Driver Improvement Program

picture of road with driver training text on it

Educate & Improve!

AAA's Driver Training
Products & Programs

LEARN MORE

AAA Driver Improvement Program

As a leader in driver safety, AAA Driver Training is proud to offer a wide array of quality driver education and training resources for clubs, instructors and the public to use in keeping the roads safe. AAA is the recognized leader in driver improvement/driver training programs in the United States. The AAA Driver Improvement Program (DIP) is used by multiple branches of the U.S. military, state and local governmental agencies and fleet operators’ world-wide. The comprehensive AAA driver improvement program is designed to encourage student participation. Students are able to relate and discuss their own experiences to the scenes on the enhanced DVD, which assists them in identifying their own driving habits, both good and bad. Once these habits are recognized, students are in a position to modify or change their behavior to further reduce risk. Certified AAA DIP Instructors act as facilitators for the students during the program.

 

image of teen driver holding keys

Drivers of any age

Improve your safe driving knowledge

As you’ll see during this course – Preparing You for the Road Ahead - the art and science of driving continues to evolve. Some of yesterday’s techniques are now obsolete, replaced by more advanced techniques. AAA’s Driver Improvement Program is designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest risk-reducing driving techniques. This course is for you, no matter your age or driving experience. The only requirement is that you have the desire to enhance your driving skill and driver safety knowledge, thus becoming a safer roadway sharer. It’s simply a win/win for everyone.

Course topics include:

 

  • Introduction to risk management
  • Being ready to drive
  • Effective visual awareness
  • Sharing the road
  • Using speed and space effectively
  • Alcohol and other drugs
  • Distractions, drowsiness and emotions

Drivers 55 Years and Older

Insurance Discounts

The classroom-based AAA RoadWise Driver course - one facet of the AAA DIP - is intended to extend mature operators’ safe driving careers and reduce risk behind the wheel, focusing on issues of most concern to that segment of the driving public.

Course topics include:

 

  • Selecting a safe speed
  • How to handle driving emergencies
  • The danger of drowsy driving
  • The affects of alcohol and other drugs for drivers
  • Aggressive driving and road rage
  • Distracted driving, including text messaging
  • Occupant protection
  • Managing the space around you

image of elderly man pretending to drive

 

For the insurance discount, if you have not taken the AAA RoadWise Driver course before, or it has been more than 3 years since you last attended one, you will start with the 8-hour class. For those who have taken the AAA RoadWise Driver course within the past 3 years, the 4-hour Refresher class will continue your safe driver discount.

 

8 Hour Course

The fee for the 8-hour course is $15 for AAA members, $25 for non-members.

If you have not taken the AAA RoadWise Driver course before, or it has been more than 3 years since you last attended one, you will start with the 8-hour class.

4 Hour Refresher Course

The fee for the 4-hour Refresher course is $10 for AAA members and $15 for non-members.