Florida Curriculum Update for 2014

In response to the "Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act" (SB 102, 2014 legislative session), the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) recently mandated that all 4-hour Basic Driver Improvement (BDI) and 12-hour Advanced Driver Improvement (ADI) programs present information on "Vulnerable Road User" (VRU) safety. Such instruction is particularly valuable to Floridians, as walking and bicycling are unusually dangerous in the state.

Going forward, BDI and ADI courses are required to describe and provide statistics on vulnerable road users, specify what laws and infrastructural trends have been implemented for their protection, and explain driving techniques that can enhance VRU safety. Toward that end, Traffic Safety Consultants, Inc., has updated Internet-based programs to account for these new curriculum requirements. Further, inserts for the booklet and video/DVD modalities are provided via links below; please include a copy of the VRU insert sheet with each product that you ship, in addition to any other applicable inserts.

Classroom instructors, meanwhile, should familiarize themselves with the "VRU Lesson Plan materials" content (link below). BDI instructors are to include this new material with their discussion of "Sharing the Road," which has always contained some of the content presented here. ADI instructors are to include the entirety of this all-new content between the sections "Is Speeding Really Dangerous?" and "Driving While Fatigued." This material is intended to be lecture-only, and there are no revisions to the workbooks, Flipcharts, or exams for either of these courses. (If you would like a complete, fresh copy of the revised BDI and/or ADI Lesson Plans, please contact Donna.)

Please click on the links below to access the files you need. You may read/print them online or download them to you local computer for easy access whenever you need them.

• BDI VRU insert - English
• BDI VRU insert - Spanish


• VRU Lesson Plan materials
• BDI: Incorporate this new material into your discussion of "Sharing the Road," which already contains some of the content presented here.
• ADI: Incorporate this new material between the sections "Is Speeding Really Dangerous?" and "Driving While Fatigued." This is all-new content for the ADI program.

Remember that these revisions are applicable to all modalities of the 4-Hour BDI and 12-Hour ADI programs.

Please make sure that you ship the latest home study inserts and discuss this material in class, as you will be responsible for teaching this new material to students!