PEACE OF MIND
"Having a teenage driver is a license to worry — renewable every day!"
You are facing a major financial investment in a priceless commodity – the safety and well-being of a beginning driver. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of teenage death and disability in the United States. A-1 Driver Training School specializes in beginning teenage drivers. We provide the finest traffic safety instruction to encourage and develop safe, responsible and defensive driving habits.
YEAR ROUND CLASSES IN NORTHEAST COLUMBIA
"We provide a true classroom facility with a safe and secure learning environment."
The classroom phase is held on Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm conducted by owner and founder Bob Montondo, a professional educator, with over 30 years of experience in the traffic safety field. Our classroom facility is located at 8502 Two Notch Road, in Diamond Point Shopping Center. This is just North of the I-77 exit, directly across from the U.S. Post Office and Burger King at the intersection of Two Notch and Alpine Road. Our course is neither designed nor intended for simultaneous use as an adult traffic violator course as we do no adult business!
Our classroom curriculum has been designed specifically for beginning teenage drivers by Bob Montondo. Materials have been drawn from several driver education texts and also materials of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, National Safety Council, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and various insurance companies. The course is based upon his extensive teaching background and un-paralleled experiences at numerous high-performance driving and racing schools (Racer’s Edge). Videos are part of the classroom presentation but, they account for no more than 120 minutes of the content. No graphic materials are part of our program. A listing of our audio-visual materials and running times follows:
- “When Teenagers Drive” (12 minutes)
- “Write Your Ticket: Teenagers and Auto Insurance” (10 minutes)
- “Heavenly Debate: Young and Old Drivers” (8 minutes)
- “Visual Perception: Part I – Eye Habits (10 minutes)
- “Visual Perception: Part II – Identification (8 minutes)
- Home Video: Bob Montondo and Dr. Harry Sunshine at the Richard Petty Driving School (5 minutes)
- “NASCAR Video: Volume 2 – “How You Can Drive Like A Pro: Steering” (4 minutes)
- “A System For Accident-Free Driving: The IPDE Process” (10 minutes)
- “The Ride of Your Life” (22 minutes)
- “NASCAR Video: Volume 3 – How You Can Drive Like A Pro: Car Weight Transfer” (5 minutes)
- “Decisive Driving and Car Control – The Slide Car” (4 minutes)
- “Sharing The Road with Big Trucks” (12 minutes)
- “The Physics of Driving” (10 minutes)
THE FINEST INSTRUCTION
"The quality of instruction distinguishes our program from all others."
Research has shown that the teacher is the key factor in any learning situation. Upon close comparison you will see that the quality of our instruction clearly distinguishes our program from others. We maintain a truly professional staff! Instructors are either recently retired teachers or current teachers. All have at least 25 years of certified teaching experience in South Carolina’s schools. They are trained and experienced in working with teenagers. Please carefully note their educational backgrounds and actual teaching experience in comparison to the State’s requirements for licensing Driver Training Instructors.
- Bob Montondo-Owner and Instructor
- B.S. and M.Ed. - University of South Carolina
- 27 years of certified teaching experience in South Carolina's schools
- 10 years teaching driver education at A.C. Flora High school
- Over 30,000 hours of in-car instructional experience
- Billy Petoskey-Instructor
- B.S. - University of South Carolina
- 24 years of certified teaching experience in South Carolina's schools
- 15 years teaching driver education at Spring Valley High school,
- Over 20.000 hours of in-car instructional experience
- John Pappas-Instructor
- B.S. - University of South Carolina
- 30 years of certified teaching experience in South Carolina's schools
- 21 years teaching driver education at Airport High School
- Over 22,000 hours of in-car instructional experience
- Virginia Morris: Instructor since 1998
- B.A. - Winthrop College
- 32 years of certified experience in South Carolina’s schools
- Over 6,000 hours of in-car instructional experience
- John Boulware: Instructor since 2000
- B.A. and M.Ed. - University of South Carolina
- 32 years of certified experience in South Carolina’s schools
- Over 5,000 hours of in-car instructional experience
- Ron Caldwell-Instructor
- B.S. and M.A.T. - University of South Carolina
- 35 years of certified teaching experience in South Carolina's schools
- 25 years teaching driver education at Spring Valley High School
- Over 20,000 hours of in-car instructional experience