Originally Posted by genec

Now, let's tone down the rhetoric a bit and examine a few realistic ideas.

First, incorporate driver training/drivers ed into a program in our public school system... just as it was when I went to school in Texas in the early '70s. This should be no less a requirement than any other subject like history or math or english. Driving or public road use is something most American adults do daily... we should train for it.

Second, ensure rules of the road for all road users is emphasized and taught, as well as the history and ethics involved. (IE, motorists do not own the road...etc )

Third, encourage cycling to school, and as a PE subject, like swmming or golf.

Fourth, "exceptions" as you mention, can be handled by the DMV, on a case by case basis; and license is or is not issued... this is just how things are done right now.

In doing all the above, training becomes a prerequisite for a license, just as are certain classes are required to graduate. And exceptions are handled by the DMV, just as it now occurs.

There, all laid out.
Of course if self driving cars ever do become reality... then driving class becomes a mere "elective."