Drive and drive some more

Drive and drive some more

Marietta Times: Regardless of what you think about Ohio’s pending option in teaching teens how to drive via online class work, it’s good to see eight hours of behind-the-wheel experience remains a mandate. In fact, we think a few more hours of driving practice could be valuable.

There’s a vigorous debate about the value of online training, which is being allowed in a new state law.

The driving instruction industry criticizes the new law, saying online instruction robs drivers-in-training of valuable interaction gained in face-to-face instruction.

Online proponents counter that training on the Web gives students an option of flexibility to fit studies into their family’s busy lives.

Above all, we think drivers need a huge dose of practice behind the wheel. Nothing can replace experience