Driving at 16 is no longer the norm and instructors are adapting

Both of his hands on the steering wheel, his driving instructor next to him in the passenger seat, Anthony Martella is staring down a series of orange traffic cones set up in the empty parking lot of a movie theatre near his home in Vaughan, Ont.The cones are an exercise in what to do if Mr. Martella ever needs to swerve safely out of the way of another vehicle. It’s one of the lessons he will have to learn on his way to getting his driver’s license this summer—a moment the 16-year-old is eagerly anticipating.