As any driver out there can relate, taking the dreaded driving test is always a nerve-wracking experience.
But it seems for learners in Georgia, they won't have to take a test at all. Keep scrolling to find out more about the controversial decision and why some aren't very happy...
Taking a driving test is never fun...
Driving tests are essential to becoming a qualified driver...
But it's safe to say...
The experience is pretty anxiety-inducing.And even though many manage to pass their driving tests (eventually)...
It can take years for a person to fully master the art of driving.And there have been some huge disasters to prove this.
Like the video that surfaced online from the southern Chinese province of Guizhou in the city of Zunyi of a very new driver getting into a spot of bother, shall we say.The video was originally shared via local media, but it has since gone viral worldwide...
The driver of the car has since been identified as a Mr. Zhang...
Zhang clearly panics when he sees the pedestrians...
Luckily for Mr. Zhang, the car instantly floats in the water...
Luckily, he managed to get out of the car and swim to safety...
So how on earth did Zhang let this happen?!
This seems to be a case of the classic "nervous driver"...
The driver was lucky to escape with just a dislocated hand...
All-in-all, many of us probably wish we could skip the whole nervous driver and dreaded test phase...
And it seems for teens in Georgia here in the States, that has actually become a reality (at least the test part, anyway).That's right...
Stormi Kenney, who owns a driving school within the state, spoke to Fox 5 Atlanta about the decision.
Georgia teens will no longer need to pass a formal driving test to get a driver's license due to the pandemic. Th… https://t.co/E9WykeJhRv— Complex (@Complex)1588201486.0
The idea seems a little out there, shall we say.
And not totally safe. "What the executive order does, it allows the teen driver to go to that next phase without having to take that road test because of social distancing problems, obviously, in trying to provide the test," said Spencer Moore, the commissioner at the Department of Driver Services, to WSB-TVEspecially since it's now parents that will be giving the green light (see what we did there) on whether their child gets a license.
Yep, really. Kenney clarified that, though road tests have been axed temporarily, drivers will still have to complete all previous requirements, including racking up forty hours of supervised time behind the wheel.Not everyone thinks it's a good idea...
New Georgia drivers don’t have to take the physical driving test to get their license? all they have to do is pass… https://t.co/MWo6y1JyrJ— Queen E (@Queen E)1588194018.0
The current executive order is set to expire in mid-May.
Hold up Georgia allowing kids to get their license without doing the driving test? We gonna die fr yall— ♥The Scale Fairy♥ (@♥The Scale Fairy♥)1588191589.0