Graduated Driver’s License – Parent Course

The legal consequences of impaired driving are an important part of the continued conversations parents have with soon-to-be drivers.

The Colorado Teen Driving Alliance, with support from state public health, has created an online parent course that provides step-by-step instruction on how to support teens through Colorado’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) laws, which are designed to phase-in beginning drivers. This course was prompted by a survey of 738 parents of teens throughout Colorado, which showed that only 6.4 percent of parents could accurately identify each component of GDL laws, including curfews, passenger restrictions and seat belt requirements.

The course includes three modules: