Driver Education Online Courses

 

AMA Driver Education Online Course Details

AMA Driver Education, is now offering nine online courses to challenge and improve your driving knowledge and skills, which include:

Aggressive Driver Course

Driving is often perceived as a simple every day activity, but getting behind the wheel of a vehicle is one of the most risky things a person can do, especially when emotions run high.

This two-part online program will help drivers recognize aggressive driving behaviours and the hazards associated with aggressive driving. Learn what causes this kind of behaviour, how to manage aggression, and get proactive strategies to keep cool behind the wheel.

 

Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate completion time: 1 hour

 


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Fuel-Efficient Driver Course

Driving efficiently leads to savings in money and fuel.  More importantly, it lessens the impact vehicles have on the environment. This online course addresses the basic principles and benefits of fuel efficient driving.

Modules can be completed individually or in one study session. This interactive media course consists of nine modules which include an introduction to fuel efficient driving, traffic flow, other influences, as well as  how to use momentum and space. The program is based on AMA’s proactive techniques to reduce driving costs, vehicle wear and crashes.

Cost: $30
Approximate completion time: 60 minutes

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Demerit Reduction Defensive Driver Course

This course is 6.5-hours providing drivers with a greater awareness of the causes and consequences of unsafe driving. It features seven interactive modules that can be completed individually or together in one study session.

This interactive media course explores:

  • Highway safety and how the driver relates to it
  • The Traffic Safety Act
  • Driver, vehicle and environment issues
  • Various driver impairments, driving emergencies, and driver solutions
Drivers will be presented with information on risk management as well as proactive strategies when driving a vehicle. A final multiple choice knowledge test is written at the end of the course.

A Course Completion Certificate for online courses will be mailed to each individual. Please note these certificates are not available for pick up at AMA Centres. Alberta Transportation regulations require final exams are limited to two attempts to receive a Course Completion Certificate. Participants unsuccessful after two attempts are required to obtain further formal education and training.

This course is certified by Alberta Transportation and provides successful course participants with the opportunity to have three demerits removed from their driver abstract. For more information on Demerit Reduction please go to http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/2172.htm

Cost: $99 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate completion time:  6.5 hours

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Distracted Driver Course

Many drivers today tend to view driving as a simple every day activity that requires minimal attention. This two-part online program will help you better understand attentional capacity and how it can affect drivers.

The course will improve driver knowledge and also provide proactive strategies so that drivers are better able to cope with inattention and distracted driving.

Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA members receive a 10% discount
Approximate completion time: 1 hour

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Safe Backing Course

Safe Backing Course alt=Backing a vehicle can be extremely challenging for some drivers. Learn a practical, common sense approach to the skills involved in backing a vehicle. This course explores a driver's normal environment for typical hazards when parking and backing. It then builds a collection of strategies for avoiding the hazards or for coping with them when they are encountered.

This four-part module will teach:

  • Backing procedures
  • Backing assistance signals
  • Driveway dangers
  • How to avoid problem situations

Topics such as vehicle inspection, using a spotter, parking, doing a safe turn around in a rural area as it relates to backing the vehicle are covered. Drivers will be presented with information on risk management as well as proactive strategies when reversing a vehicle.

Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate completion time: 1 hour

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Driver Fatigue Management-Basic

Driver Fatigue ManagementThis course addresses the basic principles of driver fatigue and its impact on motorists. Modules can be completed individually or in one study session.

Using interactive media, this three module course teaches participants:

  • The impacts, risks, and warning signs of driver fatigue
  • How to recognize, understand and manage the effects of fatigue
  • The basic principles of fatigue as well as a general understanding of sleep
This course is designed as a prerequisite to the Driver Fatigue Management – Advanced course.
Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate Completion Time: 1 hour

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Driver Fatigue Management-Advanced

Driver FatigueThis course is a more in-depth version of the Basic course, designed around bringing awareness to the pitfalls of driving when sleep-deprived.

Using interactive media, this three module course teaches participants:

  • How fatigue affects driving ability
  • How to prevent the onset of fatigue
  • What precautions they can take if they must drive fatigued
This course is designed to follow the Driver Fatigue Management- Basic course.
Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate Completion Time: 1 hour

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Proactive Defensive Driver Improvement

Proactive Defensive Driver Improvement

This course is for experienced drivers who want to be smart and skilled on the roads. You'll get strategies to to be a proactive driver, including learning about the causes and consequences of unsafe driving practices. Plus learn how to:

  • Avoid typical hazards
  • Manage driver impairments
  • Perform defensive vehicle manoeuvres

This course also provides information on risk management, vehicle and environmental hazards, as well as strategies to read the driving environment, giving you the knowledge to be a proactive driver and avoid collisions.

Cost: $45 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate Completion Time: 3 hours

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Winter Driver Course

Screen shot of online winter driving courseThis online course addresses the basic principles of driving safely in winter. Consisting of four highly interactive modules, the course covers the basics of winter weather, how to prepare for winter driving, and driving techniques for challenging weather and road conditions.

The course will also help improve driver knowledge and also provide proactive strategies so that drivers are better able to cope with unpredictable weather and winter emergencies.


Cost: $30 (plus GST)
AMA Members receive a 10% discount
Approximate completion time: 1 hour

 
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