Safety Council offers adult driving course

The St. Joseph Safety Council is seeking sign-ups to begin their adult driving course next week.

From 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 and Wednesday, March 5, the Safety Council is offering a two-night adult driving education program, teaching residents the general rules of the road so they can acquire their drivers licenses. The total cost of the course is $275 per person.

Student drivers must complete the classroom portion of the course the first two days and schedule their individual driving lessons on the road with an instructor for two hours.

“Right now, we only have one person signed up for it,” said Frank Till, executive director of the Safety Council. “We had a lot of people ask for it, but since we’ve opened registration, we haven’t had a lot of people fill out registration. So, we encourage people that are interested in this program to get on our website, register, and hopefully the weather’s going to be good and we’ll help them get a leg up on taking their driver’s test.”

The only requirement to sign up for the course is paying the entry fee and obtaining an operators permit by going to any of the State of Missouri Department of Motor Vehicle locations to complete an online test.

Till says with more teens choosing to delay or get a valid drivers license, many don’t understand the legal rules of the road.

“Now maybe they’re 18, 20, or 21-years-old and maybe haven’t had a parent take them out in a while and sit down with them to really go through all the proper rules,” Till said. “This class will be instrumental for that.”

The course is also targeted to assist immigrants who may be new to the country and aren’t familiar with the rules of the road or how to navigate them. The adult driving course will have language interpreters if needed.

For more information on the drivers education course and how to sign up visit, stjoesafetycouncil.org/drivers-education.