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The day you hand car keys over to your teenager is probably a day of mixed feelings. You feel pride because he/she has taken a closer step into adulthood. You feel fear because you know in your heart there is still a lot of kid left in him/her. That’s not just parental paranoia talking. |
| Inexperience, immaturity, and risk-taking behavior among teenagers makes them three times more likely than adults to get into a fatal car accident. |
| Your young driver is less likely to wear a seatbelt, more likely to drive at night, drive drunk, and drive in a car filled with other teenagers. Teens are prone to peer pressure that causes them to make terrible decisions. |
| Agganis Driving School has worked with kids for 37 years. We know how they think, how they act, and how they learn. Our Total Defense Driving Program is designed for the teenage mindset. |
| Unfortunately, few driving courses go beyond the basics to turn students into smart, safe, and defensive drivers. Agganis Total Defense Driving Program instills a continuous message of awareness and safety to young drivers throughout the course. | |
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| I think the Agganis Driving course was very helpful and beneficial to me. I learned all sorts of things I never would have thought to think about. I will be safer because of it. I really will wear my seat belt now. |
| It provided a balance of instruction and fear, giving me knowledge of what to do while driving and how to respect the privilege of driving. The state trooper was influential. I now respect the power of a moving vehicle and will be respectful with it. | |
| EXCLUSIVE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM | Our Curriculum Will Teach Your Child to Think Critically on the Road
| By the time your teen graduates from the classroom segment of our program, we suspect he/she will have plenty of driving information to teach YOU. |
| Our 30 hours of lively classroom instruction is designed for all learning styles — audio, visual, and kinesthetic (hands on). This comprehensive approach includes: |
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Personal anecdotes that reinforce safety issues in a descriptive, memorable way |
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A 25 year veteran Lieutenant guest speaker who shares the police perspective about the serious consequences of speeding,drunk driving, and other teen risks |
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A customized Power Point presentation that allows students to observe driving techniques as they are being discussed |
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High quality videos from California that portray real-life driving situations |
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Computer simulated driving scenarios that reinforce safety concepts |
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Quizzes and/or tests after each learning segment | | |
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| It taught me many lessons about driving, and also many lessons about life and how valuable it is. | |
| INTENSIVE BEHIND-THE-WHEEL TRAINING | Which Teaching Method Do You Trust More: Hands on or Simulation?
| Some people avoid highway driving for years because no one showed them how to enter onto a highway, make lane changes, deal with speeding drivers, or share the road with large trucks. |
| Not all schools provide behind-the-wheel driver instruction for highways, rotaries, or other challenging road situations. Some driving schools offer it upon request and make you pay extra. Other schools set up simulated environments in parking lots. |
| Agganis knows that defensive driving can only be taught in real-life driving situations not parking lots. |
| Each student spends 12 Hours hands-on-experience, behind-the-wheel training in real traffic, on real roads combining basic, advanced, & DEFENSIVE driving techniques. PLUS 6 hours of student observation. | |
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| … they make sure you know how to drive safe. If there was not an Agganis Driving School there would be a lot more accidents and inexperienced drivers. |
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Our Program Teaches Safety –and Practices Safety
| Our Instructors |
Our 45 driving instructors include police officers, teachers, firefighters, Class A professional truck drivers, and court officers. All are individuals accountable to the community and dedicated to teaching young drivers to drive safely. Our instructors are RMV-certified and CORI checked for criminal backgrounds. <click here to see what our students say about their teachers> |
| Our Fleet |
| Our immaculate, fully-equipped fleet of vehicles gives your child a full range of hands-on experience. He or she will drive a small Cobalt or midsize Impala sedan. All students will experience a mid-large size, 4-wheel drive Hummer SUV. |
| Each vehicle is upgraded regularly and equipped with the latest safety features including: |
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Dual & overhead air bags |
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Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS) |
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Dual Brakes (second foot brake for instructor used in case of emergency stops) |
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Navigation systems |
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GPS tracking devices |
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| If you want your child to learn smart driving techniques that will last a lifetime, contact us today. | |
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Total Defense Driving Program Includes:
Unique 30-hour classroom curriculum |
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Forces teens to think about consequences |
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Personal anecdotes reinforce safety issues |
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Exclusive PowerPoint presentation |
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Computer simulated driving scenarios |
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Customized worksheets and binder |
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High quality videos/DVDs |
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Quizzes/tests | |
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Intensive 12 hours of hands-on driving instruction; 6 hours of observation |
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Combining basic, advanced, and DEFENSIVE driving skills |
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45 item evaluation system (exceeds registry standards) including: |
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Highway lane changes, maneuvering on rotaries, and panic braking |
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Controlling vehicle during complex and adverse conditions |
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Life-saving, defensive driving strategies | |
50 hrs. of attitudinal & behavioral coaching |
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Maintaining proper attitudes and behavior while navigating through traffic |
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Interacting with other vehicles/drivers |
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Demonstrating common courtesy | |
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The Agganis Advantages |
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State Police Lieutenant guest speaker |
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Adaptive teaching methods |
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RMV Certified & CORI screened instructors |
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Multi-vehicle experience including 4-WD Hummer SUV |
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Email confirmation: lesson, class, & road test |
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Saturday road tests and presentation |
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2-Hour Parent Advisory Course | |
Agganis Guarantee—Your second test is free!
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Convenient Hours and Locations |
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The Agganis Total Defense Driving Program is offered in 10 convenient locations in the Boston area. We have daytime and evening classroom sessions to accommodate your teenager’s schedule. In addition, we offer Saturday road test services. |
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As a courtesy to our students and parents, we send email confirmations of class schedule, each driving lesson, and Saturday road test. |
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If you want your child to learn smart driving techniques that will last a lifetime, contact us today. | |
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I think that this course helped me so much. It taught me all of the things of the road that I didn't understand from reading the drivers manual.
I think the course was a great course, it made me look at driving a whole other way. I also thought it was good how Chris emphasized not to drink & drive and when the Trooper came in and talked to the class, it made me really think about the consequences. I liked the teaching style and how Chris can relate to us. The only thing I didn't like about the class was the annoying girl who sat in the back.
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