What is The Jungle?

Jungle Survival Drivers Training is a unique drivers training program with several distinct aspects that separate it from other drivers training programs.

Proactive Situational driving focus - Situational driving is vital to surviving in the jungle. Using the Jungle Survival Checklist, students learn to be proactive drivers by learning how to identify developing situations which may develop into problems. We don't want our young drivers to react to a problem. We want them to learn how to anticipate what could happen in a given situation and make the necessary adjustments to avoid a possible close call.

Parental involvement - Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens and yet parents are to often content to leave the entirety of their child's driver's training to others. Research studies have shown a 75% decrease in accidents, injuries and deaths when parents work in partnership with professional driving instructors.

Sometimes the parents are the wild animals and their teens are their offspring. Their teens come to us so we can tame and train them to understand and apply the Jungle Way of driving. We then return them to their parents and unfortunately, they make their teens wild again. Many times the teens follow their parents' driving habits, whether for better or worse.

In an effort to have a greater level of effectiveness in producing effective and proactive Jungle drivers, Jungle has created the Parent Involvement Tribe (P.I.T.). which trains the parents along with their teens. Parents are taught the same material as their students, plus instructional skills designed to make home-based driving practice safe, fun and rewarding. This enables parents to continue to reinforce the Jungle curriculum once their teen completes their Jungle training.

NOTE: Please make sure and reserve time in your own schedule to attend our parent classes (one hour Tuesday or Thursday each week) as part of your young driver's training.Materials for the P.I.T. program can be copied and printed from www.youngdriverinstitute.com

Unique approach - With our unique state-approved curriculum, students learn the keys to Situational Driving in the jungle environment. Our year-round classes are motivational, fun and highly interactive.

Community - When a student enrolls in the Jungle, both the parents and the student become part of the Jungle Community. If either the parent or the student feels the student needs more instruction behind the wheel, they can come back and drive with an instructor at any time for free. To learn more about the Jungle Commitment, click "The Jungle Commitment."

To learn about Michigan's Graduated Drivers Licensing program, click "Graduated Drivers Licensing."

To learn about how Jungle Classes work, click "Jungle Classes."

To see the Jungle environment, click "Jungle Environment."

Parental Responsibilities

At the Jungle, we work hard to get parents involved in the driver education process. There are 10 objectives that we hope each parent meets in order to best prepare their teen for operating an automobile.

Attend the Parent/Student workshop (held the Sunday before Segment 1 classes begin).
Take the Space & Visibility at-home test with teen (the same defensive driving test teens take in class).
Take an observation ride with your student and a Jungle Trainer during Segment 1.
Complete the Jungle In-Car Evaluation Checklist and Behind The Wheel & Observation Record Keeping Form during the first 6 times you drive with your teen after Segment 1 is completed.
Reinforce Jungle driving goals for 30 rides after student graduates from Segment 1.
Return for Segment 2 3 months after the completion of Segment 1
Not allow your student to drive with friends during the first 6 months of driving alone.
Never allow your student to use a cell phone while driving.

Jungle Survival Drivers Training - Are you ready?