This state no longer requires driver's training in order to get a license. If you're over 18, you can get a license to drive.
And while I admit that as we age, our reaction times slow, but also, we're not STUPID when we get behind the wheel. We don't run red lights, we don't run stop signs, we obey a Yield sign, we don't ignore speed limits, we slow down when we see a yellow warning sign pointing out a tight curve. We don't black out our windows so that no one can see past us. We don't pull out in front of someone who has the Right of Way, we learned to turn only when the way is clear.
All these transgressions are done by done by teenagers, twenty somethings, even early thirties. At least once a day, as I drive, I see someone doing something like the above. And there is NO law enforcement whatsoever. Granted, the cops have a lot better things to do, but it's infuriating when you see some punk run a red light and a Tumwater Police officer in his car watches it happen and does nothing.
Or worse, a punk thief gets caught with a stolen car...and is released back onto the street by a judge, sometimes faster than the cop has finished writing his report.
There's a reason insurance companies charge young people more money for the coverage...IF THEY HAVE IT...it's because the 'kids' grew up playing Grand Theft Auto and think it's really really cool to beat out us old troglodytes on the road.
I think this class is a good idea, but I also think the Dept of Licensing should make it far more difficult to get a license if you can't prove that you've had training.
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