AARP Two-Day Driver Safety Course Begins October 12
AARP Two-Day Driver Safety Course Begins October 12
WATERBURY â The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Connecticut in Waterbury has partnered with the AARP Driver Safety Program to offer a series of Driver Safety Courses in 2010. The dates of the next two-part series of courses to be held at the Waterbury campus are Tuesdays, October 12 and 19, from 9 am until 1 pm each week.
Fees are payable on the first day of class in the classroom. Cost is $14 ($12 for AARP members; bring your membership number to the first class.
AARPâs Driver Safety Program began more than 30 years ago and has since provided instruction to more than 12 million drivers nationally, and more than 250,000 in Connecticut, seeking to refresh their driving skills. Thanks to legislation passed in 2008, those aged 60 and older completing the course in Connecticut are now eligible to receive a mandatory five percent discount on their auto liability insurance.
The AARP Driver Safety Program is designed to educate participants about how best to reduce traffic violations, crashes, and chances for injuries, update a driverâs knowledge of relevant laws, and provide safe driving strategies to compensate for age-related changes that affect oneâs driving ability.
The eight-hour course offers drivers important strategies for staying crash-free, insight into the challenges of city versus suburban driving, tips for highway driving and driving with trucks, buses, and large vehicles, suggestions for handling aggressive drivers, and signs to help measure oneâs unsafe driving habits.
Call 203-236-9924 or send e-mail osher@uconn.edu for additional information or to register.