About Us
About David
I grew up in Virginia Beach as the son of a career Navy man. My journey teaching safe driving began over 40 years ago when I worked as a supervisor for United Parcel Service (UPS) where I trained drivers in Safe Driving and Defensive Driving methods. I both taught and audited drivers to ensure these methods were followed. I taught these methods to my own children and they can still recite many of the foundational principles of safe driving. I have multiple decades of leadership and training in the transportation field and continue to use these methods I learned many years ago to help others learn to drive safely.
Philosophy
Learning to drive is a rite of passage in our society. It is important to learn to do it well. There is a huge difference between steering a vehicle and safely driving one.
S.A.F.E.
Search - Assess - Focus - Execute
This is the driving philosophy that Drive Safe 757 teaches. We want everyone to drive searching, assessing, focusing and executing while they are behind the wheel of a vehicle.
Searching: A good driver searches their intended path of travel. They are looking to foresee the next 20-30 seconds in their pathway.
Assessing: A good driver assesses and adapts. What is in their path of travel? Where/what are the potential hazards? What is the best course of action to take?
Focusing: A safe driver negotiates the travel path safely. They control the space around them. They can speed up, or slow down, or change lanes. By focusing on their surroundings it puts the driver in the safest position to continue their travel.
Executing: A driver must safely maneuver to put their plan into action. Proper turns, lane changes, using signals, are all a must. A driver needs to know not only what to do, but how to execute it safely.
“5 stars all the way! David was a fantastic instructor & really made it easy for me to pass the driving course…easy peasy!”
— Catalyna Ann