INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - Citing a fractured system administered by three separate agencies, and grim statistics, Indiana lawmakers say the state's driver education program needs an overhaul. Recently, Sarah Meyer of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles told lawmakers that a study of current drivers younger than 18 showed those who took driver's education had nearly four times the crashes that those who didn't take the classes had.
Nearly 5 percent of the 51,000 teens who took driver's education had one or more reported accidents, compared with 1 percent of the 71,932 drivers without formal driver training. the Department of Education, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and the BMV all offer drivers' education. Lawmakers are calling for consolidating the programs under one state agency and providing a uniform curriculum.
