Monday, July 07, 2025

Last year, in Ohio there were 97 fatal crashes involving at least one teen driver. In 67 of them, investigations found a teen to be at fault for the accident.

58 percent of fatal teen crashes involved drivers aged 18 or 19.

34 percent of the at-fault teens involved in a fatal accident didn’t have a record of driver’s education.

In an effort to improve safety, the state is changing a law surrounding driver’s license eligibility. In the past, anyone over 18 could opt out of driver’s education. Now, they’ll have to take it if they’re under 21.

the new law does nothing for improving training itself

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  1. Marc B10:10 AM

    This is the first time I have heard of this change, and I live in Ohio. I know of a few kids who didn't want to get their license when they were 16, or were afraid of driving at that time. In my opinion, it is a good thing to still require training for these drivers, because I think they will probably not be as good at driving as the kids who wanted to get their licenses as soon as possible.

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