Parents Role
Parents and/or guardians are crucial to the success of the teen driver and RDS wants to partner with the parent to achieve the best results for their student. Time must be allotted to the teen driver in which the skills learned during the behind the wheel (BTW) sessions can be practiced with the student's parent / guardian. WA law requires a student to receive a minimum of 50 hours of BTW time, 10 of which must be night driving. The student will only receive six of those 50 hours with an Instructor, unless additional drives are scheduled (extra fees apply). You, as the parent / guardian, will be required to sign an affadavit affirming those hours have been achieved when the student goes to get their license.

Parents will be REQUIRED to attend the first two hour session at Reliable Driving School, with their student. Only one parent need attend. Parents unable to attend will need to schedule another time to be briefed on the requirements of the Intermediate Licensing program adopted by WA State, receive information on the curriculum presented by RDS and Organ donation, ask questions of the staff. Students will not be allowed to complete the Final Exam and/or Final Drive without having had the Parent Orientation satisfied.

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