Step one is the written test and the learner permit, taken at the state office before any behind-the-wheel time counts. We help students study for it but the test itself is not ours to give.
Step two is a set number of classroom hours covering the rules of the road, which we schedule in small groups on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Step three is a set number of behind-the-wheel hours with a certified instructor, which is what the lessons on this site are. This is where the meter starts moving toward the total the state requires.
Step four is a supervised practice log with a licensed parent or guardian in the passenger seat, kept over a stated number of months and signed off by the family, not by us. We give every student a printed log and explain how to fill it in on the first lesson.
Step five is the road test itself, which a student can take in our car with an instructor riding along. See "Book a lesson" for that option.
What changes right after licensing
A newly licensed teen driver is not handed the same rules as an adult on day one. For a stated period there is a limit on how many passengers under a certain age can ride along, and a curfew on driving late at night.
Those limits exist because most of the risk in a new driver first year comes from distraction and late-night driving, not from the mechanics of steering a car. We walk every family through exactly what the limits are and when they lift.
