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Florida First Time Driver
Getting Your First Drivers License in Florida
If you have never been issued a drivers license in any state or country the state of Florida requires that you complete a First Time Driver education course.
Florida first time driver courses teach drivers how drugs and alcohol affect driving, traffic responsibilities and laws and techniques for safe driving.
Shortcuts to Florida DMV Approved First Time Driver courses
123Driving.com - Online first time driver course known as DATA
High School Driver - Learners Permit (DATA) course 100% online
First Time Driver Course Names
Courses are commonly known as:
- DATA (drugs, alcohol, traffic, awareness)
- DATE (drugs, alcohol, traffic education)
- TLSAE (traffic law substance abuse education)
While teenagers getting their learners permit (restricted license) typically take this course, adults who have never held a drivers license must take it as well.
DMV Approved Traffic Law Substance Abuse Courses
There are many approved courses - the schools listed below are located in the state of Florida and provide the First Time Driver courses online
Florida Drivers Association - provides a DMV Approved First Time Driver Course online. All Florida Drivers Association trafic school courses are approved in all Florida counties.
High School Driver - provides a DMV approved Learners Permit Course and has free practice tests for the DMV exam. High School Driver focuses on teenagers getting their learners permit and their courses are approved statewide.
The DMV Exam
Once you complete a first time driver course the State of Florida requires that you pass a written exam that tests your knowledge of road signs and road rules. The DMV exam is 40 questions. 20 of the questions test your knowledge of road signs and 20 questions test road rules.
Both the traffic schools listed above are approved by the state to offer the DMV exam online in combination with ther first time driver course. You cannot take the DMV exam online stand alone - only in combination with the first time driver course.
To take the DMV exam at your local DMV office you must produce a certificate of completion for a first time driver course.
Note that HighSchooDriver.com has free practice tests for the DMV exam.