Georgia Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program
The Alcohol Drug and Awareness Program, or ADAP, is a program put in place for all teens wishing to obtain their driver’s license. In Georgia, all teens under 18 are required to go through an ADAP before obtaining their Class D driver’s license.
While ADAP is not the same thing as a standard 30-hour driver’s education course, many (if not most) Georgia Driver’s Ed courses will include ADAP into their course material. If you are currently enrolled in a driver’s ed course that does not include the Alcohol Drug and Awareness Program, you will need to find a separate course to take. Many students will also complete the course as part of their freshman year health or physical education classes at school.
The Importance of ADAP
Throughout the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program, teens are taught the dangers and consequences of partaking in drugs and alcohol, then choosing to get behind the wheel. Although the program is aimed at preventing drinking and driving, teens also learn the effects of these substances on their every-day lives.
Students will learn laws regarding teenage driving, as well as how the effects of drugs and alcohol significantly increase the rates of fatal crashes involving young drivers. When the program is rolled into a driver’s education class, students will also learn Georgia traffic laws and regulations, road rules, and defensive driving techniques that can prevent an accident before it even occurs.
Take It Online
For those students who do not have access in their schools or through their driver’s education program, there is an online alternative to the ADAP program called eADAP. This is especially helpful for students who are home-schooled. The only teens eligible for the eADAP course are those who aren’t able to take it through traditional routes; this also includes students whose schools did cover the ADAP program, but the student was absent while it was being taught.
If you do not participate in an ADAP course, you may not obtain your driver’s license until you turn 18. For any teen wishing to get their license as early as possible, the ADAP program is an absolute necessity.
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