Melvin Fratzke: Dangerous cut

After my stepdaughter completed her classroom portion of driver’s education, I offered to teach her to drive; she took me up on it. Suffice it to say, it was not a good experience, not from her actions, but mine. Luckily, no accident and no one was hurt, but I quickly realized that some tasks should be left to the professional.

The rationalization for dropping the requirement for driver’s ed is the participant having to pay a small fee (“Many say N.C. still needs drivers’ ed,” June 23 Road Worrier column).

A fee for proper training is a very small part of the total equation (gas, insurance, a car, etc.) and, as I recall when I took driver’s ed, we got a cut in our insurance for completing the course. If this is not now the case, perhaps it should be explored.

If state funding for driver’s ed is completely cut, it should still be required as part of the driver’s license acquisition process, but I’m very willing to have my tax money spent for this program.

This story was originally published June 25, 2015 at 5:19 PM with the headline "Melvin Fratzke: Dangerous cut."