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President Biden is currently driving a F-150 Lightning through an empty lot, with a Secret Service agent in the passenger seat. "This sucker's quick," he told reporters. Kaitlan Collins Twitter

Blame it on modern cars, which have gotten so forgiving that skills like threshold braking and skid recovery have become lost arts. That’s all well and good until the laws of physics intervene; ABS won’t always stop a car before an oak tree will, and tires won’t always generate enough grip for the electro-nannies to keep a car off a guard rail. While very few drivers have enough training to avoid all potential accidents, there’s a definite correlation between the amount of time spent practicing behind the wheel (under trained supervision) and the number of avoidable crashes on one’s driving...

Driving is the ultimate mixed blessing. Cars permit us to zip around most American cities in a way no public transit system ever could. We rely on them to go to work. To do our shopping. To see friends. But owning a car is also expensive. For most of us, a decent chunk of the money we earn goes to pay for our wheels. Once we start driving, we begin to lock ourselves into a more expensive lifestyle that requires us to earn more money. These same forces are at play when our kids start driving. It's a big step...

Chicago Schools Require Driver's Ed for the Blind CHICAGO - Most high school students eagerly await the day they pass driver's education class. But 16-year-old Mayra Ramirez is indifferent about it. Ramirez is blind, yet she and dozens of other visually impaired sophomores in Chicago schools are required to pass a written rules-of-the-road exam in order to graduate — a rule they say takes time away from subjects they might actually use. "In other classes, you don't really feel different because you can do the work other people do," Ramirez said. "But in driver's ed, it does give us the...

Rescue 4 Investigates Driver's Ed After Teen Crash Teenager Speaks About Crash That Killed Best FriendPOSTED: 4:27 pm EST November 11, 2005 A teenage girl spoke for the first time to Local 4 about a crash that claimed her best friend's life. Rescue 4 exposed a missing component in driver's education that may have made a difference in the fatal crash. The accident occurred along Interstate 75. No drugs, alcohol or excessive speeds were involved, Rescue 4 reported. Investigators cited the main problem as inexperience. Rescue 4 questioned whether state driver's education classes are teaching enough. "I blame myself. There...

Ga. Driver's Ed Teacher Pinned Under Car ASSOCIATED PRESS STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - A driver's education instructor was run over by one of her students and pinned beneath the car for 15 minutes, officials said. Two cars driven by students collided on the DeKalb County Schools driver's education lot, then one of the students backed into Patricia Erwin, running her over. She was hospitalized Friday in stable condition and underwent surgery for multiple broken bones. Erwin, 64, who has taught driving for 20 years, was working with the students on a drill that included pulling forward and backing up...