Ashburn Driving School

06/26/2024

DON’T TREAD ON THIN ICE … GIVE THOSE TIRES A GOOD 👀LOOKING OVER 👀 THIS WEEK AND ALSO CHECK AIR PRESSURE

03/02/2024

01/06/2024

Blessings to all for the New Year and the Epiphany!

01/06/2024

Wishing everyone a blessed New Year and Epiphany!

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11/20/2023

Project Yellow Light is a scholarship competition designed to bring about change. As an applicant you have one clear mission: create a video or billboard to encourage your friends to avoid distracted driving, specifically, texting while driving.

11/20/2023

Ashburn Driving School has SO MANY talented and creative students, please read! Scholarship offered by Project Yellow Light: two $8,000, and four $2,000 awards for students who can create a video, billboard, or radio ad encouraging your peers to develop and embrace safe driving habits.

Project Yellow Light is a scholarship competition designed to bring about change. As an applicant you have one clear mission: create a video or billboard to encourage your friends to avoid distracted driving, specifically, texting while driving.

11/20/2023

And another . . . again, not for children . . . .

Project Yellow Light College Winning Video 2014

11/20/2023

"Listen to me! I am Captain of the Track Team . . . ." The start of the holiday season, when driving can be especially dangerous, is the right time to re-share this heart-rending video: Warning: it's not for children nor the faint of heart. Also see my post above about the scholarship competition that produced this video and how you can enter this year.

Created by Paul Price and Josh Falkum.Project Yellow Light College Winning Video 2014

11/11/2023

Ashburn Driving School is proud to salute America's Veterans. We are most grateful to you and to your families for your service and sacrifice.

10/03/2023

https://youtube.com/shorts/KBb4YkEbGUY?si=2sJOwkGYYdnF2LIP
Vehicle Control Mastery | Cone Course Swerve and Skid | Evasive Maneuvers | The Ashburn Driving Difference

*************************************************************************KEEP SAFETY ITEMS:Safety items are essential: a tire gauge, cones, flares, a blanket...

09/12/2023

https://youtu.be/x1msj-tuJQE

Overview of Driving Lessons with Mr. T.Ride along and learn to drive carefully, defensively, offensively, and professionally.Become an excellent driver, lear...

09/09/2023

09/09/2023

Thanks to our Students and Parents for voting us Finalists in Best of Loudoun!

06/27/2023

Our sincerest thanks to our students and their families for placing us as Finalists in the 2023 Best of Loudoun Driving Schools category
as we celebrate our Tenth Anniversary of dedicated service to our Community through our mission of Driving to Save Lives.

Find out now if your faves came out on top.

01/23/2023

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01/21/2023

Welcome! Ashburn Driving School was founded in 2013 by Lyle Tulloch, a lifelong Northern Virginian.

Ashburn Driving School provides professional-level behind-the-wheel defensive driver education while meeting and surpassing the rigorous standards of a Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles-regulated driver instruction school.

Ashburn Driving School is licensed, bonded, and insured, and our instructors are licensed and certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

Ashburn Driving School considers it its primary mission to provide
its students with the knowledge and reasoning behind the professional driving maneuvers we teach in order to produce competent, capable drivers who posses driving skills for a lifetime of safe and successful roadway navigation.

It is our goal and purpose that our students would consider it their honor and responsibility to set the pace, raise the bar, and be the standard on the roadway every time they take the wheel.

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11/25/2022

A month or so ago, Cathy was driving on Route 66 East at dusk, around 7pm, and seemingly out of nowhere, a coyote jumped from the side of the road directly into the high-speed traffic. Cathy was traveling at about 50mph and hit her brakes as safely as she could so as to avoid above all causing an accident and also to hopefully avoid hitting the animal. The coyote was fast and was able to outrun her vehicle, which he did for a second or two, and then he did some kind of quick spin-and-circle right in the middle of all the traffic and jumped back onto the side road and into the woods as quickly as he had appeared.

Wanted to post this to create awareness that this sort of thing really can happen; we need to be alert and ready at every moment while navigating the roadways to handle situations like these that have the potential for grave harm.

Thankfully Cathy and all the other drivers around this coyote were able to navigate successfully.

Here's some information in an article from years ago, but there's plenty of further updated information if you google "coyotes in Fairfax County VA":

https://m.facebook.com/fairfaxcountyPD/photos/suspected-coyote-attack-in-annandale-a-dog-is-believed-to-have-been-killed-overn/1806162089425920/

SUSPECTED COYOTE ATTACK IN ANNANDALE: A dog is believed to have been killed overnight Sunday in a suspected coyote attack in the 7000 block of Bradley Circle in Annandale. The pet had been let out in the backyard of a home to use the bathroom, and could not be located by its owner hours later. When the owner went back out to look again, the dog was found dead just outside the yard. An animal matching the description of a coyote had been seen nearby both before and after the suspected attack.

