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I took my Driver’s Ed in high school 45 years ago. It was an elective and we did have to pay for it (I don’t remember the cost but it wasn’t expensive).

The instructor was one of the teachers, and we’d go out 3 students and the instructor, taking turns driving. It helped to learn from others mistakes, too.

I don’t know when they stopped it, but kids nowadays don’t seem to be much interested in getting their DL. Back then it was a step toward adulthood and everyone wanted to get theirs asap.

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Years ago it made insurance a little cheaper if they took driver's education. They quit that discount a while back.


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Cars are expensive! We used to have a local Mom and Pop Chevy dealer donate a two steering wheel model every 5 years or so. He sold out to a Mega dealer and no more cars. That was 45 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Jiveturkey
Years ago it made insurance a little cheaper if they took driver's education. They quit that discount a while back.


Discount is still offered.


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Two different classes when I was that age.

"Driver's Education"............all classroom stuff. Movies from the CHP with pictures of burnt "baconized" bodies in the front seat of drunk driving wrecks. I think those were later determined to be too "graphic" for some students and were stopped. Mostly going over all the rules of the road and safety stuff high school kids are so interested in. smirk

Then, if one passed the classroom aspect, there was "Driver's Training", which was the on the road portion. Ours was cool, first there were a few days in the trailer on the simulators, then actual combat. Ours was a '68 or so Buick Electra 225 with plenty of power. One session was out on the rural roads in the area, at that time 65MPH limit. Pulled over, switched drivers, this gal I went to grade school with was next up. She was sort of the shy, clumsy type. Gravel/dirt shoulder to that road. Gal slowly, ever so slowly starts to pull out onto the rural highway after checking her mirrors and hitting the turn signal. SLOWLY, and I mean that. Teacher reaches over the transmission hump with his left leg, mashes the accelerator, the big four barrel opened up and horsepower hit those rear wheels. Dirt roostertail. Looks at the gal and said if there was traffic you'd have likely gotten hit. This thing has power, learn to use it. I think I could enjoy a big old boat like that nowadays.

I can't recall the folks ever having to send extra money for it, part of the package of education as far as I know.


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Drivers education is probably racist now

We took it thru school but on 2 Saturdays
Even had drivers Ed cars to use.
Teachers were the instructors

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When I was in high school (80's), it was a regular class period. I always drove first, because whoever was second had to parallel park when we got back to the school! Lol
Other kid never did catch on to that one!

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When I took drivers ed nearly 30 years ago it was still done at the high school and taught by teachers mostly during the summer. There was fee but it wasn’t a whole lot. Book work, simulators inside of some trailers and three kids to a car driving with an instructor. Now it’s all taught through private driving schools.

Getting a DL and being able to ride around and chase girls and whatnot was huge. I agree that overall kids today seem to care less and do more on there phone compared to driving around looking for the party spots ect. like we did when I was that age.

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Originally Posted by Wannabebwana
I took my Driver’s Ed in high school 45 years ago. It was an elective and we did have to pay for it (I don’t remember the cost but it wasn’t expensive).

The instructor was one of the teachers, and we’d go out 3 students and the instructor, taking turns driving. It helped to learn from others mistakes, too.

I don’t know when they stopped it, but kids nowadays don’t seem to be much interested in getting their DL. Back then it was a step toward adulthood and everyone wanted to get theirs asap.

I agree 100%.
My son is 20 and got his Lic the second it was legal.
I had him driving my truck on dirt roads and trails when he was 10.
He has friends who still don't know how to drive.


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The kids don't want to learn to drive--- they are waiting for the self driving cars

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They are hoping the children will rely on public transportation for the Greater Good of our Planet..... plus it gets rid of the freedom of self travel. Do y'all remember the freedom of your first car. These generations are being trained to rely on others for everything......

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Years ago it made insurance a little cheaper if they took driver's education. They quit that discount a while back.


Discount is still offered.

Farm bureau is what we have & they give no discount, but they screw me on everything else to.


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Originally Posted by Jiveturkey
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Years ago it made insurance a little cheaper if they took driver's education. They quit that discount a while back.


Discount is still offered.

Farm bureau is what we have & they give no discount, but they screw me on everything else to.


That sucks.


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My drivers ed was with mules..... up hill both ways


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In Idaho you can get a license at 15 with DI and 17 without it. In the 50's, they started DI and in about '62 they dropped the driving age from 16 to 15. I was born in the wrong month and wasn't able to start at 15. It's still offered in most high schools.


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We had three parts. Took up the better part of a semester of PhysEd, which was still mandatory for sophomores.

Actual time on the road, classroom, and simulators, given in no particular order to get everyone covered. I think I got my training in exactly reverse order of what one would expect. They pulled me and two other guys out of gym, put us in a car, and made us drive.


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Why did they stop drivers ed? Because it's a skill you NEED in life. Wood shop, gone. Auto shop, gone, welding shop, gone, ag shop,gone...anything of any practical real life use, gone. Any subject that can help a kid raised by Mommy, any subject that has even a hint of masculinity, is taboo...replaced by touchy-feely BS designed to make the kids swallow the ultimate socialist immersion coming in college. Ka-ching, that'll be fifty grand please.


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1973 for me. All done in school. There were 2 of us at a time. Bonnie Hoffman, cute as hell, don't remember saying more than 2 words to her. We actually ran errands for the teacher. We would go to garden centers and a local big box store and then drive it up to his home. Potting soil, flowers etc. He lived in Turnbull Canyon in SoCal so that was actually pretty good training for twisty roads and hills. Our freeway driving was 1 on ramp, about a mile and then the road turned into a 2 lane highway.
As far as no interest in DL, I have a great niece that waited until she turned 18 and a great nephew that is 18 and still doesn't have his. He is a sweet kid but really a momma's boy.
All the kids in my town went for their licenses on our 16th birthdays.

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