Walton County Sheriff's Office Teen Driver Challenge

The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is committed to the safety of our young drivers and is offering a program called the Teen Driver Challenge, which focuses on teaching teen drivers the safety skills necessary when driving. 

It is a FREE course designed to help teens boost their driving skills and lessen the chances of being involved in a crash. The program will provide a mixture of classroom instruction and hands-on driver training.

Teens 15-19 are eligible and MUST have a valid Learner’s Permit/Florida Operators License for at least 6 months, and participants must provide their own car. A current copy of a driver license, vehicle registration and insurance is required. The class is limited to 12 students and all others will be placed on a waiting list for future classes.

The Teen Driver Challenge is not an advanced driving course. It is a defensive driving program that covers the following topics and driving exercises:

Classroom Topics
Vehicle Dynamics
Human Factors
Responsibility
Liability
Drug and Alcohol Use
Night Driving
Aggressive Driving and Road Rage
Driving Range Exercises (8 Hours)
Threshold, ABS, and Emergency Breaking
Evasive Maneuvers
Cornering
Backing
Forward and Reverse Serpentine
Figure 8
Off Road Recovery
Skid Control
Teen Driver Challenge program is backed by the Florida Sheriff’s Association (FSA) and supported by Sheriff Michael Adkinson. 

PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING FORMS THE DAY OF CLASS (gohttp://waltonso.org/teen-driver-challenge/ to download and print):

1. PARENTAL PERMISSION FORM AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS
2. VEHICLE OWNER’S STATEMENT OF PERMISSION AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS

TO SIGN UP: Email your child's name and your phone number to School Resource Deputy, David Talley, at dtalley@waltonso.org.