| TADRA | | | | is valid for 30 days. All applicants under the age of |
| The Teenage & Adult Driver Responsibility | | | | 18 not enrolled in school must provide a GED |
| Act (TADRA) was established in Georgia by a | | | | diploma, high school diploma, or an attendance |
| collaborative effort of highway safety advocates, | | | | form from your local Board of Education if you |
| legislators, law enforcement officials, educators, | | | | are enrolled in an approved home school program. |
| businesses and media in the wake of a high | | | | - Any Out of State Learner's permit or ID Card |
| number of fatal vehicle crashes involving young, | | | | must be surrendered to issue a Georgia Permit. |
| inexperienced drivers. TADRA involves an intense, | | | | - When driving, there must be a licensed driver at |
| three-step education process that allows the | | | | least 21-years-old in the front seat with you at all |
| young driver to gain more experience behind the | | | | times. |
| wheel. Additionally, it also requires that prior to the | | | | - The permit is valid for 24 months |
| issuance of a Class D license you must have | | | | Step Two - Provisional License (Class D) |
| completed a cumulative total of at least forty | | | | In order to apply for a Provisional License (Class |
| (40) hours of other supervised driving experience, | | | | D) all applicants must meet the following |
| including at least six (6) hours at night. | | | | requirements: |
| Beginning January 1, 2007, all 16 year olds applying | | | | |
| for a Class D driver's license must complete an | | | | 1. A valid learner's permit must be held for one |
| approved driver education course and complete a | | | | year and one day from its issuance. |
| total of 40 hours of supervised driving, 6 hours of | | | | 2. Appointments for on-the-road test are |
| which must be at night, with a parent or | | | | mandatory and should be made up to 90 days in |
| guardian's sworn verification that these | | | | advance. Reservation numbers are: (678) |
| requirements have been met. Any Georgia | | | | 413-8500 select option 3 or Toll-Free (866) |
| resident who has not completed an approved | | | | 754-3687 when dialing from an area code outside |
| driver education course must be at least 17 years | | | | of the Metro-Atlanta area. |
| old to be eligible for a Class D driver's license and | | | | 3. You must know your Social Security number. |
| he or she must have completed a total of at | | | | 4. A parent, legal guardian, or authorized driving |
| least 40 hours of supervised driving, including at | | | | instructor must go to the Customer Service |
| least 6 hours at night. The same verification in | | | | Center with you in order for you to be tested. |
| writing by a parent or guardian is required. This | | | | The legal guardian must have a certified |
| manual is designed to help you achieve the | | | | guardianship paper from the court or adoption |
| required driving experience to qualify for a Class | | | | papers with an embossed court seal. The driving |
| D driver's license. | | | | instructor must have a notarized document, |
| Cars do not crash; people crash them. In 2005, | | | | signed by the parent or legal guardian, authorizing |
| 136 Young Drivers (Ages 15-20) were killed and | | | | that individual to act as their agent in the |
| an additional 193 others killed as a result of a | | | | application process. |
| crash involving a driver (Ages 15-20) in Georgia. | | | | 5. A Georgia DDS Certificate of Attendance form |
| Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of | | | | must be signed and notarized from your School. It |
| death of 15 to 20-year olds (based on 2003 | | | | is valid for 30 days. All applicants under the age of |
| figures, which are the latest mortality data | | | | 18 not enrolled in school must provide a GED |
| currently available from the National Center for | | | | diploma, high school diploma, or an attendance |
| Health Statistics). In 2005, 3,467 15- to 20-year | | | | form from you local Board of Education if you are |
| old drivers were killed and additional 281,000 were | | | | enrolled in an approved home school program. |
| injured in motor vehicle crashes nationally. | | | | 6. A parent, legal guardian, or authorized driving |
| The Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act | | | | instructor must sign an affidavit at the time of |
| (TADRA) was enacted on July 1st, 1997. TADRA | | | | examination that the applicant has at least 40 |
| established a graduated driver's license program | | | | hours of on-the-road driver training either |
| for young drivers ages 15 to 18 in Georgia. This | | | | privately or 20 hours of on-the-road training in |
| act directly addresses the leading killer of our | | | | conjunction with a driver's education class. After |
| young people - traffic crashes. The law | | | | January 1, 2007, the 20 hours in conjunction with |
| significantly changes the way young motorist earn | | | | a driver's education program is no longer |
| and maintain the privilege of driving by providing a | | | | applicable. |
| controlled means for new drivers to gain | | | | 7. You must have taken and present the Alcohol |
| experience, and by reducing high-risk driving | | | | and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP) certificate. |
| situations. While the law does focus on young | | | | If you have not taken the ADAP class Add-On |
| drivers, it also contains important provisions that | | | | Classes are offered monthly throughout the state. |
| affect drivers over 21, particularly in the area of | | | | 8. You must pass an eye and driving test. |
| DUI prevention and enforcement. | | | | 9. Effective January 1st, 2007 all those 16 |
| Step One - Instructional Permit (Class CP) | | | | years-of-age must be in compliance with Joshua's |
| - You must be at least 15 years of age in order | | | | Law in order to apply for a Class D driver's |
| to apply. | | | | license. You must show proof that you comply |
| - An original birth certificate, certified copy of the | | | | with Joshua's Law by having completed one of |
| birth certificate (with embossed state seal), | | | | the following methods of Driver Education. a. Public |
| certificate of birth registration, certified copy of | | | | Private School (30 hours) classroom (virtual or |
| court records (adoption, name changes), certified | | | | instructor) and (6 hours) private behind the wheel |
| naturalization records, immigration card or a Valid | | | | training (students also need and additional 40 |
| Passport needs to be presented at the time of | | | | hours of supervised driving experience). b. Public |
| application. | | | | Private School (30 hours) classroom (virtual or |
| - You must know your social security number. | | | | instructor) and parent taught behind the wheel |
| The number is required to issue the permit.You | | | | (Completing this booklet will meet this |
| will be required to pass an eye and knowledge | | | | requirement). c. Virtual (30 hours) classroom and |
| test. A parent or legal guardian with a Georgia | | | | (6 hours) private behind the wheel training |
| License or ID Card will have to go with you to | | | | (students will also need an additional 40 hours of |
| the Customer Service Center in order to sign for | | | | supervised driving experience). d. Virtual (30 hours) |
| you to be tested. The legal guardian must have a | | | | classroom and (40 hour) parent taught behind the |
| certified guardianship paper from the court or | | | | wheel (Completing this booklet will meet this |
| adoption paper with embossed court seal. | | | | requirement). e. All students must have 6 hours |
| - A Georgia DDS Certificate of Attendance form | | | | of supervised driving at night. |
| must be signed and notarized from your School. It | | | | |
