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Chattanooga suspending driver’s education course

The driver's education program run by the city's transportation department is quadrupling tuition from $50 to $200. The program formerly was partly funded from traffic camera revenue, which disappeared when state lawmakers passed a bill banning most such cameras. The driver's education program run by the city's transportation department is quadrupling tuition from $50 to $200. The program formerly was partly funded from traffic camera revenue, which disappeared when state lawmakers passed a bill banning most such cameras.

By Staff Report August 17, 2016 1 min read

Chattanooga suspended its driver’s education program after a state law curbed how the program had been funded.

The city announced in a press release this morning that driver’s education will stop operating effective immediately. City officials will try to find a new way to fund the program.

Chattanooga had been funding the program with money generated when drivers were caught on cameras throughout town speeding. But earlier this year, the Tennessee State Legislature passed a law banning most of these cameras.

Chattanooga’s driving program began in November 2009, according to the city’s press release, and about 3,000 people have completed the courses.