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What?

What is The Jungle?

Graduated Driver Licensing

Jungle Classes

Jungle Environment

An Introduction to the Jungle (Video)

Who?

Who Are We?

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When?

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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.

Defensive driving focus - Defensive driving is vital to surviving in the jungle. Using the Jungle Survival Checklist, students learn to be proactive drivers and avoid any dangers that come their way.

Parental involvment - Teens follow their parents' driving habits, whether for better or worse. Jungle parents attend a training session before the class begins, and are taught the same material as their students. This enables them to continue to reinforce the Jungle curriculum once students graduate.

Unique approach - With our unique state-approved curriculum, students learn the keys to defensive 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.

  1. Attend the Parent/Student workshop (held the Sunday before Segment 1 classes begin)
  2. Take the Space & Visibility at-home test with teen (the same defensive driving test teens take in class)
  3. Take an observation ride with your student and a Jungle Trainer during Segment 1 (or Segment 2 as well)
  4. Conduct Parent/Student role plays (student poses as an instructor while parent poses as a newly licensed teen driver)
  5. Reinforce Jungle driving goals for 30 rides after student graduates from Segment 1
  6. Attend last class of Segment 1
  7. Attend last class of Segment 2
  8. Return for Segment 2 90 days after the completion of Segment 1
  9. Not allow your student to drive with friends during the first 6 months of driving alone
  10. Not allow your student to use cell phones while driving a vehicle