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Rules of the Road: A Complete Driver's Ed Course

Rules of the Road: A Complete Driver's Ed Course

List Price: $39.95
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Rules of the roads
Review: "Rules of the road" has two major blind spots and few minor ones. I, personally, do not like how parallel parking (#3 Road test) was presented. It does not look comprehensive. The authors even did not mention obvious rules usually taught about parallel parking. Well, parallel parking between two pairs of construction barriers obviously looks cute but it may not reflect real situation at the exam and especially at the street. Episode about drug/alcohol driving made ridiculously schematic. There is no definition of BAC, no particular mentioning of how different alcohol beverages may affect it. There is also no mentioning of how to avoid DWI or DWI-drug. Com'n guys! It is simple and this is very important! They even did not say anything of how regular prescribed medicine can affect driving especially in combination with alcohol. Furthermore, driving with cell phone in some areas is already illegal. The authors of the movie said opposite: it is dangerous but if you want it, it is all right, go ahead! As minor inaccuracy of this movie I would consider that they never showed steering weal in the car except a small episode in "basics" as well as there was no mentioning of the U-turn. Watching this movie, it is impossible to figure out there are some of the machine tools are located. I've got no idea of the location of head lights (high and low bins) hazardous lights. However, regardless of what I said, you may want to buy due to the only particular reason. I do not see any reasonable commercially available substitute for it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Far superior to any other driver's ed. program
Review: A year ago, my daughter took driver's education at the local public school. Two weeks ago she failed her first driving test. I fled to the interned to find some help, and The Rules of The Road DVD was the most impressive program I found. My daughter used the DVD, and just a few days ago, she recived her first Driver's license with a perfect score. Thank you!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: My wife bought this program for our kids
Review: and I have to admit that it's not half bad for a drivers ed video. The graphics are nice and all the information you're looking for is easy to find. The multiple choice question quizzes are easy, but not half bad for preparing for the test I suppose.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Don't Buy This Read The Manuel Instead
Review: Cheesey video, bad interface, offers little instruction, tests are too easy to be useful. Save the money and go take a driving lesson from a licensed instructor instead. We purchased this to help with parallel parking. The topic is mentioned on the video but there is virtually no instruction. And so it goes with most of the other topics.....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great DVD, best I've seen for Driving Ed
Review: The production quality alone destroys everything else out there. It has all the content plus well-done special features. If you're looking for something that won't put your kids to sleep, this is it right here.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Excellent experience!
Review: This is simply wonderful. Consider this a must have before getting your driver's license. It cuts through the theory and instead shows the practical things.

It has very nice sections explaining how to drive as well as 3D illustrations where they show parallel parking etc. I really liked the ability to be able to watch at different angles etc. It is well worth the price. The only reason for 4 stars is that it misses 3 point turns but so does the state's driver's manual.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Really easy to use
Review: This product seems overwhelming at first with all the features, but you get the hang of it pretty quick. I liked the special features and I now know how to change a tire on my own.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great program
Review: This program clearly has solid merit. It is very thorough and does the video does not seem like cheesey educational video stuff. Sometimes there's a few silly jokes, but nothing that would turn you away from the program. I was pleasantly surprised by the 3d illustrations -- thinking that they would be a really stupid gimick -- but they turned out to be quite useful.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Effective, and cheaper than auto repairs and hospital bills
Review: This was a birthday present to my daughter and it was quite a hit... pardon the pun.

I struggled with whether to give this 4 stars or 5. The user interface (UI) is a bit clunky, but the content and instruction is worth of the 5 stars.

The DVD tries to be interesting -- and it is interesting -- although it is borderline cheesey in the process. The important thing is the viewer won't bore easily with repetitive viewing which is important when you are getting something instructional like this.

At the end of sections, the DVD has a small quiz. That is a good idea, but the quizes are a little obvious and easy.

I guess the most appealing thing about this is it is easily increasing her abilities while she does what she does best: watch TV. That helps keep insurance costs down, I guess. ;-)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Effective, and cheaper than auto repairs and hospital bills
Review: This was a birthday present to my daughter and it was quite a hit... pardon the pun.

I struggled with whether to give this 4 stars or 5. The user interface (UI) is a bit clunky, but the content and instruction is worth of the 5 stars.

The DVD tries to be interesting -- and it is interesting -- although it is borderline cheesey in the process. The important thing is the viewer won't bore easily with repetitive viewing which is important when you are getting something instructional like this.

At the end of sections, the DVD has a small quiz. That is a good idea, but the quizes are a little obvious and easy.

I guess the most appealing thing about this is it is easily increasing her abilities while she does what she does best: watch TV. That helps keep insurance costs down, I guess. ;-)


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