YOUR ENTIRE PROGRAM
Virtual Drive of Texas can be used as the ENTIRE driver’s education program for a teen to get their license. The program satisfies BOTH the classroom requirement and the in-vehicle driver training requirement necessary to obtain a permit and a driver’s license.

AGE REQUIREMENTS
Students may begin the program if they are 14 years old and under 18 years old. (This program may not be used for those over 18 years old.) Virtual Drive of Texas recommends not starting the program until two weeks before the teen turns 15.

Students must wait until age 15 to apply for a permit.

Students must wait until age 16 to apply for a provisional license and must have held a permit for at least 6 months.

After 6 months of holding a provisional license with no tickets or collisions, etc., restrictions are removed.

FOR PARENTS
The person teaching the program must meet the following criteria:

• Be either a natural parent, legal guardian, step parent, natural grandparent or step grandparent.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and have NEVER been convicted of criminal negligent homicide or driving while intoxicated (DWI) and must not be disabled by mental illness.
• Must have not had their driver’s license suspended, revoked or forfeited for traffic related offenses (moving violations and/or at-fault accidents) within the passed 3 years.

THE ASSISTANCE YOU NEED
Virtual Drive of Texas’ knowledgeable and friendly staff is available to give phone support during the entire licensing process. Also, Virtual Drive of Texas will provide all of the necessary paperwork and documents you need to bring to the DPS to obtain a permit and a license.

GETTING A PERMIT
Students can apply for a learner’s permit after completing just 6 hours of the classroom portion of Virtual Drive of Texas. Parents will need to log the first 6 hours from Module One of the program in their “Classroom Progress Report” for the teen to qualify for a permit. Students must also pass a vision test, road sign test and written test at the DPS, as well as filling out and supplying the proper documentation. NOTE: Students may not begin the in-vehicle training until they receive an instruction permit!

GETTING A LICENSE
Students must hold a permit for 6 months and complete the rest of the Virtual Drive of Texas program, which consists of 33 hours for the classroom program and 14 hours of instruction for the in-vehicle portion. Upon completion of the entire course, Virtual Drive of Texas will send the student their certificate of completion to bring to the DPS.

Note: Texas’ minimum requirement for the classroom portion is 32 hours and the minimum in-vehicle requirement is 14 hours. As an “approved home study parent taught program” Virtual Drive of Texas exceeds these minimums so that the teen is supplied with more than enough education in each of these categories.