About the National Defensive Driving Institute Research has shown 98.5% of the driving population has fewer than 10 minutes of training in how to escape or avoid a crash. And yet 95% of us still consider ourselves "good drivers". In our arrogance, we truly believe it's never our fault, and we're handing that paradigm down to our children. It is quickly becoming an epidemic. Most driver training programs do not offer training sufficient for today's driving environment. Today's parents know their students need more than the "minimum required" training to survive today's increased traffic volume and aggressive driving environments. But comparing the capabilities of one driving program vs. another can be difficult. The National Defensive Driving Institute (NDDI) assists parents in comparing the different types of driving programs. With today's roads being more crowded, hostile and demanding, we help parents source more comprehensive driver training programs for their students to cover both Normal, and Emergency driving conditions. The NDDI was formed to achieve the following objectives:   1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) The research and certification of Level 8, Defensive Driving programs and their instructors. Reduce teen fatalities through national promotion of Active Defensive Driving programs. Increase parental awareness of different types of training programs available for their students. Establish, protect and provide a higher level of national standards for new drivers. Reduce senior citizen crash statistics by offering private, independent capability evaluations. Attention parents of students learning how to drive (We recommend the following procedure):   1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) Complete an instructor-led driver's education program 30-hour classroom to study the content of what will be covered in the learner's permit written examination. Take the learner's permit written examination. Become familiar with the operation of the motor vehicle in a controlled environment such as an empty parking lot. Before driving on public roads and subjecting yourself to the possibility of being faced with Emergency Driving Conditions, complete a skill training type, defensive driving program specializing in how to handle Emergency Driving Conditions. Complete an instructor-led driver's education program 6 hour behind-the-wheel driving session. Complete the state-required number of parent-supervised hours behind-the-wheel. Obtain your driver's license. Warning to Parents: Most driver's education programs are designed to help students get their license, and then they're on their own. This is the chief contributor to the fact that 98.5% of the driving population has fewer than 10 minutes of formal training in how to handle Emergency Driving Conditions. We respectfully, and strongly suggest your student's life is worth more than the amount of money you will spend in training them how to save their lives when faced with Emergency Driving Conditions WHETHER OR NOT they have their license. Many parents have made the fatal assumption that once they got their license, they no longer needed training, when in fact, once they get their license, it's DRIVER'S ED they no longer need. We both know they will be faced with Emergency Driving Conditions sooner or later, the only question is, will they survive? You assumed it would never happen to you ... and it did. It will happen to them too. Common sense tells us we need to train them how to handle Emergency Driving Conditions before you subject them to that possibility.