SARA'S Kitchener Waterloo (KW) Driving Schools Course Topics:

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

1. Becoming a Safe and Responsible Driver
   •  The benefits of a Driver Education Course and taking driving lessons at driving schools such as Kitchener Waterloo Driving Schools.
   • Graduated licensing and the Demerit point system in Ontario.
   • Avoiding collisions, (introductory) safe and responsible driving habits
     
2. Traffic laws: Creation and Enforcement
3. Traffic laws: Special Roles
4. Consequences of Disobeying the Traffic laws
5. 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
6. Natural Forces in Driving: Laws of Nature
   Momentum / Traction  /Gravity/Inertia/Kinetic Energy 
7. Starting a cold engine car in cold weather
8. Maneuvering your vehichle 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
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9. Driving Strategically
   • Acquiring effective visual habits while driving
   • Maintaining space during driving
   • Communicating effectively with other drivers and road users
   • Avoiding collisions while driving 
10. 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  
11. 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 
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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 
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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 
19. 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  
20. 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
21. Preparing for your Driving Test -Kitchener Waterloo driving test routes
22. Buying a Vehicle in Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario and Canada
23. Driver car insurance in Ontario
24. How drivers should shop for car insurance in Kitchener waterloo area
25. Review: Driving Lessons & Evaluation

In Car Driving Lessons – 10 Hours

• 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 usine Kitchener Waterloo streets and test routes around Kitchener Waterloo test centre
• Simulated road test