Defensive Driving Courses
The district attorney wants you to become a safe driver. If you have been charged with a traffic violation, you may be eligible to attend one of the courses below and receive a reduced charge. However, it is your responsibility to determine how completion or non-completion of one of these courses will affect your driver’s license or insurance policy.
Blue Ridge Community College offers the following Defensive Driving Courses on the Henderson County Campus, and you must register two days prior to your selected class date.
Alive at 25
(four-hour)
This course shows young drivers ages 16 – 24 how to choose safe driving practices, take responsibility for their behavior and be aware of the typical driving hazards.
Blue Ridge Community College currently offers this course on two Saturdays a month; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1 to 5 p.m., and two Tuesdays a month; 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $80
DDC 4
(four-hour)
This course demonstrates the consequences of poor choices that drivers make behind the wheel. By putting defensive driving into personal context, students learn essential driving techniques that can reduce collision-related cost, injuries and fatalities.
Blue Ridge Community College currently offers this course on two Saturdays a month; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1 to 5 p.m., and one Thursday a month; 6 to 10 p.m.
Cost: $80
8 Hour ADD – Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving (eight-hour)
This course assesses an individual’s behavior and then involves students in developing a plan to improve driving behavior. This course focuses how to make better choices when driving and how to respond to hazards and employ coping techniques while driving.
Blue Ridge Community College currently offers this course on one Saturday a month; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: $110
How to Register for the Defensive Driving Class online
IMPORTANT: Defensive Driving Class Requirements below at the end of this page.
- Click to view Defensive Driving Course Schedule
- Search for the class you need to attend according to your authorization from the court or your lawyer documentation.
Use these search terms:
- For the Alive at 25 course Search: Alive
- For the Defensive Driving 4-hour course Search: 4 hour
- For the ADD-8-hour course Search: Attitudinal
If you are unable to register online:
You may visit us at one of the locations listed below to register for a class. We will assist you in registering online for your course. You will need to bring cash or a credit card for payment. Blue Ridge cannot register you over the phone for these courses.
Henderson County Campus
130 Eagles Reach Drive
Flat Rock, NC 28731
Sink Building, Continuing Education
Transylvania County Campus
45 Oak Park Drive
Brevard, NC 28712
Straus Building
IMPORTANT: Defensive Driving Class Requirements
Please read the information below so that you will understand the requirements for attending your Defensive Driving class at Blue Ridge Community College.
- You will receive your Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
- The courses will be offered in the Sink Building on the Henderson County Campus. The GPS address is 130 Eagle’s Reach Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731. Please go to the second floor and follow the directional signs for the course you are taking to make sure you are in the correct classroom.
- Blue Ridge Community College requires that you be on time for your Defensive Driving class. The College has asked our Defensive Driving Instructors to NOT allow late arrivals into class.
- Please make sure that you arrive early. If you are late for this class, you will forfeit your registration fee and must register and pay for another Defensive Driving class. It is important that you be present for the entire class because this class is offered in conjunction with the District Attorney’s Office. The instructor covers important information including the process of waiving points on your driver’s license at the very beginning of class.
- If you cannot attend class due to an emergency, please email defensivedriving@blueridge.edu. Be sure to do this BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED CLASS STARTS so that we can move you to another class. If you do not email before the start of your class, you will be considered a “No Show” and must register and pay again to take another class
For more information:
Contact Us
Paula Wynn
pe_wynn@blueridge.edu
(828) 694-1742
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