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Statistics show that motor vehicle accidents are one of the major causes for teen deaths in America. The need for driver improvement in Virginia is a must to ensure the safety of teen lives.

Driving courses cover the basics of driving, such as driving laws and regulations. However, many times more than head knowledge is necessary. Defensive driving techniques and anticipation skills teach the driver to be aware of other vehicles and drivers, how to react to another driver’s mistakes, as well as what to do when an accident is about to take place. Practice and constant vigilance is the only way to make sure that these skills are always in mind while driving.

Improvement courses also help offset past driving offenses, earning up to 5 safety points to offset tickets. The classes can even give a discount when applying for insurance.
Virginia driver improvement classes can not only help get rid of tickets but also save your life.

For driver improvement classes go to DriverTrainingAssociates.com.

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Virginia is a popular place to get traffic tickets these days. With state troopers patrolling the highways and local police agencies handing out tickets on the by-ways, your chances of receiving a ticket are fairly good if you don’t always follow the letter of the law.

So what do you do if you have been unlucky enough to get a Virginia speeding ticket, or if you made a “California stop” at that Virginia stop sign? If that happens, you can explain your situation to the judge, and you might even be given the option to go to a Virginia driver improvement clinic to avoid driver license points.

If you are given the choice of going to Virginia traffic school, you can attend your class at a local driver improvement clinic or sign up for an easy, convenient Virginia driver improvement online clinic.

The online Virginia defensive driving course has a number of advantages over the classroom version. First, this is an 8-hour class, and sitting through an 8-hour classroom session, whether straight through or broken up into smaller sessions, is no picnic.

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Peter Johnson of Fairfax County, Virginia had no idea he was committing a serious traffic offense carrying up to twelve months in jail, a $2,500 fine and 6 points on his driving record when he failed to change lanes for a Virginia roadside police stop.  See Article. Read the rest of this entry

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GMAC: “41 Million Licensed Americans May be Unfit for Roads.” According to the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test released on May 20th, 2009, Florida ranked 43rd in the nation when tested on the Florida Driver’s Exam.

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Virginia licensed drivers can volunteer to take a Driver Improvement Clinic
once every two years. By volunteering to take the clinic, your Virginia
driving record will be awarded five safe driving points, which will deflect
five demerit points in the event of a future traffic violation. The highest
safe driving point balance you may accumulate on your driving record is five points. Read the rest of this entry

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“You mean this isn’t the DMV?”

That’s a question we hear quite a bit at Driver Training Associates.  So why do people think that we’re the DMV?  It must be because we provide traffic school, driver education, and license reinstatement courses.  We’re not exactly sure why so many people assume that traffic schools and other similar programs are run by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, but hopefully this article will set the record straight on that subject. Read the rest of this entry

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The Virginia State Police recently announced that they will launch the next phase of Operation Air, Land and Speed in the greater Hampton Roads area on March 12th and 13th, 2009. While the operation primarily targets speeders, it is intended to catch a wide variety of traffic violations, including reckless and aggressive drivers, impaired drivers, and people not wearing their safety belts. Read the rest of this entry

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