Friday, July 30, 2010

Florida First Time Driver

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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:

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.

Note: If you are 18 years old or older you cannot take the DMV exam online - you must take it at a DMV office.

To take the DMV exam at your local DMV office you must produce a certificate of completion for a first time driver course (DATA course). You will get your certificate of completion from the school where you take your DATA course.

Note that HighSchooDriver.com has free practice tests for the DMV exam on both road signs and road rules..