Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education
The Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education is a school education course aimed at teaching teenagers how to drive correctly and safely. It uses practical training, classroom instruction and simulator training to ensure the teenager learns the importance of driving safely, and standards are controlled by the Texas Education Agency.
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Instruction
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Passing the Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education program, Module One, is a prerequisite for obtaining an instructional permit for the learner driver. This covers traffic laws and the driver licensing system and lasts at least 360 minutes in its entirety.
In-Car Instructional Phase
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After passing Module One, the teenager must take at least seven hours of behind-the-wheel instruction followed by seven hours of observation of their driving. Options for the in-car instructional phase include using some hours of simulator time. The in-car phase encompasses Modules Two through 12, and includes some classroom examinations.
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Options
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Schools can opt to use simulators in Module Two and can also opt to teach different variations of the course. The options are teaching the core 32-hour course, a 14-hour in-car only course, a 32-hour classroom program, a school day credit program lasting 56 hours, a non-school day program also lasting 56 hours and a multi-phase school day program with 40 hours of classroom instruction, 12 hours of in-car instruction and observation and 12 hours of simulator time.
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