Getting a Washington driver's license is about to take more than a written test and a trip to the DMV.
Out-of-state drivers age 16 to 24 who are transferring to a Washington license also have to complete it, so the requirement is not limited to Washington-raised new drivers.
It is also the kind of statistic that is easy to miss in a single crash-count headline but hard to ignore once broken out by outcome, which is likely why the Legislature reached for a training mandate rather than waiting for the annual crash total to look worse before acting.
WSDOT says 15 cameras are planned to be in operation by 2027, up from the handful running at launch, a trajectory that mirrors how quickly the new driver course requirement is also moving from legislation to enforcement.
Each targets a different point in a young driver's record: before they ever hold a license, at the moment they first apply as a young adult rather than a teenager, and after they have already shown a pattern of violations on the road.
A new online work zone and first responder course becomes mandatory Nov. 1 for first-time Washington drivers under 25, the first piece of a training overhaul that phases in through 2030.