Why did the Legislature raise the minimum driving age to 16?
A Fifteen and sixteen year olds have the highest rate of automobile crashes of any age, resulting in serious injury and death. Increasing the driving age, and requiring driver education and behind-the-wheel lessons and 50 hours of practice driving, should help to reduce the number of crashes by this age group. Q Why cant I teach my child to drive? A The goal of the driver education law is to make sure that all students receive the same information about driving, including traffic laws, safe driving practices, etc. Not all parents teach all of the information. You will still have a major influence on your childs driving as you let them practice drive with you. A parent or person over the age of 18 must spend at least 50 hours (40 during the day and 10 at night) driving with the student before they can obtain a drivers license.
