Curriculum Resources for Driver Education and Safety Providers
The Community Safety Education Act requires that driver education and driving safety courses include information about law enforcement procedures for traffic stops. The Flashing Lights video will be used to fulfill this requirement. The video demonstrates the proper actions for law enforcement officers and motorists to take during a traffic stop, including:
- the role of law enforcement and the duties and responsibilities of peace officers;
- a person's rights concerning interactions with peace officers; proper behavior for civilians and peace officers during their interactions;
- laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences when either officers or motorists or passengers fail to comply with those laws; and
- how and where to file a complaint against a peace officer or to submit a compliment for a peace officer.
"Flashing Lights" Video
The Community Safety Education Act video can be streamed from YouTube. You may also download a high-quality MP4 version (1.8 GB), which will download in a ZIP archive.
Stream the Video
Download the Video
Instructors should use the Community Safety Education Act PowerPoint Presentation (PPTX) as a teaching guide to the video.
Texas Driving with Disabilities Program
The Texas Driving with Disabilities program focuses on improving the interaction between law enforcement and drivers with disabilities who have unique communication needs. Texans now have the option to disclose “Communication Impediment” directly on the front of their Department of Public Safety-issued Driver License or State ID or added to their vehicle record when registering their vehicle through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. This designation will alert trained officers to an individual who may be slower to respond to commands or to one who is deaf or hard of hearing.
TDLR collaborated with the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to develop information about the Texas Driving with Disabilities Program that must be included in the required Driver Education & Safety curriculum.
Resources: A complete list of resources can be found on the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities website.
Getting Started – To be included in the Driving with Disabilities program, individuals must complete the following forms and submit them to the applicable agency.
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Form VTR-215 Deaf Driver Awareness (with specialty license plate)
- Form VTR-216 Communication Impediment (without specialty license plate)
Recreational Water Safety (Julia Wells Act)
Human Trafficking
Information Relating to Human Trafficking Prevention must include:
- activities commonly associated with human trafficking
- recognition of potential victims of human trafficking, and
- methods for assisting victims of human trafficking, including how to report human trafficking
Human trafficking information can be found by visiting the Office of the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Page and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign and TDLR webpages:
