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12-HR Reckless and Aggressive Driving Education Program (RADEP):
The Reckless and Aggressive Driving Education Program (RADEP) is a court-ordered, 12-hour course that helps drivers recognize and change the attitudes and behaviors behind reckless and aggressive driving. It combines the 8-Hour Driver Improvement Clinic with an additional 4 hours focused specifically on the causes, psychology, and prevention of risky driving. Through defensive driving principles, behavioral psychology, guided reflection, and self-assessment, the course builds personal accountability and practical strategies for lowering crash risk. Rather than simply reviewing traffic laws, RADEP helps students understand why risky driving happens — and how to build safer habits that last.

Each learning activity introduces a key safety concept, asks students to relate it to their own driving, and explains the psychological factors that make risky behavior start to feel normal. Students learn to tell the difference between perceived safety and actual risk, examine their own habits and emotional triggers, and see how repeated unsafe choices can quietly become routine. Every activity closes with a practical takeaway tied to accountability and better decision-making.

A defining feature of the program is its use of behavioral psychology to uncover what really drives risky choices behind the wheel — including stress, emotion, and the pull of control, freedom, or acceptance. By the end of the course, students have the insight and tools to make safer decisions, reduce crash risk, and drive more responsibly.