Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Course Objectives. The educational
objectives of adult driver education shall include, but not be limited to,
promoting respect for and encouraging observance of traffic laws and traffic
safety responsibilities of drivers and citizens, reducing traffic violations,
reducing traffic-related injuries, deaths and economic losses, and motivating
continuing development of traffic related competencies through education,
including, but not limited to, Illinois traffic law, risk management, driver
attitudes and courtesy skills, and informing participants about the effects of
alcohol and other drugs on driving ability.
b) Course Content
At a minimum, course content must include:
1) Familiarization with the process of
obtaining an instruction permit and driver's license and the obligations and
responsibilities that exist with holding a license;
2) Instruction on traffic laws;
3) Highway signs;
4) Signals and markings that regulate, warn
or direct traffic, including traffic signs and lane markings;
5) Issues commonly associated with motor
vehicle accidents, including poor decision making, risk taking, distractions,
speed, failure to use a safety belt, driving at night, failure to yield the
right-of-way, texting while driving and using wireless communication
devices;
6) How to respond to
emergency vehicles;
7) Turning,
passing and yielding;
8)
Construction and school zones;
9)
Stopping distance;
10) Blind
spots;
11) Strategy for driving
using:
A) Smith System;
B) IPDE Process;
C) Zone Control;
D) Any other recognized process for
identifying problems, predicting outcomes, deciding action and executing
decisions;
12)
Right-of-way for pedestrians, emergency vehicles and school buses;
13) Sharing the road with pedestrians,
bicyclists, motorcyclists, trucks and recreational vehicles;
14) Road hazards, including visibility,
weather and traction;
15) Mental
conditions, including alertness, awareness and emotion;
16) Alcohol and other drugs, including
effects, responsibilities, driving under the influence, zero tolerance, and
implied consent laws;
17)
Differences in urban and rural driving, including driving on highways and
Interstate driving;
18) Organ
donor;
19) Illinois Secretary of
State emergency contact database; and
20) Instruction concerning law enforcement
procedures for traffic stops, including a demonstration of the proper actions
to be taken during a traffic stop and appropriate interactions with law
enforcement.
c)
Providers shall group course content into modules or sections to allow for
quizzes in accordance with Section
1066.70.