| Defensive driving teaches safe driving | | | | 3. A defensive driving course will teach safe |
| techniques to drivers. At defensive driving | | | | and accident free driving techniques. |
| classes students learn to overcome mistakes | | | | |
| in driving techniques, learn to improve their | | | | 4. The course will teach protection |
| driving skills; learn to make informed | | | | techniques and how to handle road rage and |
| decisions and to anticipate situations while | | | | speeding. |
| driving. | | | | |
| | | | 5. The defensive driving course will teach |
| Defensive driving classes have been set up in | | | | safe driving techniques in bad weather and |
| every state by the government and police | | | | adverse conditions. The course will hone |
| departments to make the world a safer place | | | | skills in highway driving, night driving, and |
| to live in. The need for speed can kill, it | | | | extreme weather driving. |
| is important to teach driver discipline and | | | | |
| safety rules. Defensive driving aims to | | | | 6. The course will inculcate critical safety |
| reduce the risk of driving. Drivers must | | | | issues and teach emergency action too. |
| instinctively anticipate dangerous situations | | | | |
| and avoid risks while driving vehicles in | | | | 7. By taking a defensive driving course you |
| normal as well as adverse conditions. | | | | will not have to appear in court. |
| Defensive driving courses cover aspects like: | | | | |
| emergency care, principles of safety, control | | | | 8. The driving violation charges will be |
| of fear and emotions, on the spot decision | | | | dismissed and a fine will not be assessed. |
| making, quick reactions, fear, and so on. | | | | |
| | | | 9. Defensive driving classes create |
| More than 50,000 people in the US loose their | | | | responsible citizens which mean children and |
| lives due to road accidents. Accidents can be | | | | families will remain protected. |
| prevented by following simple rules. There | | | | |
| are websites online that teach the rules that | | | | 10. Most important the defensive driving |
| can help save lives. See . | | | | classes will improve driving skills, |
| | | | reiterate driving laws and rules and make |
| The benefits of defensive driving classes are | | | | better drivers of people. |
| many and vary with each state. | | | | |
| | | | A defensive driving class can even be taken |
| 1. Most states offer as incentive a reduction | | | | virtually. States have set up defensive |
| of points on your driver's license following | | | | driving classes both online and offline to |
| a driving violation ticket and offer the | | | | create a safe environment for citizens. |
| additional incentive of not increasing | | | | Defensive driving teaches people to be |
| insurance rates. | | | | responsible drivers and take all necessary |
| | | | precautions when seated behind the wheel of a |
| 2. In some states a defensive driving course | | | | car. It protects not just the driver but |
| would get at least 10% reduction is insurance | | | | pedestrians, animals, and fellow commuters. |
| rates for a period of 3-5 years. This being a | | | | It makes the roads safer. |
| considerable saving. | | | | |
| | | | Defensive driving saves lives. |