtenassignments.
-Chapter readings, written
assignments, quizzes and
tests.
-State driver handbook
examination.
-Driving rangeobservation
by instructor
-Behind the wheel.
Rural, highway,
freeway,mountain, and urbandriving assessed by
the students driving instructor.
Students are required to complete the following:
-27 Hours of classroom instruction.
-3 hours of behind the wheel instruction.
-6 hours of driving range instruction.
The State Road Skills examination will be administered to each student upon completion of the required driving instruction.
November – January / Same as previous term / Same as previous term / Same as previous term

This course is a one term course; therefore the content is covered over a period of one term then repeated in each of the following terms. In general, students will take this course and Careers during the same semester, alternating one class with the other at the term break.