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Mature Driver Discount

Improve your driving skills, and if you're 55 or older, get a discount on your personal auto insurance.  Generally, drivers between 50-55 yrs.  Are considered less of a risk because they usually have more time behind the wheel of a vehicle and tend to drive more defensively.

Defensive Driving Course, developed by the National Safety Council, teaches basic crash prevention techniques and has a proven record of reducing traffic violations and incidents.  It's taught by experienced, professional traffic safety instructors.  The class consists of lecture, films and discussions.  There is no behind-the-wheel driving and there are no tests.

Interested in improving your driving skills? Check out these helpful links:

• Mature Driver Safety Course
  Driver training for the Mature Driver, Insurance Discount program. Include: Effects of Aging, Compensating for the Effects of Aging, Crash Avoidance and Regulations, Seat Belt Use, DWI/DUI of Alcohol and/or Drugs. But most important - it targets the ATTITUDES of the driver.



• The Mature Driver Improvement Course
  Course provides instruction on defensive driving and California motor vehicle laws.   During this course, information is provided on the effects that medication, fatigue, alcohol, visual or auditory limitations have on a person's driving ability.



• AARP's 55 Alive Driver Safety Program
  Helping older drivers improve skills, avoid accidents and traffic violations.


• Safe Senior Citizen Driving
  Features information on the classes and on senior driving in general, including FAQs, a driving IQ tests.



• AARP Webplace | AARP
  AARP's Driver's Safety Program and searchable database for safe driving tips.