If your teenage year are long gone and you still have n’t bothered to get a driver ’s license , you ’re not alone . consort to a recentstudy , the pct of people with a number one wood ’s permit decreased across all age groups between 2011 and 2014 . And , while the decrease began for those over 44 around 2008 and for those over 69 around 2011 , there has been a continuous decrease for those 16 to 44 years old since 1983 .
agree toThe Atlantic , research worker are unsure why fewer hoi polloi are drive . Some of the intellect suggested by an earlierstudyof unlicenced young adults include cost , accession to public transportation , the power to obtain transportation from others , and lack of time . Thirty - seven percentage of those surveyed claimed they were too engaged or did n’t have enough time to get their permission .
That report also found that the majority of the great unwashed polled intended to get a license eventually , even if they never did . A full 69 pct of answerer pronounce that they planned to get a licence in the next five yr , while 22 percent said they never planned to at all . The findings implied that , rather than eschew cars altogether , driving has become less of a priority than it was in the past .
The Atlanticspeculates that this may just be because we ’re traveling less , explain , “ The ease of Amazon , the upgrade of telecommuting , and the endless amusement provide by the Internet may be leading people to appease home more , but it ’s heavy to say — there ’s no inquiry available that explain these trends . ”
But whatever the reason , it seems clear get a railroad car does n’t have the cachet it did in , say , the 1980s when teen star Corey Feldman called the driver ’s permit “ a license to subsist , a license to be barren , a license to go wherever , whenever and with whomever you choose , " in the movieLicense To Drive(1988 ) . If the driver ’s permit was a symbolization of exemption to teens in 1988 , it seems like , in 2015 , not having the responsibility that come with owning a automobile may be perceive as its own sort of exemption .
[ h / t : The Atlantic ]
