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Au Pair Driving Evaluation

If you are still hesitant about letting your Au Pair drive your children around reconsider, let us at Tom’s Driving School evaluate them. Tom’s instructors are professionally trained and state certified. We will provide the highest levels of safety instruction. Our ultimate goal is to instruct our students so they become a safe, responsible, defensive driver.


Tom’s offers on the road instruction for $90.00 per hour, 3 hours for $270.00, and 5 hours for $450.00 Lessons can be done in Tom’s car or the car your au pair will be driving. The driving instructor will report back to you on how your au pair driving session went.


All adults (18 years of age and older) who have not previously held a license in Connecticut or any other State, must take a mandatory 8hour Safe Driving Course, prior to receiving a Connecticut Driver’s License. Tom’s Driving School offers this 8hour course online only. Classroom instruction will begin once student is registers and payment is made. The cost is $130.00. Students will be sent an invite through email to join our online Google Classroom. This 8hour course consist of rules and regulations, road signs and markings, vehicle control, IPDE, and alcohol and drugs. Personal g-mail account is preferred.

Au Pair - Man And His Son Driving Car in Riverside, CT
Connecticut's Child Safety Requirements
State car seat regulations require children and teens to be buckled in an appropriate child restraint based on their age, weight and height. However, only the car or booster seat weight and age restrictions for child restraints are taken into consideration by the law. The following list explains how the laws operate in CT:
Age Weight Required Child Restraint System Other Requirements
Infant under 1 year of age Less than 20 pounds Rear-facing infant car seat
1 year of age to 7 years of age Less than 60 pounds Approved child car seat
7 years of age and older Less than 60 pounds Approved booster seat Booster seat must be secured by a seat safety belt that includes a shoulder belt
7 years of age and older 60 pounds or more Approved booster seat or seat belt Booster seat must be secured by a seat safety belt that includes a shoulder belt
  • Infants younger than two years old and less than 30 pounds must be secured in a rear-facing child restraint.

  • Toddlers between the ages of two and four–weighing from 30 to and 39 pounds, respectively – must be secured in a front-facing child restraint with a five-point harness system.

  • Children between the ages of five and seven years old and more than 40 pounds but less than 60 pounds must ride in a booster seat and use a vehicle lap and shoulder belt.

  •  Children eight years old or older who weigh 60 pounds or more can wear a seat belt without child restraint devices.