• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Education / D-O-T has booklet to help parents teach driving

D-O-T has booklet to help parents teach driving

January 4, 2006 By admin

Parents with kids who’re anxious to get behind the wheel can get some help in teaching driving skills from a new booklet developed by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The executive officer of the D-O-T’s driver services division, Dave Stutz , says the booklet came out of a need created by the system that puts restrictions on new drivers.

He says part of the graduated driver’s license system requires parents provide supervised instruction before young drivers can advance from their instruction permit to a regular driver’s license. Stutz says they realized parents could use some help in the instruction. Stutz says the booklet is called
“You’re the Coach – a Guide for Parents of New Drivers,” and provides some “real life” guidelines.

Stutz says the system requires them to review crashes or traffic violations that involve young drivers. He says they used information from those reviews to develop the book. Stutz says there are a lot of examples of things to cover from the accident reviews. For instance, he says following too closely is a major cause of accidents for young drivers. He says control of speed entering a curve is something they need to be aware of, driving on gravel roads, communication with other drivers at intersections and things like sharing the roads with large vehicles are all included.

Stutz says parents play a vital role in training kids to be safe drivers. Stutz says driver educators do a good job, but he says they only are able to provide six hour of instruction behind the wheel. He says that’s not enough and educators agree. Stutz says the experts says someone doesn’t become a good driver until after they have three years of experience, so he says parental involvement is extremely important. Stutz says you can find the booklet at drivers license stations or on the D-O-T’s Web site at:www.iamvd.com.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters Tagged With: Department of Transportation

Featured Stories

Bill would limit placement of solar arrays on farm ground

Marquette casino moving to land, leaving only 2 casino boats in Iowa

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

University of Iowa grad presiding over U.S. House Speaker vote

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

No coaching changes coming for Iowa football

Iowa State names new receivers coach

No. 2 Iowa visits No. 1 Penn State in wrestling dual Friday night

Iowa’s Clark brings increased exposure to women’s basketball

No. 18 Iowa State women visit TCU

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC