The Governor’s office has dropped the road test requirement for teens applying for drivers licenses, which has some parents concerned.
The official road test is normally a rite of passage for teens to get a driver’s license.
For obvious reasons, the tests were put on hold during the pandemic.
“What the executive order does, it allows the teen driver to go to that next phase without having to take that road test because of social distancing problems, obviously, in trying to provide the test,” said Spencer Moore, the commissioner at the Department of Driver Services.
Instead, teens who qualify can apply for a provisional license on the DDS website. They’ll have to provide affidavits that they have completed about 40 hours of driver training either by a parent or instructor.
The commissioner said that much time behind the wheel brings the skills and confidence to get a license, which has been clear in the road tests they normally do.
“Many of them are trained in those settings and they are ready to go,” Moore said. “We see a very high pass rate. we see more than eighty percent on their first round go.”
What are your thoughts?
No comments