Online Driving Course

6 years ago

We take these online courses to qualify for a small disc. on our auto insurance. Have you done them? They scare me to death and the first few days I’m checking everything to make driving safer. I don’t love driving, and def. uncomfortable on busy interstates with the trucks that seem to be getting bigger and longer. Despite reminding us of how scary driving can be, courses are also reassuring in that it shows we are in more control of our safety than one would normally think. I recommend them.

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Chi

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

People who text and drive know they aren't supposed to and that it's illegal. They just don't care. They either think it won't happen to them, that they are special and can handle doing both at once, or that their "stuff" is so important that it's worth the risk. People can justify anything.

I have a friend who continues to text and drive even after getting an expensive ticket for using his phone at a red light. A couple of years ago, we were riding in a car together with him driving. He pulled out his phone on the freeway and I asked him not to use his phone while he was driving, and he got offended by the implication that he can't handle it. That was the last time I ever got into his car.

Personally, I think mandatory jail time for anyone who uses their phone while driving, including at red lights. Maybe that will help.

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Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
We both took a "senior refresher" course online (recently, as we turned 65) to get an insurance discount. We have three cars. The first year premium savings more than paid for the course and then subsequent years are just savings. I don't know if it needs to be retaken periodically.

Just like traffic school courses (taken to avoid having a moving violation on my driving record), I found it to be very tedious and boring. I'm a calm and confident driver in all driving and traffic conditions and these courses and refreshers don't do much for me.
socks
6 years ago
I've taken the senior driving class, not online but in person with others in the class. It was worth it.

I'm also taking AAA DriveSharp online class. It is horribly boring and discouraging but maybe it's helping me. It's called brain training. I've been working on it for weeks.
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bossyvossy
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6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I’ve done the in room classes and I don’t think they cover nearly as much material b/c anecdotal chatter gets in the way. Online classes def. tedious but way more comprehensive.

I wonder if they have these courses taylored for young adults. Despite laws against texting while driving, not an hour goes by that I don’t see a texting driver. Few seem to be minding this law or the warnings.
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6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
We took the AARP Smart Driver course a couple years ago. Get an insurance discount for 3 years, then have to take the course again.

AARP membership not required to take course, but you do get a discount on it if you're a member.
terilyn
6 years ago
I only take the driver course if I get a ticket! The last one I got was in a neighborhood notorious for tickets, I was 2 miles over the limit!
arcy_gw
6 years ago
We took ours at 55. Discount plus to keep your license and coverage they MAKE YOU at 60 so we did the longer course when our minds were sharper LOL. From now on it will just be "updates". NO WAY IN HECK was I going to drive 30 miles to bore myself to death for two hours each night for a week. It was tough enough (BORING AS HELL) doing it online. DH and I did them simultaneously with dueling computers.
cynic
6 years ago
I took the "class" online for the insurance discount. Just took it again and it was completely different than the last time. Frankly I found them to be interesting and that surprised me. Nothing I really didn't already know but I liked getting some of the stats about the over 70s being more dangerous than many like to admit. With my insurance company, and not sure if it's all, you need to take a refresher every 3 years to continue the discount. If you don't take the refresher within 3 years of taking the full course, you have to do the longer one again. I found a coupon code online so I got $10 off the cost of the course too which was satisfying. I don't like giving ANYTHING to AARP any more than I like giving anything to the post office.
wildchild2x2
6 years ago
Haven't done one yet but have been meaning to. Last online course I took was for a speeding ticket I got around 3 years ago. I found the course pretty dumbed down and whizzed through it. But I have never found any driver's test or safety test to be difficult. I love to drive and am not a nervous driver. I consider myself an alert and defensive driver. I only dislike driving in heavy commute traffic. The only difference I have found in driving at my age is I am more apt to get highway fatigue over longer distances. So I accommodate that by forcing myself to take breaks instead of driving half the length of California straight through like I used to do. At nearly 67 I need the bathroom breaks anyway. ;-)

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