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Teaching Tips
Using Video Support in the Classroom

Check out this instructor teaching tip and learn how the use of video can demonstrate a concept relevant to the subject matter. Read More...

Find Your Match - Icebreaker/Session Opener

Getting people to communicate can be a challenge. Here is a tip to get people out of their seats and moving, plus facilitate communication amongst each other.
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News and Research
Traffic Safety Culture in Cyberspace

More than 100 people die on average everyday in automobile crashes, yet traffic safety doesn't seem to get the media attention it deserves. Learn what the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is doing to help change that. Read More...

NHTSA Supports Novice Driver Education Standards

A team selected by NHTSA is tasked with creating a set of administrative standards for use by states in enhancing novice driver education. Read More...

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Teen Safety Collaboration

Online shopping cart offers Teaching Your Teen to Drive® and Driver-ZED® bundled together at a significantly discounted price. Read More...

Vehicle Technology
Onboard Coaching System Helps Save Fuel

Honda hopes to help drivers use less fuel in new 2010 Insight hybrid. Read More...

Glad You Asked

Q. What is AAA's Dare to Prepare workshop?

A. AAA's Dare to Prepare is an informative 90-minute workshop for parents and teens that targets issues they'll face as the teen graduates from being a passenger to being a driver. The workshop is intended to be a pre-permit program that reaches families before driver's education, but that's not always easy to do. Therefore, instructors may adapt the content into a "first night" or driver's education presentation for parents and teens. The workshop focuses on topic and messages that will enhance any driver's education course, such as:

• Opening the lines of communication between the parent and teen
• Driving as a privilege
• Graduated driver licensing laws
• Reasons why teens crash
• Importance of a AAA parent-teen driving agreement and more!

For more information on AAA's Dare to Prepare, contact your local AAA club, or contact John White, AAA Project Manager, (407) 444-7131.