Opinion: Driver’s Ed should be brought back.

Driver’s ed is an elective course that Carter High School, along with many other schools in the state, but no longer does, allowing students the option to learn to drive at school. The course offered information on road rules, alcohol use while driving, road safety tips, and at some schools a chance to get behind the wheel. However, the past decade or so, many schools have dropped the class. This was due to a variety of reasons: some due to funding, lack of students interested, not enough of the qualifications. Along with this though, the interest teens have in getting their licenses and driving themselves has decreased. I believe that this course should be brought back and encouraged students to take their sophomore year. For a lot of teenagers, they don’t have reliable and safe ways to learn to drive at home. They might not have a car they can learn in, or their parents/guardians might not have time to fully teach them. A lot of teenagers don’t know how to safely and legally be out on the roads and Drivers ed would offer them that chance. I think funding and investing into bringing the course back to Carter High School and many other Tennessee schools would benefit teens and parents both.