AARP Smart Driver Safety Courses in New Jersey - Fall 2024

The AARP Smart Driver Course is a driving refresher course that features research-based curriculum. The six-hour course is now the nation’s largest driving refresher course designed for drivers age 50.

The course teaches proven driving techniques to help keep you and your loved ones safe on the road.

Listed below are the Course Objectives of the AARP Smart Driver Course. As a result of completing the course, participants will:

1. Drive with increased confidence.
2. Apply research-based safety strategies to reduce the likelihood of having a crash.
3. Select and use the newest safety and advanced features in vehicles.
4. Adapt to changes that affect driving ability, including medications, alcohol, and health-related issues.
5. Make driving decisions considering the links between the driver, vehicle, and road environment.
6. Safely share the road with other road users.
7. Evaluate your driving and determine when it may be time to limit driving.
8. Explore and use other ways to travel.
9. Use the comprehensive driver aids, checklists, and resources provided.

Below, you'll find the list of New Jersey locations that are offering courses from September through October 2024.

The course is $20 for AARP members and $25 for non-members. Space is limited, so register now by calling the number that pertains to the location.

AARP also hosts FREE, 90-minute workshops to help you learn about the safety features in cars today. If you're interested in joining one of these Smart DriverTEK workshops, click here.

September 2024

• Edison, NJ - 9/5/24 and 9/30/24 at 10am
  Location: United Healthcare
  Reg. Number: (732) 509 - 3875
• Fair Lawn, NJ - 9/7/24 at 9am
  Location: Fair Lawn Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 1191
• Edison, NJ - 9/9/24 and 9/16/24 at 12:30pm
  Location: JCC of Middlesex County
  Reg. Number: (732) 494 -3232
• Titusville, NJ - 9/10/24 at 9am
  Location: Hopewell Borough Municipal Building
  Reg. Number: (609) 537 - 0236
• Wayne, NJ - 9/12/24 at 9am
  Location: Brightview Senior Living - Wayne
  Reg. Number: (973) 988 - 2582
• Totowa, NJ - 9/14/24 at 9am
  Location: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
  Reg. Number: (973) 790 - 3265
• Metuchen, NJ - 9/16/24 and 9/18/24 at 8:45am
  Location: Metuchen Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (908) 930 - 3537
• Hamilton, NJ - 9/18/24 at 9am
  Location: Penn Medicine - Hamilton
  Reg. Number: (609) 897 - 8980
• Palisades Park, NJ - 9/18/24 at 10am
  Location: United Healthcare - Bergen
  Reg. Number: (201) 654 - 9105
• Mountainside, NJ - 9/18/24 and 9/25/24 at 10am
  Location: Mountainside Rescue Squad
  Reg. Number: (908) 232 - 0015
• Elmwood Park, NJ - 9/20/24 at 8:30am
  Location: Elmwood Park Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 3342
• Tenafly, NJ - 9/20/24 at 9am
  Location: Tenafly Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (201) 569 - 2159
• Rahway, NJ - 9/20/24 at 9:30am
  Location: Rahway Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (732) 827 - 2016
• Elmwood Park, NJ - 9/21/24 at 9:30am
  Location: Elmwood Park Public Library
  Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 8888
• Plainsboro, NJ - 9/23/24 and 9/24/24 at 9:30am
  Location: Plainsboro Recreation Center
  Reg. Number: (609) 799 - 0909
• Howell, NJ - 9/24/24 at 9am
  Location: Brandywine Senior Living at Howell
  Reg. Number: (732) 915 - 2394
• Verona, NJ - 9/26/24 at 9am
  Location: Verona Community Center
  Reg. Number: (973) 239 - 6914

October 2024

• West Windsor, NJ - 10/1/24 at 9am
  Location: West Windsor Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (609) 799 - 9068
• New Providence, NJ - 10/1/24 and 10/8/24 at 11am
  Location: New Providence Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (908) 665 - 0046
• Nutley, NJ - 10/3/24 at 9am
  Location: Nutley VFW
  Reg. Number: (973) 284-4976
• Mercerville, NJ - 10/7/24 at 9am
  Location: RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center
  Reg. Number: (609) 584-5900
• Woodstown, NJ - 10/9/24 at 12:45pm and 10/10/24 at 1pm
  Location: Woodstown First Baptist Church
  Reg. Number: (856) 769 - 0214
• Montclair, NJ - 10/10/24 at 10:30am
  Location: AARP Chapter 131 - Montclair Public Library
  Reg. Number: (973) 699 - 8744
• Bayonne, NJ - 10/12/24 and 10/19/24 at 9am
  Location: 56th Street Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (973) 239 - 6914
• Princeton, NJ - 10/16/24 at 9am
  Location: Penn Medicine Princeton Health - 731
  Reg. Number: (609) 897-8990
• Pompton Plains, NJ - 10/17/24 at 8:30am
  Location: Atlantic Health Pavillion
  Reg. Number: (973) 831 - 5175
• Union, NJ - 10/17/24 at 9:30am
  Location: Union Senior Center
  Reg. Number: (908) 851 - 5290
• Piscataway, NJ - 10/21/24 and 10/23/24 at 9am
  Location: YMCA at Piscataway Community Center
  Reg. Number: (732) 562-1133
• Plainsboro, NJ - 10/21/24 and 10/22/24 at 5:30pm
  Location: Plainsboro Recreation Center
  Reg. Number: (609) 799 - 0909
• Mercerville, NJ - 10/24/24 at 9am
  Location: Capital Health - Hamilton
  Reg. Number: (609) 394 - 4153
• New Milford, NJ - 10/28/24 at 10am
  Location: New Milford Library
  Reg. Number: (201) 262 - 1221