Learning how to drive can be nerve-wracking for everyone involved: teens, parents, and adult learners. Eaton Driving School in Rochester, NY, understands the emotions on both sides of the car. That’s why the area’s premier driver education institute has the professional instructors and the curriculum to offer peace of mind.

If you or your child have recently received a learner’s permit or driver’s license, here are a few safety tips to follow:

• Obey The Speed Limit: Be sure to drive at the posted speed limit to avoid accidents. In heavy traffic, give yourself enough time and space to brake. 

• Avoid Texting: Texting is a major distraction and can lead to serious accidents. In New York and many other states, texting while driving is illegal. Even if your state as no law against it, don’t do it!

• Turn Cell Phones Off: Don’t attempt to dial or answer a cell phone while driving. Like texting, the distraction takes your attention away from the road.

• Use Your Headlights: During the early morning hours, on rainy days, and after sunset, turn your headlights on for the best visibility.

• Drive Defensively: This means being aware of your surroundings, other drivers, and situations where you may have to alternate your driving route. Always stay at least one car length behind the vehicle in front of you.

• Stay Focused: Distractions such as eating, drinking, playing with the radio, and talking with others in the car can take your focus away from safe driving and affect your reaction time.

For more than 30 years, Eaton Driving School has provided driver education classes tailored just for teens and new drivers. The coursework emphasizes driving lessons, defensive driving practices, pre-license safety, and the skills needed to take and pass the state’s exams for learning permits and driver’s licenses.

The expert driving instructors at Eaton Driving School also have the knowledge, patience, and training to equip you with a foundation of safe driving habits that you will carry with you for a lifetime.

To get started, call Eaton Driving School today at (585) 227-4800. Visit the website to learn about the wide range of driver education classes, including adult driving, private driving lessons, and point insurance instruction.