1.3 The Importance of Driver Education

The main purpose of driver education is to help you learn the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed for greater safety both as an operator of an automobile and as a pedestrian.

• Driver's Education teaches students:
• The rules and regulations of the roadways of California
• How to handle and operate a motor vehicle
• Properly train them to develop their skills in preparation to become a confident and safe driver.

• Driver's education and behind the wheel training:
• Give students the information and skills to drive an automobile that prevent crashes. Train driver how to handle hazardous situations that arise while operating a motor vehicle.


• Driver's education lessens the possibility of costly, injurious and sometime deadly crashes. It also reduces a family's auto and home insurance costs.