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Our Internet courses, workbook courses and driver ed kits are sufficient in preparing students to pass the written portion of the driver exam. However, teens and their parents always ask us what else they can do to be even better prepared to drive.

TeenDrivingCourse.com is now proud to offer its students, Rules of the Road, a DVD or video on driver education. Many teenagers purchase our award winning video to supplement our traditional courses. After you finish reading our text course, either on the Internet or through our home-study workbook or study with our kit, you will be able to pop in the DVD or video and get additional practice in driver education using your remote control.

PLEASE NOTE :OUR DVD AND VIDEO SERVE ONLY AS A SUPPLEMENT TO OUR TRADITIONAL COURSES. THEY DOES NOT FULFILL ANY STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVER ED. THIS DVD OR VIDEO SHOULD ONLY BE PURCHASED AS AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO OUR PROGRAM. IT IS AN EXCELLENT VIDEO THAT HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF TEENS ACROSS AMERICA UNDERSTAND AND LEARN THE SERIOUSNESS AND DEMANDS OF DRIVING AND IT IS PRESENTED IN THE MOST INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL WAY.

This DVD or Video is extremely useful because it allows you to see first-hand what you will be asked on the driver's exam. Follow two teens taking their driver's exams and see what you should and should not do on your driving test.

 

Virtual Driving Simulator
The Virtual Driving Simulator is a revolutionary use of DVD that allows your teen to practice driving in a virtual environment.

• Using the point-of-view of the driver, you must navigate through busy streets, highways, and intersections and make real time decisions.
• This section improves and trains driver awareness of surroundings and helps familiarize teens with what it actually looks like to be behind the wheel of a moving vehicle.
• By being more confident and better trained, you will be a safe driver.

 

 

3D Illustrations

 

These 3D Illustrations are available throughout the driving lessons when the "Show Me More" icon appears on the screen.

Each of these 3D Illustrations is viewable from a variety of angles by simply clicking the "Angle" button on your DVD remote.

• Parking at a 90 degree angle
• The 3-second rule
• Blind Spots
• Four-way Intersection
• High Beam Use
• Parallel Parking
• Parking on Hills
• Passing on a Two Lane Highway
• Dangerous Intersection.

When finished viewing, simply click "Return" to resume the lesson.

 

Lessons

 

Driving is a teen's first adult responsibility and we treat teens like an adults.
Each section is hosted by one or more of our four teen instructors. The instructors act as peers who provide helpful insight.

Incorrect answers are accompanied with an explanation of why the answer is incorrect.

Learn by Doing
We also provide an interactive environment where the student can learn by doing. The teen instructors introduce situations such as parking on a hill with a downward grade and a curb and asking the student which way to turn their wheels. Then the student watches the outcome of their choice followed by an explanation from one of the teen instructors.

 

Quizzes
At the end of every lesson we've included practice quizzes to test your teen's knowledge of the information presented.

 

In some situations, we illustrate via 3D Illustrations or a video segment the outcome of their decision. We try to provide information in a variety of ways to accompany students of all learning styles.

 

 

Other Special Features

 

  

 Rules of the Road is Highly Acclaimed.

Rules of the Road Wins Communicator Crystal Award of Excellence

The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communication field.

The Crystal Award of Excellence is given to those entries whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field.

Rules of the Road Wins Aegis Award

"Rules of the Road" was honored in the "Training / Education" category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country.

The Aegis Awards are the video industry's premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video productions and non-network TV commercials.

2002 Aegis Awards

Discus Awards Winner

The five Discus Awards judges were nearly unanimous in their acclaim of Rules of the Road title as an exemplary instructive DVD. "From multi-angle illustrations to instructional clips with built-in tutorials and in-video tests," remarked one judge, "Rules of the Road makes full use of the full range of DVD features to provide an excellent educational experience." Another judge praised Rules of the Road for its "cool 'learn-more' branching." Another called the title "technically precise," and a fourth judge added, "This will keep them giggling."

EMediaLive.com Magazine's Fifth Annual Discus Awards (August 26, 2002)

Telly Award Finalist

Rules of the Road was named a finalist for Best Instructional Video in the 23rd annual Telly Awards.

"1/2 (out of 4 stars)"

"A near-fatal auto accident prompted college student Jamie Salvatori to create Rules of the Road, an educational program aimed at helping teens become better drivers that not only serves as a practical hands-on driver's education course but also makes full use of DVD technology to provide multi-angle 3-D angle graphic options, interactive menus and quizzes, and a virtual driver feature.

