DRIVE PROGRAM (Driver Rehabilitation Incorporating Vehicular Education) During the year 2004, the judges of the 52nd District Court recognized a need for courts to take a more proactive stance regarding drivers who drive on a suspended license. Research in driver behavior demonstrated a strong correlation between suspended drivers and fatality crashes in Michigan. A review of records of suspended drivers revealed driving histories characterized by prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving. Further, these drivers had a history of traffic offenses and crashes. Consequently, the target population for the DRIVE program are offenders who are charged with Drove While License Suspended, Drove While License Suspended 2nd Offense, Reckless Driving and Leave the Scene of an Accident offenses. Additionally, a review of the driving records revealed the population divided into three categories. The categories were the following: those individuals whose driving record began with substance related charges and continued to drive badly, those individuals who drive badly and ended with an ensuing substance related charge and those individuals who appear to just drive badly. We explored the question of treatment or remedy for these drivers. We learned that the driving behavior of this group is characterized by ‘thinking errors’. Such errors include the following: “I am different”, “I won’t be caught” or “I am unique, I can do this because I am special. More important, we have learned that license revocation is not relevant for this population since they will drive anyway. In collaboration with our treatment provider, we developed a cognitive restructuring group therapy program which focuses on the way the driver thinks. Teaching attitude is the key component of the treatment group. Within the group, the drivers will be forced to examine their values, strategies, beliefs, and motives about driving and themselves. Specifically, the treatment group will focus on the following: defining thinking errors and cognitive distortions, identifying personal thinking errors, learning how thinking errors connect to criminal behavior, utilizing the skills and tools to correct cognitive distortions and planning and skill building to prevent relapse. Other components of the program include a driver education program, lessons on a driving simulator and on-road driving with a certified instructor. Traditional driver training programs, which focus on psychomotor skills and driving strategies to prevent accidents, have not worked for this group of suspended drivers. They fail because the driving behavior of this group is emotionally charged and risk taking. The DRIVE Program targets, treats and monitors this group of offenders with the goal of reducing the overall crash rate.