Review Sheet (Driver Education) Ch. 1, 2, SIPDE Process and Smith System

License/permit, registration and insurance – must be carried while driving

License renewal – every four years

Address change - 1 week

Name change - 2 weeks

Special Learners Permit – 16 years old

Probationary Driver License – 17 years old

Basic Drivers License – 18 years old

GDL – Graduated Drivers License (16 and 17 years old)

Special Learners Permit - must pass knowledge test and vision test

Probationary License – must pass road test

Restrictions on the GDL:

•  No driving between 11:01 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. 

•  No using cell phones, hand-held video games or any other hand-held

electronic devices.

• All passengers must all wear a seat belt. 

• Probationary license holder and up to one additional person.

• Permit holder must be accompanied in the front seat by an adult

supervising driver who is at least 21 years of age and who possesses a

valid New Jersey driver license and has a minimum of three years’

driving experience.  (This restriction only applies to the special learners permit)

Failing the road test - must wait at least two weeks before taking the test again.

Lost/stolen permit or license – report to police first, bring report to MVS second.

SIPDE:  a five step process to manage visibility, time and space.

*Search

*Identify

*Predict

*Decide

*Execute

Smith System:  A series of principles designed to drive safely and defensively.

*Aim High and look ahead, not down

*Keep your eyes moving

*Get the big picture

*Make sure others see you

*Leave yourself a way out or a margin of safety