Driver's Education Research Paper

How Driver’s Education Makes Unsafe Drivers
Most teenagers would love to drive as soon as possible, and luckily for those of us who live in Texas, one can obtain their permit from age 15. The only problem is doing Driver’s Education. In Texas you are required to take Driver’s Education sessions for at least 32 hours prior to receiving your permit. The fastest option takes approximately a month of self-taught work limited to 2 hours per day. While the more guided in school method can take up to 4-5 months to complete within one semester, it is bloated with less than critical information. These circumstances cause teens and many of their parents to find less ‘conventional’ and cheaper methods that lead to less informed and more dangerous drivers.
The best way to understand the issue here is to take the personal experiences from two individuals who took Driver’s Education in an online scenario and in the classroom respectively. This is the best way to understand due to the variability between the different environments of Driver’s Education. There is no officially governed syllabus for Driver’s Education in the state of Texas which leaves room for information to be forgotten or for too much extra information. First we have Mr. Intisaar who took Driver’s Education online. In his words, “Driver’s Education is entirely too much. For a teenager to complete the course they need to have at least 16 separated days of learning to complete the course. Over these 16+ days they need to complete 32 hours of instruction. Once you get past the 10 hour mark however, a lot if the information I was taught was very repetitive and wasn’t entirely necessary. They tried to demonstrate the issues of talking and driving by mentioning more than 5 times. I feel as if the entire program could be condensed into 8 hours, something they do for people over 18 years here.” He demonstrates in his narrative how online courses
In fact, despite the apparent distaste for it, Driver’s Education is a necessary and timeless requirement. Which is why I decided it should be changed for efficiency, rather than be taken out of the State of Texas. In fact, most researchers will tell you it does make a difference for the better. Take this quote for example, ““This research confirms what conventional wisdom tells us – driver Educationucation makes a difference,” says Dr. William Van Tassel, AAA Manager of Driver Training Programs.” (https://drivesmartgeorgia.com/blog/2014-10-30/facts-are-drivers-ed-produces-safer-drivers) Safety is important to every parent and with facts and research behind it, Driver’s Education is here to, as it should, stay. Driver’s Education as it is right now is effective and makes a difference, but could be