EDUCATION PROGRAMS
AIPS offers various forms of classroom, distance learning, e-learning and self-study courses. They are described below.

1. General version, 8 hours
2. Law Enforcement version, 8 hours
3. Teen version, 8 hours
4. One hour overview briefing on aggressive driving
5. Ten video modules (7 to 15 minutes each) for safety briefings

1. General and Teen version, 16 classroom, 8 hours study time, 24 hours total
2. Law enforcement version, 16 hour classroom, 8 hours study time, 24 hours total

1. Self study VHS video format with student workbook.
2. Internet streaming video with student workbook, requires high speed Internet connection.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Aggressive Driver Course, "RoadRageous™" is the nation's first comprehensive course on attitudinal and  behavior modification addressing the leading cause of death on our nation's highways, aggressive driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) two-thirds of all auto fatalities (27,000) each year are attributable to aggressive driving characteristics. Last year there were 7,000 deaths attributable to DUI (BAC greater than ,08). Aggressive driving kills four times as many people as DUI.

The aggressive driver course was developed by the three leading experts in the field of aggressive driving and behavior modification. Dr. Leon James and Dr. Diane Nahl are professors of traffic safety psychology at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Arnold Nerenberg is a nationally recognized psychologist and expert on anger management and road rage. Dr. Nerenberg has a private practice in California and was a presenter at FORSCOM's Commander's Conference in March 2002. Dr. James and Dr. Nerenberg both testified congressionally on aggressive driving.

The course has also undergone a successful independent review by Dr. Fredrick Marsteller, at Emory University in Atlanta. The course is widely used throughout the country for pro-active education as well as for aggressive drivers who have received aggressive driving citations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Understanding aggressive driving and how to measure their own driving aggressiveness.
2. Understand why it is necessary to develop inner standards of driving behavior.
3. Eliminate harmful, negative driving attitudes.
4. Develop and strengthen positive driving attitudes.
5. Observe their own driving, and to use those observations to improve driving skills.
6. Deal with aggression form other drivers, as well as their own aggressive driving behavior.
7. Become less self-centered and aggressive, identifying more with the needs of the driving community.
8. Analyze traffic situations and recognize the choices that can determine the outcome of those situations.
9. Understand the basic facts and solutions to impaired driving (DUI, Anger, Advancing Age, Inexperience, Fatigue, Drugs and Medication).
10. Realize the need for a program of lifelong driver self-improvement.

The law enforcement version of the course concentrates on the evolving and various definitions of aggressive driving as well as review of laws that have been passed in numerous states regarding aggressive driving. In addition this course covers the psychology of an aggressive driver, how to handle an aggressive driver during a traffic stop, traffic education cards, community education opportunities, review of best practice law enforcement initiatives addressing aggressive driving, grant funding and applications and various other topics.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Discuss aggressive driving police initiatives and federal government guidelines.
2. Define and identify aggressive driving
3. Explain the Threshold Method for Profiling Aggressive Driving.
4. Recognize vague vs. specific language in aggressive driving legislation.
5. Explain the dual role of traffic enforcement and traffic education.
6. Use of TEE cards during a traffic stop.
7. Use techniques for handling angry drivers.
8. Analyze emotional intelligence choice points using scenario analysis of news accounts of aggressive driving and road rage duels.
9. Describe the causes and prevention of emotionally impaired driving.
10. Describe the mentality of vigilante motorists.
11. Distinguish between aggressive, defensive and supportive driving styles.
12. Analyze their own aggressiveness as drivers.

1. General Version; 4, 6 or 8 hour formats
2. Ten video modules (15 to 30 minutes each) for safety briefings

1. General version 16 hours classroom, 8 hours study time, 24 hours total

The effectiveness of AIPS' "Aware Driver"™ Defensive Driving Course, was proven in an independent study by the Florida Department of Traffic and Highway Safety, to reduce future violations and collisions by 39.9%.

Distance Learning/Self Study Curriculums for Students

1. Self study VHS video format with student workbook, validation and pass/fail testing.

2. DVD format with student workbook, validation and pass/fail testing

3. Internet streaming video with student workbook, validation and pass/fail testing (requires high speed Internet connection)

4. Internet text course with validation and pass/fail testing.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The "Aware Driver"™ defensive driving curriculum is designed around years of accumulated, specialize knowledge. It is based on the premise that, in order to reduce accidents, injuries and deaths, motorist must take more responsibility for their actions. Before they can do that, they must be educated on how they themselves have the ability to save their own life as well as the lives of others.

The subjects covered in the ten modules are:

• Appropriate Attitudes

• Licensing, controls and actions

• Signs, signals and road markings

• Speeding

• Sharing the road

• Crash Prevention

• Environmental hazards and vehicle emergencies

• Safety equipment and vehicle maintenance

• Driving Under the influence

• Other Impairments

The effectiveness of the "Aware Driver"™ course was proven in an independent study performed by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. This study found that students who completed the "Aware Driver"™ course had 39.9% fewer collisions than a control group who had not taken the course.

All courses and methods of presentation use AIPS' unique edu-tainment techniques whether it be in the classroom on video/DVD or on the Internet. Engaging the audience and using humor as a tool to increase attentiveness and retention is a hallmark of AIPS' proven effective methodologies.