State auditors flag Georgia’s driver’s ed program for outdated lessons, lack of rigor

A new state audit of the Georgia's driver’s education program found that its curriculum is outdated that training requirements are below standard.
Traffic flows in and out of downtown Atlanta on the I-75/I-85 Connector Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Georgia’s driver’s education program uses outdated curriculum standards, with three of the four approved classroom curricula more than 15 years old, which also happens to be the age when a person is old enough to get a learner’s permit in Georgia. And while training requirements for new drivers in Georgia are comparable to other states, they are less stringent than recommended standards.

Those are among the findings of a new state audit of the Georgia Department of Driver Services driver’s education program, which also found that the most commonly-used method of driver’s education is also the least effective.

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