When did students stop caring about getting a drivers license?

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

The overbearing trend with youth in this era is delayed maturity. No driver's license. No life experiences like dating and less of an ability to get out from under their parents. First it was millenials not leaving home or going back but the effects of modern living are having an effect of delaying maturity all the way down to teens post millenials. The first car is unaffordable. The first apartment is unaffordable. Etc etc.

Society

 

[concise]

ehh ... I know you're an anti-car guy but this is one of the good things to be removed from US car culture. Kids on the road tend to take horrible risks while driving from speeding to ego driven decisions when their peers are in the car to not wearing seatbelts to driving impaired.



Plus the price of used cars is way up, cost of insurance is up, cost of gas is up ... and the amount of jobs for youths goes down every year. It doesn't make sense.

 

[bnew]

ehh ... I know you're an anti-car guy but this is one of the good things to be removed from US car culture. Kids on the road tend to take horrible risks while driving from speeding to ego driven decisions when their peers are in the car to not wearing seatbelts to driving impaired.



Plus the price of used cars is way up, cost of insurance is up, cost of gas is up ... and the amount of jobs for youths goes down every year. It doesn't make sense.

I'm pro multi-modal transportation.

 

[StayOffMe]

I see it a lot amongst my teen’s peers. There were so many that failed driver’s education, whether due to poor instruction in school or lack thereof at home.

Also, the youth that would be considered new drivers probably missed it due to Covid when there was only online courses and when school resumed, social distancing really limited the size of the class and behind the wheel instruction.

 

[Piff Perkins]

If Uber was around when I was a kid I’d be using that shyt all the time too.

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

This is such a Boomer question.

Teen unemployment is in the double digits because of all the adults working retail. The price of a car is up. Price of gas constantly going up but Wages have not changed .

meanwhile they can connect via social media, use uber or scooters to get around.

 

[The ADD]

Less idiots on the road.

This be a good thing

 

[Detroit Wave]

Used car market is fukked. The jobs teens had are taken by adults because wages aint matchin costs.

 

[Arizax2]

Do they still do the dmv test at school to get the permit?

 

[Arizax2]

Brah I remember you can get a solid beater for like $1800. If you want a bit nicer one $2500 and your set for a bit. $5k gets you a car that would last 4+ years.... can't do that shyt anymore

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

What 16 year old can afford a used car and insurance? Sometimes people don't ask the right questions. Also, where are they going to go. Malls are nearly dead and kids hanglng out in public can easily be seen as loitering.

 

[RamsayBolton]

Honestly where are they gonna go? Malls are dead. Movies are whatever.

Plus they're so online and have uber etc. so its whatever. I saw the START of this when I was around that age, not surprised if its progressed further now

 

[Cakebatter]

My folks couldn't afford a car for me. Hell, they couldn't even afford the increase in insurance premiums to allow me to drive their car, Yet I still got my license at 16th. Bought my first car at 20 years old. My boys and I would drive to places Uber won't pick you up from (Parks, Lakes, etc), so I don't get the Uber excuse. The crazy price in used cars is a legit excuse for not owning car, but not for one's inability to drive one. For us cars equalled Adventure. I think social media and youtube has lulled the youth into being satisfied just watching other people doing stuff rather than having their own experiences.

 

[360dagod]

I'm happy that brick-n-mortar has lost to Amazon

I'm happy ubereats exist

I then wonder why my teen doesn't leave the house

 

[Sohh_lifted]

This is such a Boomer question.

Teen unemployment is in the double digits because of all the adults working retail. The price of a car is up. Price of gas constantly going up but Wages have not changed .

meanwhile they can connect via social media, use uber or scooters to get around.

I see teenagers riding bikes and e-bikes more than ever. You can get a $500 decent E-bike that can go for miles....and all you gotta do is change the tires/brakes time to time.