AARP ONLINE Driving Course

OT-Why is the AARP ONLINE Driving Course not available in Delaware?
If the DMV will not accept it - why not?
Anyone know?

Thanks
Sam

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OT-Why is the AARP ONLINE Driving Course not available in Delaware?
If the DMV will not accept it - why not?
Anyone know?

No DMV will accept it. Reading is not the same as doing. It's for
insurance discounts, like putting in a car alarm, not for consideration
by the DMV as a substitute for an actual DRIVING test. States vary by
their regulations regarding insurance. Only "participating states" will
offer a discount on insurance (the insurance discount is mandatory). So
you spend money to save money.

AARP's Smart Driving Test is not the same as but is part of AARP's
Driver Safety Program where you take classes. However, both are
designated to be *refresher* courses for over-50 adults for their own
benefit who already have their licenses, not for kids trying to get a
drivers license and need to prove to a DMV that they qualify.

A state-approved driver-*improvement* course is not the same as a
state-approved driver certification test. A refresher course is not the
same as a training course.

Some states even provide for free practice qualifications tests to *get*
a drivers license in those states. Search on "dmv practice tests". One
hit was http://driving-tests.org/. Those are practices, not acceptable
test results to submit to the DMV. Think of them like brain dumps used
to practive for a certification (which you pay for and are expensive so
you don't want to fail them but the brain dumps won't give you the
expertise the certification is supposed to prove). These AARP courses
are for folks that already have their drivers licenses. Similarly,
buying a Subaru with Eyesight or other brands with equivalent driver
assist technologies does not qualify you for a drivers license.

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OT-Why is the AARP ONLINE Driving Course not available in Delaware?
If the DMV will not accept it - why not?
Anyone know?

Because it isn't Win10 compatible. Like your quetion Nimrod.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:32:34 -0500, Wolf K
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On 2017-02-13 15:19, wrote:
OT-Why is the AARP ONLINE Driving Course not available in Delaware?
If the DMV will not accept it - why not?
Anyone know?

Thanks
Sam

Maybe because they want to test your driving skills with a real car?


And of course it also needs to be a real car with *Windows* in it.

Wolf K wrote:

wrote:

OT-Why is the AARP ONLINE Driving Course not available in Delaware?
If the DMV will not accept it - why not?
Anyone know?

Maybe because they want to test your driving skills with a real car?

I think the OP thinks a refresher course counts as a certification test.
You know, where you sit down and a proxy administers a test that you
take. It's a written test. That comes before they do the road test.
AARP is *not* providing certification for a drivers license. It's just
a refresher course designed for folks that already have their licenses
and targets the over-50 crowd.

Personally I'd like to see every state require re-certification and a
road test every 5 years. Yeah, not going to happen but maybe every 10
years. Just because they managed to pass a test and show some road
skills some 10, 20, 40, or 50 years ago, or more, doesn't mean they
still know how to drive and are aware of changes from way back then.
Yeah, yeah, I know, there'll be the naysayers that whine "Why should I
pay more taxes and fees for something that I already know." Used to be
you could take the CompTIA certification tests and they lasted for life.
They still do if you got grandfathered (took the tests before their
policy changed back on 2011-01-01). That changed and the A+, Network+,
and Security+ certs only last 3 years (don't know about any others).

People forget. Things change. Old skills proved long ago don't prove
current proficiency. There's are tons of **** I learned decades ago
that no longer apply today. Doesn't mean I know everything current.
AARP's refresher course is just that. It's not a certification test
acceptable to the DMV. The reward is you get an insurance discount for
taking the refresher course.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:36:27 -0600
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:58:55 -0500, Wolf K
wrote:


Ontario (and several other Provinces) requires a refresher course (one
hour AV presentation plus discussion), written test, eye test, and if
indicated a road test, every two years from age 80 onwards. I think
that's too late, but it's a start. FTR, I'm 77, was a licenced driving
instructor several decades ago, and am now noticing lapses in good
driving habits. Only cu Deliberate, conscious development of new
habits, such as ooking around before crossing an intersection (your
peripheral vision declines with age),

Hmmm. coming out of the supermarket parking lot, it's hard to see who's
coming from the right, so I"ve made a point to approach the exit
straight on, instead of a 45 degree angle.

I also have trouble turning my head to look behind me, but I think that
started with bucket seats

increasing following distance,

I always keep 3 or 4 times the distance that they recommend and it's
saved me a couple times. OTOH, knowing I have so much extra ttime to
react has perhaps made me more careless. Just as when they make
lightbulbs that use less electricity, people are more likely to leave
the lights on when they don't need to.

etc. All the things you learned back in your driving course, and haven't
adjusted for the effects age.

People forget. Things change. Old skills proved long ago don't prove
current proficiency. There's are tons of **** I learned decades ago
that no longer apply today. Doesn't mean I know everything current.
AARP's refresher course is just that. It's not a certification test
acceptable to the DMV. The reward is you get an insurance discount for
taking the refresher course.

Exactly. Driving is not a right, it's a privilege, granted you on the
assumption that you will respect the right to "life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness" of every other user of the highway.

It may be a privelege, but in a free country everyone has a right to the
same priveleges as anyone else, until they've done something to lose
that right.

I didn't think they were spreading this notion in Canada too. People
should not be giving up their rights because of a slogan.


Safe driving,