BOARDMAN — Three weeks ago, a new program at All Star Driving School, 6714 Market St., was launched.

The school now offers “Teach with a Pro,” an online series of videos to help parents and instructors teach their student drivers and make driving seem like an easy task.

Owner Greg Anderson said he had been working on this idea for more than a year and was working on putting it together. The whole idea came from comments he got from parents who were trying to help their children learn to drive.

“I had parents tell me, ‘I wish I had you in the car’,” Anderson said about parents working with their kids. “Those comments gave me the incentive to do this program.”

Anderson’s new program features the tricks of the trade and the actual training that instructors are given.

“All the exercises in the videos were originally designed to teach my instructors,” Anderson said. “Everything we teach in driver education is in the videos.”

He took the content of those videos and designed a program that parents could use when they take their kid out to a parking lot to learn to drive.

“One thing we noticed was a lot of students came to us after working hours with their parents, and they developed bad habits,” Anderson said. “This program is a tool to help parents be more effective and teach good habits.”

In making the videos, Anderson used head cameras and drones to film a real vehicle going through the moves. He said it required a lot of filming as well as time editing for the final program.

He already has seen students change their habits and become more confident behind the wheel using the techniques in the program. He also believes any student / parent using this program will be almost 100% certain to pass their driver’s exam on the first try.

He said one of the biggest areas of failure is the maneuverability test. He said that is conquered by teaching students the techniques first.

“We have found the kids who know how to pass maneuverability are the ones who have the fundamentals,” he said.

He uses a figure-eight pattern that gets the student used to the vehicle. It gives the student a feel for how the vehicle responds and how to make a turn or accelerate safely.

Anderson has been in the driver training profession for over 30 years. He said he wanted to offer a tool that parents could easily use and could see good results.

He said the training also can be useful for adults who are getting their license for the first time. He said in the coming weeks, he will be working with three adults getting their first license and is using them as a test case to see how the program works for them.

“When they pass their test the first time, that will prove the power of these videos,” Anderson said.