All About The Pre-Licensing Classes

1. Blog: Pasautoschool.com ALL ABOUT THE PRE-LICENSING CLASSES The Pre-licensing Class is also known as the 5-hour driving course. It is a classroom course designed by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that is responsible for providing the new drivers with information that can help them drive safely while on the road. New drivers are required to attend the pre-licensing class and complete this course (or a Driver Education Course approved by the state of New York) before scheduling their driving test in order to attain their license. For a lot of students, the course offers only the formal coaching opportunity so as the to gain knowledge regarding the basic rules that are to be followed on the road along with learning secure driving principles, skills required for defensive driving, as well as other factors that can affect your fate while on the road. The Pre-licensing classes are conducted at high schools, in colleges, as well as in commercialised driving schools. Apart from these, it is also offered at a few other sites that are approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles, one of which is BOCES, New York. For conducting the class in a high school or college (any institution that is approved by the New York State Education Department), you should be a certified teacher for driver’s education, where as in order to teach for a driving school, you have to be a certified driving school tutor with a classroom acceptance. Only certified classroom instructors are allowed teach in the Pre-licensing Classes. They have to follow the DMV’s course programme and provide the students with instruction only at locations that are approved.