Traffic Safety Education Course in Lynnwood,WA

• Your teen student must be at least 15 years of age on the start date of the course registered for. The student must have parental or legal guardian consent if under 18 years of age.
• Select the course date and enroll your teen into our teen driver program.

• If you do not have permit you need to pre-apply. To apply for your instruction permit, sign into www.dol.wa.gov and complete the pre-apply process and check your email for getting a confirmation number. The confirmation number will be your permit number.
• Call or email your confirmation number to Vision Driving School (VDS). Once we have received your confirmation number, we will send a waiver data to DOL to enable you to go and collect your Instruction Permit at your convenience form any DOL office.
What is the requirement for successful completion of the teen course?
• Attend 30 hours of classroom instruction (15 two hour sessions)
• Complete 6 one-hour behind-the-wheel (BTW) training in our instruction vehicle.
• Complete 1-6 one-hour observation sessions (at least one hour is required).
• Receive a passing score on the school's final written test.
• Receive a passing score on the school's final drive test.
What is required for a teen getting his/her license after completing the Course?

Your teen if under 18 need to pass DOL's written and skill tests and must be at least 16 years old, have held his/her permit for at least six months and have completed 50 hours of behind-the-wheel driving with parent/guardian (10 of those hours being at dark) and have certificate of completion from state certified driver's education course. Both knowledge and skill tests are offered at Vision Driving School for your convenience. Those who registered for one of our courses are offered to take the DOL written test for FREE during the last classroom session. For more information, please visit www.dol.wa.gov for a current requirements.

Is it a requirement for the teen student to have his/her Instruction Permit prior to the course start date?

No, our new students are not required to get their instruction permit before the course begins. Teen students registered with our school must at least have their instruction permit by Class Session 3.

What is required for VDS's behind-the wheel sessions?

All students of VDS are required to carry their Instruction Permit with them in order to take part in any of the behind-the-wheel training sessions. Failure to present their permit will be treated as no-show and attract a fee of $21.50.

What if a teen student reschedules his/her driving session?

If you have to change the time of your scheduled driving lesson, it must be at least two days in advance of the appointment to avoid a cancelation or no-show fee of $ 21.50 per occurrence.

What is VDS's policy on Cancellation and Refund?

If you have to cancel your scheduled course, you are required to notify our office during official business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) in person, by phone or email with in a cancelation period of 48 hours prior to the start of the first classroom session. If cancellation occurs within the 48 hours period we will refund the enrollment fee you paid, minus $39.95 service and administration charge. Cancelations after the start of the course are not honored and not eligible for a refund.

Are parents required to be involved during the course?

Parent/Guardian involvement with their teen's driver training is expected and absolutely important. Parents are expected to attend our Parents Night where we will share information on the course requirements and tips that would help parents coach their teen students on behind-the-wheel practice period. DOL requires that your teen must receive a minimum of 50 hours of (10 of those must be night driving) driving practice once they have their permit.

Who can observe teen students during the 50 hours practice period?

The 50 hours practice period must be observed and supervised by a parent/guardian or someone who has held his/her license for at least 5 years.

What is the schools policy on student behavior?

Our students are expected to behave in a respectful and responsible manner, and at no time disrupt any of our class sessions. VDS reserve the right to expel any student from a course at any time after having discussed the matter with the parent/guardian. A refund will not be considered, if expulsion of a teen student occurs after the first six hours class sessions.

What would happen when teen students miss class or scheduled drive sessions?

It is advisable not to miss any class or scheduled drive sessions and if the teen happen to miss any class he/she will have to make up the class missed. If you do miss a class, you must schedule a make-up class with the school's office within one week of the missed class. DOL allows up to 3 make up class during the course period. A student will be allowed to take DOL's written test if he/she has not made up missed class prior to class 15.

What is the Schools' policy on inclement weather?

If the Lynnwood School District closes for inclement weather (or for any other reason), then we will cancel our classes. We will post closure information on our website www.seattlevisiondriving.com, phone and social media outlet. We will send an email to let you know that classes and/or drives have been cancelled due to inclement weather.

How long are daily classroom and drive sessions?

VDS students will not be allowed to take more than two hours class room sessions per day except in the case of make-up classes. A maximum of one make-up class is permitted on the day of our course classroom session. No more than one hour behind-the-wheel training can takes place in any single day.

Adult applicants to our school must have any of the followings before they register with us:

• A valid Washington State instruction permit.
• A valid International Driving License.
• A valid Foreign Driving License.

If you do not have any of those, then you need to apply for a permit.

To apply for your instruction permit sign into www.dol.wa.gov and complete the pre-apply process, and check your email for getting a confirmation number. The confirmation number will be your permit number.

If you do not have a Washington State ID, use the following steps to pre-apply and get your permit:

1. Sign into www.dol.wa.gov

2. Click on License Express - Join Now

3. Click on Pre-apply to get your permit (Confirmation Number)

4. Fill out the Registration Form

5. Once the registration form is properly filled out and submitted it will issue you a Confirmation Number which will start with your 5 digits of your last name.