<p>I think NYC does a pretty good job. The driver’s ed course is definitely not a joke, kids with permits can only drive in vehicles with dual brakes, they don’t get their licenses until age 17, and they are in probation.</p>
<p>I think Mass used to do an okay job…can’t say what it is like now. The purpose of drivers ed in NJ is to obtain a permit. When I was a kid, you had to have a permit before taking driver’s ed. Now , they do not drive cars, but learn on simulators …driving a car is not a video game.
Two 3 hour sessions with an instructor behind the wheel…my kids went on the Garden State parkway and were not even told to slow down from 55 to taking a turn at the light and intersection…I should not have been the one teaching, but that is the way it was. We live in a town where the speed limit on the mains roads is 50mph…one D got her license in the winter ( snow and ice ) the other right before the 4th of July…major tourist traffic, with our not so favorite aggressive drivers that can’t wait to get to the beach.</p>
<p>CA parent here with graduated licensing. I don’t care whether “they” enforce the law. I enforce it. If I find out it is being disobeyed, I pull the drivers license. :)</p>
<p>ebeeee ~ I don’t know if you were responding to me, but I enforced it also with my son and he understood and did not violate it. But he also had many friends who did violate it, got pulled over for other offenses, but were not ticketed for the GDL violation. And I DO care if they enforce it because that car full of teenagers with a distracted driver could plow right into me or another victim. We had a tragedy like that in NJ last year which brought the GDL topic to light once again. The law is there - it would be great if parents would enforce it, but if not, I wish the police would enforce it.</p>