The American Safety Council's Virginia computer-based 8-hour Safe Motorist Course was prepared to offer you a convenient and informative manner in which to address your Virginia automobile insurance discount needs. Throughout the course, you will participate in education that is designed to increase your knowledge as to traffic regulations while providing useful tips that may assist you in dealing with a variety of issues encountered by drivers on Virginia roadways.

Once you complete the course, you will have new insight as to the consequences of traffic law violations (first as they relate to your well-being and survivability of a traffic crash and secondarily as to the financial and personal impacts of violating Virginia traffic laws) and a fresh perspective as to the essential safe driving techniques that you can implement when encountering unsafe drivers or unforeseen environmental and roadway conditions while driving on Virginia highways.

The overriding objective of the Safety Council's Virginia computer-based 8-hour Safe Motorist Course is to provide you with essential knowledge that will assist you in avoiding involvement in a traffic crash. The general objectives are:

1. To understand the social and personal losses due to traffic crashes;
2. To become better acquainted with certain crash prevention techniques;
3. To gain better understanding of our Virginia traffic laws with respect to speed, traffic signs, school buses, and the consequences of violating these laws;
4. To learn the importance of safety equipment; and
5. To understand the effects that alcohol and other drugs have on our abilities to safely operate a motor vehicle.

The American Safety Council's Virginia computer-based 8-hour Safe Motorist Course is an Alternative Delivery Method driving safety course that is designed to address the specific needs of identified automobile insurance carriers, by providing instruction approved to receive a 10% automobile insurance discount in accordance with terms and conditions established by participating insurance carriers.