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Jun07
Driving licence holding down in US as well as UK
The driving licence is no longer the first aspiration of a teenager in the US.
Trends are analysed in a recent article in "Advertising Age". The analysis shows that licence holding among, for example, 18 year olds has dropped from 86% in 1978 to 68% in 2008.
The article can be found on the Advertising Age web-site.
Similar trends apply to all teenage years - indeed, at the very end of the article, a comparison of overall licence holding by age group shows that licence holding has declined in all age groups between 1998 and 2008.
There is speculation about why this trend should have happened, particularly among the young.
Some States have increased minimum driving ages: some have tightened requirements. The inability to use portable electronic devices and an interest in the environment are seen as other causes.
The same trend is apparent in the UK: driving licence holding in the 17-21 year old cohort has been dropping for some time, and has only shown a slight uptick in the last set of statistics.
Interesting!
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