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Educators Get Break on Summer Driver Safety Course

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012   

PHOENIX - Summer is the heaviest time for traffic on American highways, especially around July 4 and then again around Labor Day.

This summer, AARP is offering a discounted driver safety course to any current or former employee of a school district or university. AARP Arizona state coordinator Jerry Hartley says the course is designed to help drivers over age 50 adjust to getting older.

"Adapting your driving techniques to less eyesight, less hearing, slower reaction times, slower mental cognitive functions, compared to what you had when you started driving."

He says the idea is for people to be aware of their strengths and limitations, and to use their strengths to cope with their limitations.

With the educator discount now through the end of August, the four-hour classroom course costs only five dollars. Hartley says you can sign up at AARP.org/FindaCourse.

Hartley says completing the course could qualify many drivers for discounts on their car insurance, just like when they were teenagers.

"Back when we had high school driver's education . . . Why, the teenager was a high risk, paid a lot of big premiums in order to get insurance. But if you took driver education, why, you knocked the premium down."

The course is open to anyone year-round at a cost of $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Hartley explains why the cost is so low.

"Our instructors are volunteers. They are not on the payroll. And the host that provides us the classroom facility does so for free, as a community service."

Hartley says the Educator Appreciation Promotion is a nod to the teachers who founded AARP.

You can also sign up for the course by calling 866-238-2954.




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