Driving Courses for Kitchener Waterloo Driving Schools

Kitchener Waterloo (K-W) Driving Schools Academy Course Topics:

Kitchener Waterloo (KW) Driving Schools' collision free approach to driver training and education with emphasis on the most important technical, physical, and mental driving skills needed for safe driving.

A. In Class Driving Lessons – 20 hours

Becoming a Safe and Responsible Driver
- The benefits of a Driver training and Education Course and taking driving lessons at a driving school such as Kitchener Waterloo Driving Schools.
- Graduated licensing and the Demerit point system in Ontario.
- Avoiding collisions, (introductory) safe and responsible driving habits
Traffic laws: Creation and Enforcement
Traffic laws: Special Roles
Consequences of Disobeying the Traffic laws
Getting to know Your Vehicle before you start to drive
- Operation devices and features
- Control / Visibility / Communication / Information
- Protection Devices and features
- Checks to make before starting the vehicle
- Walk around vehicle checks before driving
- Planning for everyday driving
- Time of day / Route planning before driving
Natural Forces in Driving: Laws of Nature
Momentum / Traction /Gravity/Inertia/Kinetic Energy
Starting a cold engine car in cold weather
Maneuvering your vehicle while driving
- Starting a flooded engine
- Moving an automatic transmission car
- Moving a manual transmission car
- Starting the vehicle on a hill
- The use of your eyes as your driving
- Steering straight ahead
- Accelerating / Maintaining speed / Slowing down / Stopping
- Changing direction: backing up
- Turning a corner & turning around
- Angle parking
- Perpendicular and parallel parking
- Parking on a hill
Driving Strategically
- Acquiring effective visual habits while driving
- Maintaining space during driving
- Communicating effectively with other drivers and road users
- Avoiding collisions while driving
City Driving
- Moving in / out of traffic
- Entering traffic / changing lanes / Exit lanes
- Types of intersections / turning at intersections
- Special city driving conditions
- Vehicles and special areas
Driving on Highways and Country roads
- Avoiding collisions, safe and responsible driving habits (intermediary)
- Highways and Country roads
- Highway maneuvers / passing / steering on the highway curves
- Driving onto the shoulder of the road
- Conditions on country roads
- Roads surfaces / other road users / special obstacles
- Dangers of rural driving
- Traffic fatalities / Preventing head-on-collisions
- Taking a long trip / Preparing for the journey
Driving on the Freeways and Expressways
- Characteristics of Freeway driving
- Drivers Entering / Exiting Freeways and expressways
- How to handle entrance problems
- Driving along on a freeway
- Dangers associated with highway driving and speeds
- Emergency maneuvers – avoiding head-on-collisions
- Emergency braking, swerving, and rear crash avoidance
- How to pass other cars safely
- Strategic driving / high-speed driving
- How to handle exit problems when driving
Driving at Night in Bad Weather
- Headlights, night time driving maneuvers
- Survival tactics for driving at night
- Rain, Fog, and Winter driving, and avoidance skids
- Testing for traction / skidding for breaking distance and safe driving
- Adapting to poor driving conditions
- Hydroplaning / driving through deep water
- Driving in Fog / driving in high winds
- Driving in winter weather
- Reduced traction / how to get moving / driving along
- Driving on very slippery roads
Reducing Collisions and Injuries
- Collision avoidance / making quick driving decisions
- Collisions / force of impact / Human collision & safety belts
- What to do at the scene of a collision
Impairments: Drinking and Driving
- What alcohol does to you and your ability to drive safely
- Driving and blood and alcohol concentration
- Driving alcohol and the law
- How to avoid becoming an impaired driver
- Dealing with impaired drivers
- Other physical impairments in driving
- Other drugs and fatigue in driving
- Health conditions and distractions in driving
- Emotional impairment in driving
- Consequences of driving collisions
Taking care of yourself and your Vehicle
- Basic preventative vehicle maintenance
- Keeping an eye on your tires and batteries
- How to reduce fuel consumption and wear on your vehicle
Mechanical Failure while the car is moving
- Survival tactics for loss of control of the vehicle while driving
- Survival tactics for loss of power to the vehicle while driving
- Survival tactics for loss of visibility while driving
Emergency Situations
- Safe driving habits – advanced
- Common collision scenarios in driving
- Handling common but, dangerous situations in driving
- Dealing with emergency vehicles while driving
- What to do at the scene of a crash
Risk Perception and Defensive Driving Techniques
- Recognizing high-risk situations while driving
- Becoming a proactive driver
- Effects of Attitude, expectations, and driving beliefs
- Vision and perception in driving
- Improving your visual driving habits
Driving Responsibly
- Seat belts, air bags, head restraints, and child restraints
- Driving psychology – attitudes can save lives
- The driver licensing process (points, probation, graduated licensing) in Ontario
Preparing for your Driving Test -Kitchener and Waterloo driving test routes
Buying a Vehicle in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario and Canada
Driver car insurance in Ontario
How drivers should shop for car insurance in Kitchener and Waterloo area
Review: Driving Lessons & Evaluation

In Car Driving Lessons – 10 Hours

For in car driving lessons, new driving students learn and practice, all practices

are conducted in Kitchener and Waterloo and area streets:

Braking, steering, hand over hand, and backing out driving exercises
Keeping the vehicle in control while driving
How to drive smoothly using Waterloo and Kitchener streets

Right and Left Turns while driving

Where to look
When and how much to break
When to begin steering and how much to steer
When and how to recover

Collision Avoidance Techniques while driving

How to keep the vehicle straight
How to respond to what is seen around you
How to establish and maintain a safe following distance
Where to look to predict potential collisions
How to enter intersections safely
Blind spots

Proactive Driving Habits

How to maintain an escape route while driving
How to control traffic behind you to eliminate the risk of a rear-end collision
When and how to use the S-approach
How to search for, spot, and solve hazards while driving

Freeway – Expressway and Highway Driving, practice area kitchener Waterloo express way and 401 highway

How to enter and exit a freeway and / or highway
How to make proper lane changes while driving
How to pass on secondary and rural highways
Gravel shoulder recovery
Head-on collision avoidance while driving

Emergency Maneuvers, practice area streets of Kitchener Waterloo

How to stop during brake failure
How to escape a rear – crash
Controlled swerving
Emergency braking (threshold and ABS)

Driving Evaluations

Competency evaluation using Kitchener and Waterloo streets and test routes around Kitchener and Waterloo test center
Simulated road test

SPECIAL OFFER FULL MTO APPROVED COURSE WITH CERTIFICATE: $450