Registering Your Teen
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Step 1 requires that One Parent Register for Parent Taught to Qualify Your Teen for Online Driver’s Ed. Not sure you qualify? See Qualifications below.
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Don’t Worry, It’s Easy!
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The Parent’s role for the online course is to assist as needed and make sure you complete the Hour Log Form as your teen completes the online course and then Sign the Verification Form when complete. That’s it. (keep all completed forms in one file for DPS to observe)
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After teen completes the 32 hour online course they will receive a completion certificate that is needed to take their learners license permit test at the DPS office
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This is where Smart Choice Driver School steps in; once they receive their permit, we partner them up with another teen and we take over on the in-car lessons.
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Complete Step 1 Now: Click on following link DL-92 Online Driver’s Ed Parent Taught Form
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Fill-out the short form, sign, make a check out for $20.00, and mail to address given on form
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The only forms you need from the PTDE packet sent to you from the DPS office are the two forms listed below:
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DL-90a online hours log form
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DL-91a PTDE verification form
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Click on the following link Return to Step 2
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Most Parents Qualify; verify below:
you must have a good driving history as defined by law:
- The parent or legal guardian must have held a valid driver license for the past three years even if your teen is taking in-car lessons from an authorized Texas driving school.
- If less than 3 years in Texas then you will need to have a complete drivers history called a “Certified Abstract” record from your previous state on hand when your teen takes DPS written exam at the DPS office to prove you had a good record in that state.
- No suspensions or revocations for traffic related violations in any state in the past 3 years is allowed.
- Must have less than 6 points on driving record prior to the beginning of online course registration. (If you have paid a surcharge for points in the past year, you probably will not qualify).
- The parent or legal guardian must NEVER have been convicted (or received a probated sentence) for: Driving While Intoxicated/Driving Under the Influence (in another state), or Criminally Negligent Homicide.
- Plus, the parent or legal guardian may not be disabled due to mental illness. Questions as to mental stability will be forwarded to the Medical Advisory Board for determination.
It will take about 3 to 4 weeks for the DPS to send back approval and a PTDE packet.
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Mission/Philosophy/Process
The number one cause of death for teenagers still on the rise is automobile accidents. It is our mission to always act with absolute integrity and care while operating our school and teaching your sons and daughters.
It also our mission to teach with a philosophy and process that will enable your son or daughter to become a smart thinking driver that knows how to drive with constant awareness of life threatening distractions that can kill. SmartChoice Driver is a driving school that teaches with passion and has genuine concern for the safety of your teen, and other drivers on the road.
Smart Choice Driver School cares about the affect we have on your family member, so we teach the commentary driving method, which requires students to verbalize what they are doing and what they are seeing ahead of time. This will ensure that your teen will begin thinking for themselves behind the wheel almost immediately, which will result in a much more alert and aware driver.
One of our top driving instructors will prepare your teen for driving safely and defensively, and will do everything possible to transform them into a beginning Road Warrior that possesses the innate ability to operate and maneuver a vehicle with skill and confidence from point A to point B arriving safely. Your teen will learn the ultimate defensive driving technique of (STRIVE) to drive and stay alive, which requires learning to Scan Traffic continuously left to right and front to back and Recognize potential hazards and distractions inside and outside their car, Imagine the worst possible outcome, Visualize the best defensive action to avoid or minimize the outcome, and Execute with urgency, as your teen learns to drive on residential, city streets, rural roads, on the freeway, and in parking lots.
We implore parents to partner with us and become an important part of your sons and daughter’s driver’s education. Enroll your teen for the advanced and interactive method for completing the state required 32 classroom hours through the Premier Texas Online Driver’s Education Course. It is easy, convenient, effective, and fun. Think of the time and gas you will save because your teen will receive their quality driving education from the comfort of home on their own computer in their own time.
Stages of Path to Teen Unrestricted License through the state required Graduated Driving Program:
Texas law requires teens to complete a two stage process in order to receive an unrestricted drivers license.
STAGE ONE
- Teen must be 15 to 17 years old and have an instruction permit or hardship.
- During stage one, a licensed person who is at least 21 years of age must be present in the front seat.
- Practice driving for six months in stage one with a valid permit and teen may move to state two.
STAGE TWO
- Stage two must be six months on valid permit.
- During stage two teen driver 16 to 17 years of age may hold a Texas Drivers License with restrictions.
- Teen may not operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger in the vehicle under the age of 21 who is not a family member.
- Teen may not operate a motor vehicle between midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless the operation of the vehicle is necessary for the operator to attend or participate in employment or a school-related activity or because of a medical emergency.
- Teen may not operate a motor vehicle while using a wireless communication device.
Register Now at A Teen Driver’s First Step Page
