{"id":502,"date":"2010-06-11T13:45:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T19:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/?p=502"},"modified":"2012-08-31T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T20:39:42","slug":"florida-advanced-driver-improvement-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/florida-advanced-driver-improvement-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Advanced Driver Improvement Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"img_inset\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/src\/images\/adi_school.jpg\" alt=\"ADI school drivers in congested freeway traffic\" \/>The state of Florida is unique in that it requires special course attendance for individuals whose driver licenses have been\u00a0suspended by\u00a0the State for reaching a certain number of points on their driving record, or for being declared a habitual traffic offender.<\/p>\n<p>In either situation, the state mandates the completion of\u00a0a 12 hour<a title=\"Florida Advanced Driver Improvement Course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/florida\/advanced-driver-improvement-fl.html\"> Florida advanced driver improvement course<\/a>\u00a0(a.k.a. &quot;ADI school&quot;).<\/p>\n<p>ADI courses are available online or in the classroom.\u00a0 Due to the seriousness of the circumstances that\u00a0cause\u00a0a driver to be required to complete an advanced driver improvement course in Florida, the requirements and class curriculum are a bit different from what one might expect from a basic driver improvement course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/florida\/advanced-driver-improvement-fl.html\">Sign up for Florida Online ADI Course<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title_blue_sm\">What to Expect from ADI School<\/h2>\n<p>A large portion of the course consists of questions and answers that are designed to stimulate thought and conversation between the student and teacher about the attitudes or issues that may have caused the\u00a0driver to\u00a0behave\u00a0in a manner that resulted in\u00a0the loss of their driving privileges.\u00a0 As with all online courses, the Florida advanced driver improvement online course allows the user to log in and out of the course as often as necessary and the course is available 24 \/7, so that they can work the course into their schedule.\u00a0 This is especially important since the total course length is 12 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, &#8220;Driving is not a right, it is a privilege,&#8221; and it takes personal responsibility to be safe and make the right decisions while on the roadways.\u00a0 Failing to do so can cause a driver to lose his or her driving privilege when the state takes away that person&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to Florida\u00a0for requiring drivers to complete a training course that will cause them to rethink\u00a0their habits while behind the wheel, and will hopefully improve their attitude and skill level.\u00a0 It is through this education that they can become less likely\u00a0to be cited by law enforcement across the Sunshine State in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title_blue_sm\">Not All ADI Courses Are Created Equal<\/h2>\n<p>Online courses are not for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0If preferred,\u00a0classroom courses are available across Florida, offering the same state approved Florida advanced driver improvement courses that are offered online.\u00a0 Each school is different in how it breaks up the 12-hour program, and the question and answer session\u00a0offered as part of the class can be done in a more conversational arrangement, which is not possible in the online format.\u00a0 The decision for most drivers (online or classroom), depends on\u00a0how comfortable they are on a computer and\u00a0the flexibility\u00a0their\u00a0schedule allows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you will never need to take a Florida ADI course, but if you do, you will now be a bit more informed as to what your options are.\u00a0 Drive Safe Florida!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/florida\/advanced-driver-improvement-fl.html\">Sign up for Florida Online ADI Course<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title_blue_sm\">About DTA:<\/h2>\n<p>Driver Training Associates, Inc. (DTA) is a defensive driving and traffic school course\u00a0leader with offices in Florida, Texas, and New York.\u00a0 DTA was started in 1977 as a classroom provider and now offers all of its courses in online formats as well.\u00a0 We were the first company to develop a State-approved 12-hour Advanced Driver Improvement course for Florida drivers.<\/p>\n<p>DTA is approved to offer <a title=\"Texas Defensive Driving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texasdrivesafe.com\/\">Texas defensive driving<\/a>, <a title=\"New York Defensive Driving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/new-york\/defensive-driving-new-york.html\">New York Defensive Driving<\/a>, and <a title=\"Florida Traffic School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/florida\/traffic-school-fl.html\">Florida traffic school<\/a>\u00a0courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those Florida drivers that have lost their license, this article gives a brief summary about the Advanced Driver Improvement Course requirement and the best option for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[44,124,15,125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivertrainingassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}