$55 - Refresher Lesson
1 hour drive lesson
$105 - Pay as You Go
2 hour drive lesson
$150 - Drive Test Package
1 hour lesson and use of the driving school car for DMV test
$300 - 6 Hour (Required) Driver Training
(3) 2 hour drive lessons
$490 - NorCal Safe Driver 10 Hour Driver Training
(5) 2 hour drive lessons
$950 - NorCal Advanced Driver 20 Hour Driver Training
(10) 2 hour drive lessons
- Overview of vehicle controls
- Demonstrate S.M.O.G. (Signal, Mirror, Over the Shoulder, Go only if safe) for turns and lane changes
- Practice start and stopping smoothly at stop signs (traffic check)
- Practice turns using hand-over-hand steering, three-point turns
- Pulling in and out of curb (curb distance), straight line backing
- Defensive driving (checking blind spots, right of way, scanning road ahead for hazards)
- Lane changes in light traffic (traffic check)
- Maintain good lane position
- Maintain 3-5 second following distance
- Merging into bike lane using S.M.O.G.
- Review driving lesson with student and parent for practice pointers and areas of improvement
- Practice changing lanes
- Defensive driving in heavier traffic (if student’s driving skills have advanced)
- Parking (angle/perpendicular)
- Signals (approach on “stale” green; yellow (point-of-no-return)
- Right of way (two-way stops, four-way stops, “T” intersections, blind intersections)
- Freeway driving (review rules of freeway including lane changes, entering/exiting, carpool lane use)
- Work with student on driving skills that need improvement
- Drive test preparation – Traffic checks, backing, signaling, basic speed laws, and smooth starts/stops
- Perform practice test in preparation of drive test
- Practice lane changes, turns, merging into bike lane, S.M.O.G., scanning road ahead for hazards
- Emphasis scanning field of view and rights-of-way
- Emphasize knowledge of the rules of the road
- Review student’s overall driving performance
