Choosing a Driver's Ed Course

Learn how Wayne Tully and National Driver Training helped pioneer concurrent classroom and behind-the-wheel driver training, with roots in Air Force flight instruction.

Discover how National Driver Training pioneered state-approved online driver education in Texas in 2000 and helped advance parent-involved instruction.

Learn about National Driver Training, Wayne Tully, and the origins of Texas parent-taught driver education in the 1990s.

Learn why towing or roadside assistance memberships are optional for driver's ed and how to compare course prices, trial subscriptions and potential renewal fees.

Learn how long online driver education takes, how Texas and Colorado requirements differ, and why completing lessons does not finish the licensing process.

Find out when driver education coursework and driving hours transfer to a new provider, and what documents you need before switching.

Compare online driver education tuition, included lessons, permit testing, certificates, support, state charges and optional extras.

Find out whether an online driver education course includes the official permit exam or only practice tests, plus what happens after passing.

Verify online driver education course approval using official state directories and match the exact course to the learner and licensing requirements.

Compare online and in-person Texas driver education, including approval, flexible learning, hands-on training and course value.

Compare Texas parent-taught and instructor-led driver education on flexibility, cost, teaching responsibilities and state requirements.

Break down Texas parent-taught course tuition, the $20 PTDE Program Guide fee, optional extras and licensing expenses.