More teens are obtaining their license before the age of 18. More than 60% of teens got their driver’s license before the age of 18, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. An 11% increase since 2012. The new report reveals a changing trend in teen licensure from when the Foundation […]
Number of Licensed Drivers at Record Level in the U.S.
Drivers over 65 continue to increase, teen drivers still near record lows. According to the latest data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) there were a record-high 221.7 million licensed drivers in the U.S. in 2016, including 41.7 million – or almost one in five – who are 65 years or older. This age group […]
Share of Older Population Holding Driver’s Licenses is Up, Share of Younger Population Down
According to an analysis of Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics on the share of population holding driver’s licenses in 1994, 2004, and 2014, all of the age groups under 50 years old had lower shares for 2014 than in 2004, and nearly all of the 2004 shares were lower than in 1994. That trend is […]
Percentage of Americans Spurning Driver’s Licenses Grows Across Most Age Groups
While more and more teens and twentysomethings are forgoing driver’s licenses, the most recent trend holds true for pretty much all age groups, say University of Michigan researchers. In a new report examining changes in driver licensure in the U.S. from 1983 to 2014, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute […]