Originally Posted by
djk7
There's a good reason for that. In most states, no formal training is required at all, and most people learn to drive from a friend or relative who most likely isn't very good at either.
This is, sadly, true. Some states require courses at a professional driving school, but only if you are under 18.
Licensing requirements vary by state, but in Florida, you have to pass a simple signs test, a ludicrously easy written test in your choice of languages, and the "road" test is given in a fenced in course with no other cars, and only large enough to get up to 10 mph.
And afterwards, you are legal to drive not only in Florida, but in the other 49 states (and many other countries) that may have stricter requirements for their own residents.
The written tests are usually ludicrously easy, but oddly mine had 6 questions about bicycles.
However, to be fair, only once have I been run off the road by an insane driver clearly breaking the law, and it was in the UK.