Georgia Governor Brian Kemp rescinded a controversial executive order allowing parents to approve teens for a driver's license after public outcry.
"Faced with criticism for allowing teenagers to obtain driver’s licenses without taking a road test, Gov. Brian Kemp issued a new order Tuesday requiring the tests," report David Wickert and Greg Bluestein.
It only took a couple of weeks for the governor to reverse a previous decision to allow parental consent, rather than a driver's test conducted by the state, for young residents to be granted a driver's license. Thousands of teenagers took advantage of the relaxed rules, before Gov. Kemp changed his mind, however. "Some 20,000 teenagers had already taken advantage of a testing waiver the governor issued last month," according to the article. "Under the new order, those teens must take the test by Sept. 30."
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