Driver Safety Program

I thought I'd share the link to the AARP Driver Safety Program here.
>From everything I've heard, it sounds like a good, helpful course.
Plus, they say it can help lower insurance rates, which is an added
bonus.
http://www.aarp.org/families/driver_...-whatisds.html

Sounds like a variant or perhaps an extension of something called "55
Alive." My mother has taken that class two or three times over a
period of years -- I think the local senior-citizens activity center
offered it, though one of the insurance companies might have been
involved. She finds it to be a useful update and recalibration (as
well as a source of small but welcome insurance discounts in her
state).

Cheers,
--Joe

Ad absurdum per aspera wrote:
> Sounds like a variant or perhaps an extension of something called "55
> Alive." My mother has taken that class two or three times over a
> period of years -- I think the local senior-citizens activity center
> offered it, though one of the insurance companies might have been
> involved. She finds it to be a useful update and recalibration (as
> well as a source of small but welcome insurance discounts in her
> state).
>
> Cheers,
> --Joe

Yeah, I've heard good things about AARP's course. Apparently, it's a
classroom course that gets people back up to speed with everything
that's going on out there on the roads.

Ad absurdum per aspera wrote:
> Sounds like a variant or perhaps an extension of something
> called "55 Alive."

Sounds like an anti-speeder media campaign slogan :X

wrote:
> Yeah, I've heard good things about AARP's course. Apparently, it's a
> classroom course that gets people back up to speed with everything
> that's going on out there on the roads.

Does it let the geezers know that THEY'd better be "up to speed" with
the rest of us when driving? Or is it counterproductive crap?

>From what I understand, the Driver Safety Program is a classroom course
that helps serve as a refresher to seniors. I'm more than happy to
have seniors take some time to rehash the rules of the road. All the
better for the rest of us.