Change in South Dakota Law Hopes to Improve Teen Driving
Teenage drivers in South Dakota, already among the youngest in America, will have to do more behind the wheel before they get their restricted driver s permits.
Beginning next month (July 1), 14-year olds in the state with an instruction permit will need twice as much time behind the wheel before they can proceed to the next level of licensing process.
The new law, passed by the South Dakota Legislature in 2020, will now require young drivers who have successfully passed driver s education to operate a vehicle for 180 days before being eligible for a restricted driver s permit.
An Arkansas man was identified as the person who died last Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash north of Groton, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.