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American Driving
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April 23rd 2007 Update
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Beginning on April 23rd new laws have been made in regards
to the driver education process.
The first change says that in order to get a permit at 15 years of age you
must now have completed 30 hours of classroom with a driving academy. This
means that you must complete either our traditional classroom or our 30 hour
home study classroom. Also to get the permit at 15 you will have to be signed
up to do the six hours of behind the wheel with a driving academy. If you are
not signed up to do the six hours of behind the wheel with the driving
academy you may get your permit at 15 years and 6 months of age. If you do no
program at all you may still get your permit at 16 years of age.
The second major change says all people under the age of 18 must train for
six hours of behind the wheel with a driving academy before they can get
their license. They must still hold their license for one year. If you want
to get your license before 18 years of age, this is very important for you to
understand. It means to you that if you take "Alive at 25", a "4 hour driver
awareness course", or a home study program without driving with a driving
academy you will still be required to do the driving at some point before you
get your license. What this means is that if you take "Alive at 25" or a "4
hour awareness course" you will pay their fees for those courses and still
have to pay a driving academy for behind the wheel training. This can cost
you added money if you choose to do the classroom with one company and then
have to do the driving with another company. If you choose to take our total
parent taught home study program for $135 (allowing you to be eligible for
the permit at 15 years and 6 months) that $135 will be applied to the cost of
doing the driving with us. You can pay the $135 and then upgrade to the
driving and only pay the difference. You will loose no money this way. Also
please note that most insurance companies do not give a discount for anything
other than completing a program with 30 hours of classroom and six hours of
driving.
The new laws applicable to students in rural areas are still very confusing.
We still do not understand them and because of that do not wish to address
them at this time. Please contact your local DMV for further information on
those laws.
We will continue to update this page as we learn more about these new
changes. I know if gets confusing for everyone when the state continually
changes their position on permitting and licensing your children.
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The Web site of the
Colorado DMV (the state licensing authority) is
http://www.revenue.state.co.us/mv_dir/home.asp |
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