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ESCANABA -- It can be difficult for first-time drivers to learn all the rules of the road.  But a driver's education course can teach them the basics safely. 

“My mom kind of forced me to do it,” explained student driver, Aalysiah Spencer.  “But I was still willing to, without a doubt."

Students who want their driver's license before they turn eighteen have to take driver's ed.    

Beverly Peacock is the driving instructor at Superior Driving in Escanaba.

“I want them to have the best possible habits that we can form for them,” said Peacock, “because habits, good or bad, are developed through repetition."

The seven-month course is a combination of classroom and on-the-road education.  They'll even spend two whole driving sessions learning proper parking.     

Beverly said that the hardest parking for the students isn't parallel parking.  It’s backing-in parking.  The first step is to always look back at the pavement lines.  Next, check your mirror, and then straighten your wheel and back in.

But they've already come a long way in their third driving session.

“Well, I guess I’m getting better at passing and parking,” Spencer said, "because before, I’d just instantly stop and now I’m learning how to take the yield sign on and learn how to properly stop."

But there's an instructor gas pedal and brake...just in case the students need to be helped.

“They have to be constantly searching ahead in the road,” Peacock said.  “They have to look everywhere they're going, looking for pedestrians, looking for children."

After driver's ed, students still have to take a road exam with E-K Driver Testing.  And as long as they pass and are sixteen years old, they're all clear to get their license and drive.