'Five O Driving School' hires former first responders to teach students how to drive

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- When you're learning to drive, it tin beryllium nerve-racking.

You person to larn the functions of the conveyance and each the rules of the road.

But who amended to thatch you those rules than the men and women who utilized to enforce them?

Instructor Rodney Cancio spent astir 3 decades arsenic a sergeant with the Fresno Police Department.

He and each teacher with Five O Driving School are erstwhile archetypal responders.

"We wanted to employment a driving schoolhouse with lone archetypal responders due to the fact that we saw the payment of having archetypal responders thatch these teenagers however to drive," Owner James Barnard said.

He inactive works successful instrumentality enforcement.

He says that during their anterior careers, instructors were taught peculiar operator training.

They besides responded to and investigated countless crashes they're present hoping to assistance their clients avoid.

"Pretty overmuch each of our instructors person worked mishap investigations, person been responding to unspeakable tragedies and they've been capable to stock firsthand however these accidents could've been avoided and prevented," Barnard said.

Barnard says their cognition helps them to thatch beyond what's required connected the DMV test.

"We'll spell afloat into parking maneuvers, dilatory speed, precocious velocity and we'll springiness real-world beingness experiences erstwhile we're teaching these teenagers however to drive," Barnard said.

All of the grooming vehicles are Dodge Chargers.

Each is equipped with cameras truthful they tin usage the video for grooming purposes.

Barnard says the eventual extremity is to assistance drivers walk the DMV trial and get location safely.

"Being these retired instrumentality enforcement archetypal responders, you know, a batch of times we were gathering radical with antagonistic interactions. We were giving tickets, you know, we were connected the country of a crime." Barnard said. "Now we tin benignant of person a antithetic enactment with them, bring those experiences and possibly prevention them that summons from being down the road."

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