{"id":3444,"date":"2026-08-13T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/?page_id=3444"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:04:21","slug":"sheriffs-teen-driving-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/sheriffs-teen-driving-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s Teen Driving Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Teen Driver Challenge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_415366701-Teen-Driving-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hands-on and classroom-based program designed to help teens ages 15 \u2013 19 become safe drivers. The program combines classroom instruction with behind-the-wheel practice and a driving simulator to prepare teens for real-world scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eligibility:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Must be 15 \u2013 19 years old.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Must have a valid learner\u2019s permit or driver\u2019s license.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Should have at least one month of driving experience with a parent or qualified adult before attending.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact for Registration:\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:teendriverchallenge@polksheriff.org\">teendriverchallenge@polksheriff.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Call: 863-668-3100 ext 119<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polksheriff.org\/programs-services\/teen-driver-challenge\">https:\/\/www.polksheriff.org\/programs-services\/teen-driver-challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Information for other counties coming soon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen Driver Challenge Hands-on and classroom-based program designed to help teens ages 15 \u2013 19 become safe drivers. The program combines classroom instruction with behind-the-wheel practice and a driving simulator to prepare teens for real-world scenarios. Eligibility: Must be 15 \u2013 19 years old. Must have a valid learner\u2019s permit or driver\u2019s license. Should have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3444"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3444\/revisions\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swflroads.com\/d1safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}