WHAT WE TEACH

BEHIND-THE-WHEEL 

SKILLS AND MANEUVERS:

- Vehicle Dashboard Overview 

- Mirror Positioning, Usage and Visibility

- Brake and Accelerator Usage 

- Steering Wheel Positioning

- Driver Seat Positioning

- Steering Forward and in Reverse

- Residential Roadways

- Merging onto Mid-Speed Roads

- Exiting off of Mid-Speed Roads

- Lane Changing on Mid-Speed Roads

- Acceleration for Merging

- Merging onto High-Speed Highways

- Exiting off of High-Speed Highways

- Lane Changing on High-Speed Highways

- Short-Ramp Highway Yielding and Merging

- Left Turns, Right Turns, U-Turns

- Three-Point Turns

- Four-Way Stop Sign Intersections

- Traffic Circles and Roundabouts

- Overpass-Interchanges and Clover-Leafs

- 90-Degree Right Turn Parking Spaces

- 90-Degree Left Turn Parking Spaces

- Diagonal Parking Spaces

- Parking in Tight Spaces

- Backing into Parking Spaces

- Parallel Parking using Reference Points

- Inclement Weather Readiness for 

    Rain, Snow, Ice

- Pedestrian and Cyclist Awareness

- Local High-Speed Highway Navigation: 

    Routes 7, 28, 50

- *Distant High-Speed Highway Navigation: 

    Routes 15, 66, 495, Dulles Toll Road

- Navigating Old Town Leesburg

- *Navigating Tyson's Corner

- Navigating Two-Lane Roads

- Hazardous Roads, e.g., Belmont Ridge, Sycolin, 

    *Evergreen Mills, *Georgetown Pike, *Braddock

- *Rural and Country Roads

- Navigating Parking Lots

- *Navigating Drive-Thrus

- *Navigating Gas Stations and Pumping Gas

- Speed Management

- Spacing Management

- Distance Measurement

- Traffic Signals: Right on Red, Flashing Yellow,

   Flashing Green, Arrows, U-Turn Lights

- Road Markings Before Yellow Lights

- Yielding or Giving Way to Other Vehicles

- Staying Centered Within Your Lane

- Vehicle Reference Points

- Preparation for the 

   DMV Driver Road Test

- *Private Lessons Towards the 45-Hour Log

- Off-Road Recovery: 

   Recovering Vehicle from Shoulder 

- *Dusk and Nighttime Driving

- *Rain and Snow Navigation

- Icy Roads Preparedness:

   Bridges Freezing Before Roadway

- Emergency Braking aka Stopping on a Dime

- Skid Control for Icy Roads 

- Evasive Steering and Accident Avoidance

- Hydroplane Awareness and Avoidance

- Safety Emergency Swerving

- Obstacle Cone Course  

- Specialized Steering Control

- *GPS Readiness 

- *Instructor-Driven Ride Alongs

- *"The Controller" Hand-Brake Practice

- *Alcohol-Impaired Goggles Demonstration

- Autistic, Handicapped, Special Needs Drivers

- Reluctant and Apprehensive Drivers

- Specific Requests  

- Special Situations

* Available Through Private Lessons Only

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Private lessons 

are one hour each

with meetup and dropoff at

student's home in Ashburn 

or at a local Ashburn high school.

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Course with Observation lessons

are two hours each 

with meetup and dropoff at

student's home in Ashburn 

or at a local Ashburn high school.

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