{"id":2,"date":"2016-05-05T03:02:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T03:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:59:45","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Your Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ronald-Holten-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ronald-Holten-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ronald-Holten.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/>Dr. Ron Holten has been teaching driver education since 1975 in the classroom and behind-the-wheel.\u00a0 He has taught in Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota, both in public schools and privately.\u00a0 He is licensed by the North Dakota Department of Transportation to teach behind-the-wheel instruction and has instructed students from ages 14 to 83.\u00a0 He is a retired Associate Professor from the Technology Education Department at Valley City State University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-1536x941.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-DE-Car-2048x1255.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The driver education car that you will drive is a 2026 Toyota Camry XLE Hybrid Sedan that has been inspected by the ND Department of Transportation.\u00a0 This car is equipped with some unique safety features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor brake (required by the ND DOT)<\/li>\n<li>Instructor mirror (required by the ND DOT)<\/li>\n<li>First aid kit (required by the ND DOT)<\/li>\n<li>Fire extinguisher (required by the ND DOT)<\/li>\n<li>Back-up camera<\/li>\n<li>DRL &#8211; LED Daytime Running LightsAHB &#8211; Auto High Beams detects nearby light sources such as the headlights or tail lights of vehicles ahead. The system automatically switches between high beams and low beams to ensure optimum nighttime visibility. This also helps vehicles detect pedestrians at night from further away.<\/li>\n<li>LDA &#8211; Lane Departure Assistance with steering assist. If an inadvertent lane departure is detected, the Lane Departure Alert issues an audible warning and displays a warning on the instrument panel.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"282.25611029411766\">FSDRCC &#8211; Full-speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control that automatically adjusts vehicle speed to help maintain distance between you and the vehicle traveling in front of you.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"302.89452941176467\">BSM &#8211; Blind Spot Monitor.\u00a0 When the available Blind Spot Monitor detects a vehicle, it illuminates a warning indicator on the appropriate sideview mirror to help you know when it\u2019s safe to change lanes.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"247.9155514705882\">RCTA &#8211; Rear Cross-Traffic Alert works in much the same way. When you slowly back out of a driveway or parking spot, it provides audible and visual indicators to alert you of approaching vehicles.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Panoramic View Monitor <sup class=\"is-loaded\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"disclaimer *\" data-disclaimer=\"panoramic_view\">_ <\/sup>uses front-, side- and rear-mounted cameras to display a panoramic overhead view. It helps you get in and out of the tightest spots with confidence and evaluate the parking in the parking spot.<\/li>\n<li>Front and Rear Parking Assist with Automatic Braking (PA w\/AB) &#8211; This warns you when it detects nearby obstacles and, if necessary, under certain conditions, will reduce engine power and apply the brakes.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"154.2293014705882\">PCS w\/PD &#8211; The Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection is designed to help detect a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist and provide an audio\/visual forward-collision warning under certain circumstances. If you don\u2019t react, the system is designed to provide automatic emergency braking.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Road Sign Assist &#8211; Using an intelligent camera, Road Sign Assist (RSA) is designed to detect speed limit signs, stop signs, Do Not Enter signs and yield signs, and display an icon of the sign on the Multi-Information Display (MID).<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"172.4652536764706\">Safety Connect\u00ae. Emergency assistance is always within reach. Via Toyota\u2019s 24\/7 call center, Safety Connect\u00ae helpful features include Emergency Assistance, Stolen Vehicle Locator, Roadside Assistance and Automatic Collision Notification.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"162.59533088235293\">Ten Airbags &#8211; Camry has ten standard airbags, including a driver and front passenger Advanced Airbag System, driver and front passenger seat-mounted side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, rear seat-mounted side airbags, and front and rear side curtain airbags.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dash cams &#8211; One located on the front window to record driving in front of the vehicle, one on the front window to monitor in-car activity and conversation, and a third one on the rear window facing back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your Instructor Dr. Ron Holten has been teaching driver education since 1975 in the classroom and behind-the-wheel.\u00a0 He has taught in Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota, both in public schools and privately.\u00a0 He is licensed by the North Dakota Department of Transportation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/?page_id=2\" title=\"About\">[Read More]<\/a>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valleydrivereducation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}