AARP Smart Driver Safety Courses in New Jersey - Fall 2025

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 and October 2025.

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 2025

• Rahway, NJ - 9/4/2025 at 9:30 am
  
  • Location: Rahway Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (732) 827 - 2016
• Palisades Park, NJ - 9/5/2025 at 10 am
  
  • Location: United Healthcare - Bergen
  • Reg. Number: (732) 509 - 3874
• Chester, NJ - 9/12/2025 at 9:30 am
  
  • Location: Chester Senior Resource Center
  • Reg. Number: (908) 879 - 2202
• Princeton, NJ - 9/17/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Penn Medicine - Community Wellness
  • Reg. Number: (609) 897 - 8980
• Woodbury, NJ - 9/18/2025 at 10 am
  
  • Location: Woodbury Mews
  • Reg. Number: (856) 384 - 6600
• Mountainside, NJ - 9/18/2025 at 10 am
  
  • Location: Mountainside Rescue Squad
  • Reg. Number: (908) 232 - 0015
• Elmwood Park, NJ - 9/19/2025 at 8:30 am
  
  • Location: Elmwood Park Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 3342
• Edison, NJ - 9/22/2025 at 10am
  
  • Location: United Healthcare - Edison
  • Reg. Number: (732) 509 - 3875
  • in Cantonese
• Plainsboro, NJ - 9/22/2025 and 9/23/2-25 at 5:30 pm
  
  • Location: Plainsboro Recreation Center
  • Reg. Number: (609) 799 - 0909
• Lawrenceville, NJ - 9/24/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Lawrence Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (609) 844 - 7048
• Piscataway, NJ - 9/24/2025 and 9/26/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: YMCA at Piscataway Community Center
  • Reg. Number: (732) 562 - 1133
• Verona, NJ - 9/25/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Verona Community Center
  • Reg. Number: (973) 239 - 6914
• Whitesboro, NJ 9/26/2025 at 9:30 am
  
  • Location: Christ Gospel Church
  • Reg. Number: (609) 780 - 5521
• Clifton, NJ - 9/27/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Clifton Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (973) 470 - 2253
• Tenafly, NJ - 9/29/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location Tenafly Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (201) 569 - 2159
• Oradell, NJ - 9/29/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Oradell Public Library
  • Reg. Number: (201) 262 - 2613
• Edison, NJ - 9/29/2025 at 10 am
  
  • Location: United Healthcare - Edison
  • Reg. Number: (732) 509 - 3875

October 2025

• Palisades Park, NJ - 10/3/2025 at 10 am
  
  • Location: United Healthcare - Bergen
  • Reg. Number: (732) 509 - 3874
• Mercerville, NJ - 10/6/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center
  • Reg. Number: (609) 584 - 5900
• Paramus, NJ - 10/7/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Careone at Ridgewood Avenue
  • Reg. Number: (201) 652 - 1950
• Montville, NJ - 10/7/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Montville Senior House
  • Reg. Number: (973) 299 - 5087
• New Providence, NJ - 10/7/2025 and 10/14/2025 at 11 am
  
  • Location: New Providence Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (908) 665 - 0046
• Bridgewater, NJ - 10/9/2025 and 10/16/2025 at 1 pm
  
  • Location: Somerset County Senior Wellness Center - Bridgewater
  • Reg. Number: (908) 203 - 6101
• Fair Lawn, NJ - 10/11/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: Fair Lawn Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 1191
• Woodstown, NJ - 10/15/2025 at 12:45 pm and 10/16/2025 at 1 pm
  
  • Location: Woodstown First Baptist Church
  • Reg. Number: (856) 769 - 0214
• Union, NJ - 10/16/2025 at 9:30 am
  
  • Location: Union Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (908) 851 - 5290
• Hamilton, NJ - 10/16/2025 at 10:45 am
  
  • Location: Mercer County Connection
  • Reg. Number: (609) 890 - 9800
• Elmwood Park, NJ - 10/17/2025 at 8:30 am
  
  • Location: Elmwood Park Senior Center
  • Reg. Number: (201) 796 - 3342
• Bayonne, NJ - 10/18/2025 at 9 am
  
  • Location: 56th Street Senior Center - Bayonne
  • Reg. Number: (973) 239 - 6914