The Parent Taught Driver Education (PTDE) course provides your parent or legal guardian the opportunity to become your driver education instructor. Additionally, your parent, legal guardian, or a judge of a court with jurisdiction over you can also designate a person to instruct the course if he/she is at least 25 years of age, does not charge for the course, and has at least 7 years of driving experience. PTDE requires both online classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel driver training.
IMPORTANT: You MUST have your PTDE Program Guide before starting the course. As per DPS rules, if you begin the course without the guide, none of that instruction time will count toward your requirement, and you will have to start the course over.
Don't waste your time! Please only start the course if you have your guide.
Safe2Drive's online Parent Taught Driver Education course is approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). It allows a parent or legal guardian to become an instructor for their teen's driver education.
IMPORTANT: There are eligibility requirements for your parent to be your instructor, too. Please ensure that he or she meets these requirements. If your instructor is found to be ineligible, you will be required to start the process over again, which means you must:
To help you prepare for the knowledge test, we have compiled some helpful stories/tips from students who have already taken it. You may also share your own story/tips for other students.
It takes three easy steps to get started:
Don't worry. We will guide you through all of these steps as you progress through the online Texas Parent Taught Driver Education course.