Shift Above 2

An Au Pair is often a young person from another country, who helps with light housework or childcare in exchange for room and board. They typically stay for one year, during that year they drive the family car.  This can be a daunting task here in the US since our roadways differ from the ones in their country.   Maria an Au Pair here in New Jersey and, one of our students, shares her experience:  My name is María, I’m from Cali, Colombia. I came to New Jersey as an Au Pair. I have been driving for 5 months manual and automatic vehicles in my home country and here in the United States.  I have some concerns about driving in the US, for example, one of my chores is to transport my host kid frequently and with safety. Then, I was worried about a lot of differences between drive laws and street signs system between both countries. And the last one, pass both text and road test, to get my drivers license.  My concern with my driving is ...

In addition to nerves, lack of focus and small oversights with speed control, parking or even turning can add up during your road test performance and cause you to fail.   10 of the most overlooked reason why people fail their road test or get penalized. Here is our list of the most common mistakes you can make while taking the road test: Making rolling stops or quick stops Performing to slow (driving too slow) when demonstrating your basics.   Aggressive accelerating or hard braking. Not clearing both sides of the road when required to do so Moving the vehicle before they instructed you to do so Improper parking position or parking technique for road test acceptance. Too much stopping and starting while performing 3-point turn or parallel parking Overuse of the right mirror or back-up camera when allowed to use. Too much contact of the curb during parallel parking. Unnecessary or excessive movement of the wheel during straight reverse. CLICK ...

On December of 2018 Mike Moran   Ended his Affiliation with   Pro City Driving School Mike began to expand his services to work with doctors and physical therapist clients in need of specialized driving training as well as traveling to train individuals from other parts of the United States.   He continued to further expand his driving programs for Adults, International Employees & Au Pairs as well as ongoing instructing for individuals with Developmental Disabilities & various driving issues.   In April of 2019, he decided to open his own Driving School, called ShiftAbove2, which expresses Mike’s goal of going beyond driver's education, to provide a higher level of driving instruction to students of all ages and to help students to improve their driving skills and knowledge.  CLICK HERE TO ENTER Our Driving Programs Include: 6 Hour GDL & Novice Drivers Program Road Test Preparation  Au Pair Driving Program  I...