Fresh Green Light Brings Driver's Ed into the 21st Century
Rye business uses hybrid cars and enhanced technology to teach students--young and old--how to drive.
Ask anyone who learned to drive within the last 25 years and they'll probably tell you driver's ed was a necessary, yet uneventful, rite of passage. It probably entailed hours of classroom instruction and driving lessons behind the wheel of a beat up 1980's sedan. However, one new business in Rye is trying to modernize the way people learn to drive. Fresh Green Light, a driving school that opened on Purchase Street in November, uses enhanced technology and computer instruction as part of its driver training program. The business is also eco-friendly. It has a small fleet of hybrid cars and uses paperless methods for most of its record keeping and communication. Its building was even constructed out of "green" and recyclable materials. The …
