Car and Driver: Does Driver Education Make Our Roads Safer? We Go Back to High School to Find Out

It’s 2:55 p.m. on a Monday when I pull up in front of [redacted] high school for my first day of driver education. School has just let out, and hundreds of kids are racing to their cars. Nobody looks when they back out of their spots. Stop signs? What stop signs? While those at the head of the exit line inch along, glancing at their cellphones, drivers jam up both lanes of traffic trying to queue. Others beeline across the lot to the other exit, darting between unoccupied spaces, dodging kids still on foot. Making my way to ­visitor parking is like navigating rush hour in Rome. READ MORE ››

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