Some schools or areas, like mine, don't have a driver's Ed course so we just watch a video on driver safety. Though the one I had to watch was 4hrs not 15mins. We practice on our own like at empty parking lots or streets that aren't very busy.

I forget which insurance it was but when I was still with my parents, the insurance company sent you a video to watch with a quiz to take. If you passed and also had a clean driving record, you got the discount. Every insurance company is different. It depends on the company. Unfortunate for OP, for sure! Ugh.

State farm requires 30 hours in class and 6 on the road and the official certificate to prove that you took the right course!

Where I live, you get a certificate when you pass and you have to show that. They also call the driving school to make sure.

Brilliant. Best comment ive read in forever.

"15 minutes can save you 15% or more on car insurance." —GEICO

So much for "everyone knows that"

thumbs down for misquoting

Way to butcher their slogan

I had no video, but I had a driving journal I had to fill out stating weather conditions, if there was an animal I encountered on the road, difficult turns, etc. Mostly made the whole thing up and did the required hours and then I was allowed to take the test.

Here in Georgia anyone under 17 and a half is required to take a 30 hour online driving course and pass a test on it to get their license. And of course the system is terrible and shuts down all the time, causing you to have to restart the entire process any time it does.

not all tests are the same. my test was super easy and passed without going on the highway, but a friend of mine took the test from the same building and his was far more difficult then mine.

In my state, new drivers have a hard test. You have to properly adjust all mirros and seats before the test, test all lights and signals, parallel park, do a three point and five point turn around, show you can properly park both up hill and down hill, know the use of the parking brake, and use it; they take you both highway, town and country and ask you all sorts of questions while you're driving. I took mine on an 1/8th inch of ice and it SUCKED. It's a pain, but when I went to renew at 25, I went around the block and that was it. The first test is after a semester of in class study and 60 hours of on the road driving in all conditions.

Some states have more difficult tests than others. Mine was easy in one state and the test I had to take when I moved to another state was much, much harder.