The topics include a basic overview, city and residential driving, highway driving, safety suggestions for normal and hazardous conditions, tips for passing the driving exam, and cautionary remarks about drugs and alcohol. Additional features include basic maintenance info (tire changing, jumpstarting, etc.), a database of signs and signals, state by state requirements, and pointers for what to do in case of an accident.

Sporting high quality production values, "virtual" features that will appeal to teens, and a wealth of useful information and resources, this is at top-notch aid for new drivers, and provides a good review for the rest of us. Highly recommended."

L. Stevens
Video Librarian Magazine
Vol. 17, No. 4 (July-August 2002)

"We Applaud You"

"Thank you for allowing us to preview your new interactive educational DVD called "Rules of the Road." It certainly attests to your serious effort, organizational and technical prowess invested in this DVD for the purpose of addressing the significant issues involving new drivers and their need for knowledge and a safety attitude."

..."Needless to say, you have a product that is top caliber and right-on-time...Again, thank you for making us aware of a program which addresses such critical needs of our new drivers. We applaud you and trust you the BEST."

--Joan M. Kurts, Supervising DIA
driver education & Improvement Unit
Motor Vehicle Services
State of New Jersey
Department of Transportation
Division of Motor Vehicles

View the letter from the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles

"Excellent tool for instructors to use"

"In review of "Rules of the Road", I thought it was an excellent tool for instructors to use, especially one that the students would be interested in. The video depicts a realistic view of the traffic scene that students will have when operating a motor vehicle. Providing visuals to students is an effective learning tool, along with the presentation of driving simulations that encourage student interaction.

"Rules of the Road" can be a beneficial instructional tool to use in drivers education classrooms and the office of driver education is pleased to include this interactive DVD on our driver education resource list."

-- Deb Carlson
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
driver education Coordinator

View the letter from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

"Jeff pulled into the parking spot perfectly the first time"

"We went to church a couple of weeks ago and Jeff pulled into the parking spot perfectly the first time. In the past the parking lot had been a ten minute ordeal. He credited your video for giving him a better understanding of when to turn and where to be. He couldn't believe how easy it was after seeing the video. He actually told me I should watch it to have a better understanding of parking." -- M. Spencer

"The tips in your program on skidding could have prevented this terrifying experience."

"Several years ago I was in a bad accident. I was driving in the rain and as I went to turn my car skidded off the road and rolled into a rushing creek. I was trapped upside down and water began to lap at my feet. Luckily, a passerby came to my rescue and I escaped unscathed, but shaken. The tips in your program on skidding could have prevented this terrifying experience." -- A. Sexton

"Any parent who has a child that is about to learn how to drive should pick up a copy of Rules Of The Road."

"The company does some real good things with DVD production. They hire out their services and make up a few of their own DVD productions. I just got a chance to view the latest effort of Jumby Bay Studios. It is a driver's training interactive DVD program. The title of the program is Rules Of The Road.

...One of the reasons that I was anxious to check Rules Of The Road was personal. I have a son who turns 14 within a few days. We live in Kansas and Josh will be eligible to get his learner's permit at that time. I thought that in addition to going through the Driver's Handbook, Josh might get some incentive and learn some tips from the Rules Of The Road program. But first I had to check it out and see if the program was worth Josh looking at. I decided that this would this be a great program for Josh. I have even recommended it to a couple of my friends who has children learning to drive.

..One of the good things about this DVD production is that it uses youth actors in the leading roles.

..Any parent who has a child that is about to learn how to drive should pick up a copy of Rules Of The Road. It has a whole bunch of information packed into a single disc DVD learning experience." --B.Stiers

"Since that day I've wanted to help create a program to keep teens safe."

"On April 2, 1999 I woke up as the car I was traveling in careened off the road and towards a telephone pole. I watched helplessly in adrenaline-induced slow motion from the backseat of the car. The driver was asleep. My scream awoke him in time to yank the wheel causing the car to whip across three lanes of traffic, roll violently several times, and crash to a halt on the side of the highway.

The ambulance arrived to find a car upside down, wheels spinning, horn blaring, and smoke flying. The nurses at the hospital said we all should have died. Somehow, we all survived with few serious injuries.

Since that day I've wanted to help create a program to keep teens safe. It had to be effective. It had to be entertaining. It had to be educational and it had to be of a high technical quality". -- Jamie Salvatori, The Rules of the Road Staff