National Driver Training's Senior Citizen Traffic Safety Online Course is designed for drivers age 55 and older who want to refresh their driving knowledge, strengthen safe driving habits, and better understand today's traffic environment.
This six-hour online course focuses on practical collision-avoidance strategies, vehicle control, driver awareness, distraction reduction, speed management, impaired driving, and other important topics that can help experienced drivers continue driving safely and confidently.
Course Benefits
- Review important safe-driving principles and traffic-safety practices
- Reinforce collision-avoidance and defensive driving techniques
- Learn strategies for managing traffic, roadway hazards, and changing driving conditions
- Review vehicle maintenance, tire safety, and emergency procedures
- Understand the effects of fatigue, medications, alcohol, and other impairing substances
- Learn how distractions, reaction time, visibility, and speed can affect driving safety
- Refresh knowledge of safe following distances, intersections, passing, work zones, and roadway recovery
- Complete the course entirely online at your own pace
Designed for Experienced Drivers
Driving skills and habits develop over a lifetime. Even experienced drivers can benefit from periodically reviewing safe-driving techniques and learning about changes in vehicles, roadway design, traffic conditions, and technology.
The course is designed to help mature drivers recognize potential hazards earlier, make safer decisions, and continue applying the principles of Strategic Driving and Collision Avoidance.
Convenient Online Training
The course is completed online, allowing you to work at your own pace from home or any location with internet access. You may stop and return to the course as needed.
At the end of the course, you will complete a final exam covering the material presented throughout the program.
A Refresher Course for Safer Driving
The goal of this program is not to teach experienced drivers how to drive from the beginning. Instead, it is designed to refresh, reinforce, and improve the safe-driving habits you have developed over the years while introducing practical strategies that can help reduce collision risk.