Wildlife officials have experienced an increase in the number of calls reporting coyote sightings in recent weeks across Fairfax County. Coyotes are now established and widespread in Fairfax County so it is important for residents to know and understand a bit more about them in order to safely coexist with these secretive wild neighbors.

Unprovoked coyote attacks on humans are very rare. In most cases where coyotes have acted aggressively, a coyote is responding to the presence of a dog, is in close proximity of a den with pups, or has become too comfortable around humans, often a result of people feeding them.

Precautions should be taken in areas where coyotes are active to minimize encounters with people and their pets.

• Never feed or attempt to “tame” a coyote.

• Place garbage and compost in an animal-proof container, such as a metal trash can with latches on the lid or secure with bungee cords.

• Keep trash inside until the morning of trash pick-up whenever possible.

• Do not feed pets outside or store pet food outside.

• Put away bird feeders at night to avoid attracting small rodents and other coyote prey.

• Trim shrubbery to ground level to remove hiding cover.

• Close up all openings under porches/decks, crawl spaces or out-buildings where animals might establish dens.

• Keep small pets inside and do not leave unattended when outside.

• Be alert at dusk and dawn. Coyotes are most active at night and early morning hours; however, they may be active during the day in search of food or denning sites.

If a coyote is sighted around your residence, let it know it will not be tolerated. Use hazing techniques to frighten coyotes from the property or exclusion measures to restrict their access in areas where they are unwanted. In some cases, repeat hazing attempts may be necessary to get a coyote to leave an area.

• Do not run from a coyote.

• From a safe position, yell and wave your arms at the coyote.

• Use noisemakers such as whistles, air horns, bells, “shaker” cans full of marbles or pennies, or pots and pans banged together.

• Throw non-edible objects in the direction of the coyote including sticks, small rocks, cans, or tennis balls.

• Spray the coyote with a water hose.

• Install motion sensor lights or a motion-activated sprinkler around your home.

• Install fencing to keep coyotes out of yards. Fencing should be at least 6 feet tall, have an outward slanting overhang or roller-type device to prevent coyotes from climbing or jumping, and have an L-shaped mesh apron buried one to two feet to deter digging. Few fences are completely coyote-proof.

11/22/2022

Guard against driver fatigue: keep some peppermints and protein bars in your glove compartment; so when you feel like you're becoming fatigued, these will help keep you alert until you can safely pull over, rest your eyes and get refreshed.

Our Arrive Alive Don't Text and Drive coffee mugs come filled with driver-fatigue helps like these--call or text us to order them at $15 each; 703-431-6728.

11/22/2022

Now till Christmas: our Arrive Alive Don't Text and Drive coffee mugs make for great reminders around the house: use them not only for drinking coffee, they're great pen n pencil holders and vases too. Order a few for Christmas at $15 each, and/or receive one with a purchase of 5 or more road navigation lessons; call or text us at 703-431-6728 to order; supplies are limited!

11/22/2022

Our gift certificates make for a great surprise under the tree: certs for 5 or more lessons come in an "Arrive Alive Don't Text and Drive" coffee mug something like these but lots nicer:

11/22/2022

Thanks for visiting the Ashburn Driving School where our mission is Driving to Save Lives.

01/28/2020

Thanks, Jim!

-Lyle

We just completed our third experience with Ashburn Driving School and we have never been more happy with a business than this one. So many driving schools in the area...

05/16/2018

And here's some app info . . . https://www.honkforhelp.com/explore/2016/5-free-apps-to-prevent-texting-while-driving/

Updated on 4/1/2016 A report from the Virginia Tech Institute for Transportation found that you’re 23 times more likely to get in a car accident if you text while driving, far surpassing other distractions. This fact alone should stop us from reaching for the phone the next time it buzzes or pings...

05/16/2018

Please tell me what you do to avoid being tempted to text while driving. Lately I've been tossing my phone onto the back seat where I can't reach it.

05/16/2018

So sorry to post such tragedy, but these families are asking us to learn from their sorrow . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNKws1rhp8&t=29s

This is an emotional video to get everyone to see why texting and driving can kill.. This video is extremely graphic and is not recommended for anyone under ...

05/16/2018

Arrive alive . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xXnsorfms

AT&T's Texting & Driving Campaign Urges Consumers That It Can Wait. SUBSCRIBE http://go.att.com/subscribe-yt About AT&T: Laugh, learn, discover. See your fav...

05/16/2018

I can't decide which one to post, so I'm going to post a few. Please don't text and drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVEBJxS2J_Y

The road is full of people whose lives are at risk the second you take your eyes off the road to look at your phone. If you'd never use your phone with someo...

07/26/2017

So proud of Mr. T! He just received A++ perfect scoring on his yearly DMV audit. Lyle Tulloch is changing our community and our world by making it safer, one driving student at a time.