California Safe Driver

We offer two classes in Spanish. Alive at 25®* is a live, instructor led, interactive Zoom class for students under 25 years old. DDC-4 is an online, self-paced course. If you're not sure which course you need to take, please check with the court that referred you.

At California Safe Driver, we believe that when it comes to safe driving, education and awareness save lives. That is why our highly trained public safety professionals provide the National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course, Alive at 25®.

Why Is Our Online Learning So Effective?

After much research on how best to support an effective and interactive curriculum to support our cognitive behavioral based courses, we have chosen to incorporate the Kahoot! Program.

Evidence shows that impactful learning includes social, emotional, and academic integration. That's why we facilitate curriculums utilizing an interactive, cognitive behavior therapy based approach to learning. And we make them fun too!

How do we know what works?

We use the best law enforcement experienced, National Safety Council trained facilitators, teach them how to use cognitive behavioral therapy strategies, and create a highly interactive classroom community. Students become active learners, and facilitators check learning throughout the class. Our well trained and experienced facilitators are sensitive to the students' learning process, and care deeply about their success. Additionally, at the conclusion of each course, we check students' knowledge and engage them in anonymous open ended course evaluations. These evaluations are used to continually monitor the courses' success in helping students identify and change their behaviors; as well as reveal any areas where we may need to improve.

Other programs may teach the class, we facilitate the learning.

LEARNING THEORY:

Kahoot! draws upon ideas from the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) of motivation, developed by Richard Ryan, PhD and Edward Deci, PhD. SDT states that there are two different types of motivation, extrinsic and intrinsic. Intrinsic motivation takes place when an individual engages in an activity because they find it truly enjoyable, whereas extrinsic motivation takes place when an individual engages in an activity to achieve an outcome (for example to receive a reward, good grades, money, etc.). Kahoot! incorporates both types of motivation in its design. If you would like to read more about the successes of Kahoot! Then please follow this link.

What Participants Will Learn in Alive at 25®

Alive at 25® incorporates Reality Therapy and Choice™ Theory techniques to help participants identify the five basic needs that drive human behavior: survival, love and belonging, fun, freedom and power.

Whereas driver education teaches the mechanics of car and road handling and state law, Alive at 25® focuses on inexperience, distractions, poor judgment, peer pressure, a tendency to underestimate risk, decision making and consequences. This driver safety course provides tools for making positive choices in a way teens can relate to.

DDC-4 Online (4-hour defensive driving course)

This is a highly-engaging course that has modernized content, a state-of-the-art look and feel, and is highly interactive. The course was developed to be simple and streamlined so each user is able to understand all life-saving concepts. The course presents real-life driving situations, hazard recognition scenarios and defensive driving techniques to motivate drivers to change risky driving habits and behaviors to avoid collisions and traffic violations. The course features adaptive curriculum tailored to the participant's profile, including age, gender, driving behaviors and attitudes, vehicle and geographic location based on a series of responses to questions asked throughout the course. Offered in English and Spanish.

Certificate of Completion

Alive at 25® students will be mailed their certificate of completion after completing their course. Allow a minimum of two weeks time between your class and your court date to receive the certificate. You are responsible for presenting your certificate of completion to the court by your due date.

Students enrolling in DDC-4, it is your responsibility to print your certificate at the end of your course and present it to the court by your due date. If you do not have access to a printer, email us for assistance at info@californiasafedriver.com and provide us with your full name, date of birth, phone number and address. Please note that certificates can take up to two weeks to receive due to processing and mail delivery times.

* These National Safety Council Defensive Driving Courses save lives. However, they are not recognized by the California Department of Motor Vehicles as traffic school and are not considered point reduction courses. They may or may not be recognized by some California insurance companies for premium discounts. Please check with your individual insurance provider for information.

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(Your zip code should be your password.) If you have forgotten your username and/or password, please email us at info@californiasafedriver.com and provide us with:

• Your name
• Date of birth
• Phone number
• Name of the class that you need to complete