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Driving Instruction Book

Do you need help teaching your teenager how to drive safely?
Now you have it!

Bill Kennedy, a public school teacher, private driving instructor and father of four has written a common sense step-by-step driving book that will aid in helping you teach your teenager how to drive safely. "Teaching your teenager how to drive safely while maintaining your sanity" is a light-hearted approach to a heavy-duty situation. This illustrated teaching guide is both educational and entertaining. This information can be utilized either as initial instruction for your beginning teenage driver or as a supplement to a driver education program. The nine practical lessons are listed in a logical teaching progression:
 

Chapter I: The Vacant Parking Lot

  1. Pre-driving Procedures (before starting the engine)
  2. Dashboard Information and Starting the Engine
  3. Putting the Car In Motion (slowly)
Parking Lot

Chapter II: The Residential Area

  1. Review
  2. Backing Out of the Driveway (in reverse)Parking Lot
  3. Intersections
  4. Centering Your Vehicle (on your side of the street)
  5. Speed Control (under the speed limit)
  6. Proper Stopping Areas When Required to Stop at Intersections
  7. Defensive Driving
  8. A Patient and Positive Atmosphere
  • Chapter III: Light City Driving

    1. Review (residential area driving)
    2. Proper Following Distance (behind the vehicle in front of you)
    3. Right Turns On a Red Light (in some states)
    4. Approaching a "Stale-Green" Light and What To Do
    5. Other Defensive Driving Strategies
    6. Summary (the bonding experience)
  • Chapter IV: One-Way Streets and Lane Changes

    1. Review
    2. Turning Into the "Nearest Correct Lane"
    3. One-Way Streets (just follow the arrow)
    4. Lane Changing Procedures (for a rookie driver)
    5. Summary (the bonding experience)

    Chapter V: The Heavy Traffic

    1. Review (previous lesson, chapter IV)
    2. The Left Turn
    3. Defensive Driving
    Parking Lot

    Chapter VI: The Parking Adventure

    1. Review (in order to get ready for the parking adventure)
    2. Parking (choosing the proper lot)
    3. Backing Out (successfully)
    4. Defensive Driving

    Chapter VII: The Freeway and the Highway

    1. Review
    2. Freeway and Highway Driving
    3. Driving on the Freeway (successfully)
    4. Driving on the Highway (safely)
    5. Stopping Procedures
    6. Fatigue Factors
    Parking Lot

    Chapter VIII: Night Driving

    1. Speed
    2. Being Seen
    3. Following Distance Rules
    4. Paying Attention and Distractions
    5. Bright Light Reaction
    Parking Lot

    Chapter IX: Adverse Driving Conditions Parking Lot

    1. Proper Timing for Successful Practice
    2. "Slow-Down" or Else
    3. Other Drivers
    4. Gravel Roads, Bad Roads and Heavy Traffic
    5. Hydroplaning or "Water Skiing on the Highway
    6. Proper Steering

    Chapter X: Summary

    1. Keeping a Positive and Patient Demeanor
    2. The Bonding Experience
    3. Professional Training
    4. The Ultimate "Role-Model"
    5. Parent - Teen Driving Log

    This 77-page book may be exactly what you and your teenager need in order to facilitate this instructional bonding experience.

    If you are interested in purchasing this book, send:
    your name, address, city, and zip code along with $24.95, payable to:


    Kennedy Publications
    c/o Topeka Driving School
    3641 SW Plass Ave.
    Topeka, KS 66611

    Visa and Mastercard accepted, call:
    In Topeka 272-1961
    Outside Topeka 1-800-557-7357

    • For immediate delivery, send money order or use credit card.
    • With a personal check, please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

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