In-car lessons with a TDLR licensed instructor
Practice with Parents
The State of Texas requires all teen driver’s ed students to have 44 total hours of literal behind-the-wheel of a car time (practice).
Driving School BTW
*Parent Taught BTW
Practice at Home
Teen Behind the wheel training: hours, observations, scheduling and lesson composition is not required for adult driver’s ed learners.
Teen student drivers may start their BTW phase upon successful completion of their permit test and the receiving of their permit from the State of Texas.
At Mansfield Driving Academy all students under contract have one-year to complete this phase of driver’s ed.
Once your start driving with our instructors you will be amazed at how quickly your driving skills will began to sharpen and focus. Our driving lessons are designed to pack a punch and deliver many skills and procedures in a short amount of time.
To schedule your drive times with the instructors we use a program called Schedule2Drive.
*See information below on setting up your S2D account.
Schedule2Drive.com is our third party partners in the record keeping of our student’s behind the wheel phase. The State of Texas requires that we log when a student drives, for how long, and what was accomplished.
A one-time $10 fee is payed directly to Schedule 2 Drive for the upkeep of their servers and website. It does not go to Mansfield Driving Academy.
There could be several reasons for an account to be inactive.
No, do not schedule under S2D.
No, at Mansfield Driving Academy we have a policy that only students enrolled in the teen BTW program can ride in the car with other teens.
New Student Registration
Scheduling a Drive
Drive times are released in one week increments (7 days total) at a time.
Due to student demand we cannot guarantee that you get a drive time when requested.
Your instructor time is very limited. As such, your instructors are giving you concentrated skill building time. The key to success is that the student should put in practice time at home to go over with an adult the skills taught with the instructors.
All teens possessing a learner’s permit must hold their permit for 6-months. This means a student has more than enough time to finish their required drive times and driver’s ed.
Unless otherwise stated on the reservation a drive time is usually 2-hours.
Unless due to special circumstances you will have another student observing you.
It may happen that you have a mismatch in hours driven versus observations.
When a student cancels a drive time an automatic email goes out to all eligible students in the system.
A student may cancel a drive time no later than 24-hours before the drive time.
Students who don’t show up to a drive time will be assessed a $35 no show fee and their account placed on inactive until resolved.
Please arrive 5-10 minutes before your scheduled drive time. Instructors must get started as soon as possible.
All students must have shoes that cover the heel for safety.
A student must bring a proper driver’s permit to their drive time. The permit must not be expired.
A student who has prescription glasses or contacts is required to bring them to their drive time.
Please arrive early to your scheduled drive time. You do not have to check in at the front desk. Just wait in the lobby and your instructor will call you up when ready.
Food and colored drinks are prohibited on a drive time. Water may be brought.
A student must turn their cellphone off and/or out of sight. Even when not driving the student is there to observe the driving student.
Sleeping is not allowed in the backseat while on observation.
Due to traffic and scheduling situations a drive time may go long. Student’s are encouraged to inform their parents of the delay when this happens.
A student may cancel a drive time no later than 24-hours before the drive time.
Students who don’t show up to a drive time will be assessed a $35 no show fee and their account placed on inactive until resolved.
Please arrive 5-10 minutes before your scheduled drive time. Instructors must get started as soon as possible.
All students must have shoes that cover the heel for safety.
A student must bring a proper driver’s permit to their drive time. The permit must not be expired.
A student who has prescription glasses or contacts is required to bring them to their drive time.
Please arrive early to your scheduled drive time. You do not have to check in at the front desk. Just wait in the lobby and your instructor will call you up when ready.
Food and colored drinks are prohibited on a drive time. Water may be brought.
A student must turn their cellphone off and/or out of sight. Even when not driving the student is there to observe the driving student.
Sleeping is not allowed in the backseat while on observation.
Due to traffic and scheduling situations a drive time may go long. Student’s are encouraged to inform their parents of the delay when this happens.
When an athlete learns a new skill or a child is learning to play piano, we must practice to get better at the new skill we are trying to learn. Driving is a skill that can be developed. With practice a student can get past the new anxiety filled driving to performing advanced driving techniques with calm and ease.
The State of Texas requires a log totaling a minimum of 30 hours of practice driving outside of the driving school.
Any adult driver (parent, guardian, grandparent, older sibling, etc.) that is 21 or over in age, has held their license for one year, does not hold a permit themselves and has a current license.
No duplicated dates are allowed on the log. This ensures that the student is driving over a longer period of time rather than in a short burst.
A student can only log one-hour of driving on the log per date. This ensures that the student practices over a period of time and cannot log a long road trip as practice time.
A student driver who is being supervised by a licensed adult does not have any driving restrictions.