Online Driver’s Education
The DMV-required course every California student under 18 completes before the permit test. Ten chapters and a final exam, taken entirely online.
from $59
Driver’s Ed
DMV Licence E4732Since 1995
Thirty years teaching Ventura County to drive.
Tell us who you are and we’ll tell you what you need.
Where to start
Tell us who you are.
California asks for three different things depending on your age and whether you already hold a permit. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Behind-the-Wheel Training
Two-hour lessons, one-to-one, in a dual-control Toyota Prius. Pickup at home, office or school.
Behind the WheelDMV Drive Test Service
We drive you to the DMV appointment in the school car you have been training in, and you take the test in it.
Road TestPackages
Three packages. Three prices. No form.
No quote form, no callback required. Choose who it is for and the prices below are yours.
You have passed the permit test and you are ready for behind-the-wheel hours.
Basic
6 hours — three 2-hour lessons
$475 · $79/hr
What you get
3 lessons of 2 hours · 6 hours total
- Introduction to Driving — included
- Basic surface streets — included
- DMV Exam Preparation — included
- Freeways — not included
- Canyons — not included
- Defensive Driving — not included
- DMV Drive Test Service — not included
Standard
10 hours — five 2-hour lessons
$775 · $78/hr
What you get
5 lessons of 2 hours · 10 hours total
- Introduction to Driving — included
- Basic surface streets — included
- DMV Exam Preparation — included
- Freeways — included
- Canyons — included
- Defensive Driving — not included
- DMV Drive Test Service — not included
Deluxe
14 hours — seven 2-hour lessons
$975 · $70/hr
What you get
7 lessons of 2 hours · 14 hours total
- Introduction to Driving — included
- Basic surface streets — included
- DMV Exam Preparation — included
- Freeways — included
- Canyons — included
- Defensive Driving — included
- DMV Drive Test Service — included
Prefer to buy lessons one at a time? See individual lesson prices.
The drive test
This is the line the examiner wants.
Four manoeuvres decide most California drive tests. Press one and watch the route taught in every lesson — then see it done for real on test day.
Press a manoeuvre
Parallel Park
Pull level with the car in front of the space and sit about a metre off it. Reverse on full lock until you are round 45 degrees, straighten, then opposite lock brings the tail in and the car comes out parallel. The examiner is marking your mirror and blind-spot checks at least as closely as the car.
- Pull alongside the car in front of the space.
- Reverse on full lock to 46°.
- Opposite lock swings the tail in.
- Straighten up and centre in the space.
Every instructor here has driven the examiner routes in Ventura County more times than they can count.
Who teaches you
One instructor, start to finish.
John Stapley
Full-time senior instructor
30+ years · Woodland Hills
A fixture in driver training for over thirty years, and the instructor who trains our new instructors. A lifelong music enthusiast.
Frank Anabtawi
Full-time instructor
7+ years · Simi Valley
Seven years teaching across Ventura County. Spends his time outside the car with family and friends.
Edgar Alvarez
Full-time instructor
4+ years · Newbury Park
Bilingual instructor, fluent in English and Spanish, teaching students across the county in whichever they are most comfortable with.
The cars
The car with your name on the door.
Newer Toyota Priuses, chosen for safety and for being easy cars to learn in.
- Passenger-side instructor safety brake
- Extra rear-view mirrors for the instructor
- Full airbag package
- Clean and maintained between lessons
In their words
Thirty years of Ventura County parents.
“Fantastic driving school for teenagers. Amer and his team are great to work with.”
54Farfy
“I strongly recommend this school. I passed my driving test at the first attempt.”
Archana Timmaraju
“I had a great experience today with safety first. And I just passed my test with 0 mistakes.”
ZaeTrain Salman
“Great experience with safety first. I did the 10 hour package and upgraded.”
Kayla K. · Westlake Village
“All three of my girls have used Safety First for their driving school.”
John G. · Camarillo
“We had a great experience with Safety First. It was easy to schedule.”
Denise B. · Thousand Oaks
Service area
Where we pick up.
Ready when you are.
Call and we will find a slot that works around school or work.