Beginning Sept. 30, anyone under the age of 21 who gets a driver’s license in Ohio will have to go through driver’s education classes first.

Currently, driver’s ed is required for 16 and 17-year-olds. But it is not required for anyone over 18. Gov. Mike DeWine said it should be.

“We know that the most dangerous group of drivers on the road, for themselves and for others, are 18 and 19 year olds,” DeWine said.

DeWine said it makes sense to expand that to require driver’s ed classes for anyone under the age of 21 because statistics show it leads to safer drivers. He said too many young drivers who initially fail the test to get a license use the strategy of taking it over and over again until they pass.

“Young people who go through driver’s training become safer drivers; safer for themse

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