Teaching teens rules of the road virtually

For teens looking forward to hitting the road—coronavirus has pumped the brakes on their adventures.

HAS PUMPED THE BRAKES ON THEIRADVENTURES.

WMAR2 NEWSKADHIM SAT IN ON A VIRTUALDRIVING SCHOOL AND SHOWS USHOW THEY ARE TEACHING KIDSFROM HOME TO MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING..Take pkg This classroom wouldusually be filled with studentslearning the RULES OF THEROAD.

15:45;0━15:45:08“Giveme a virtual thumbs up if youcan hear me and you can see meclearly” Coronavirus closedthe physical classroom down.For students like Mia Kim thatmeans she canlicense in time for summeradventures.

2:4━2:55“Insteadof depending on my sister andmy parents I could take myselfto the fair or my friendshouse or something like that”To get your license inMaryland you have to do 30hours of in class learningspread out over ten segments&and 6 hours of driving with aninstructor.

Street SmartsOwner Chip Sheehan was oncethe driver for some big namecelebrities before switchinghis focus to reaching of youngstudents.

Now he and hiscompany are learning how toteach the hundreds of HOPEFULDRIVERS without seeing them.Chip Sheehan Owner of StreetSmarts Maryland15:33:4━15:34:01“In a normalscenario we would do theclassroom and the studentswould within 18 weeks get thembehind the wheels.

Now withthat being suspended we aregoing to have a backlog ofbehind the wheel lessons” NatJohnson teaching Teaching kidshow to safely operate hasbecome more of a passion thaa job for Kevin Johnson.

Natteaching Heteaching in an empty classroombut misses the kids.

KevinJohnson Instructor15:38:2━15:38:41“I likebeing in close proximity to mystudents so I can see theirreactions and see if they arepaying attention.

The things Ihave to say are life importantand I miss that a lot” Theyare hoping they are able tget back into the cars withstudents to continue helpingthem get their licenses.

SandyKim Office manager16:14:3━16:14:44“Iunderstand you still could getinfected but it is one on one.We do clean our vehiclesbefore each student before allthis happened anyway” MVA hassuspended deadlines for whenstudents have to completedriving hours after completingthe coursework.

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