Many teens say there's no reason to get driver's licence

[Anonymous69]

When I was young I couldn't wait to get my driver's licence. What's happening to this generation?.

 

[Warl0ck]

I think it's a mix of things.

- transit improving
- the high cost of owning a car
- urbanization (downtown living is where it's at).
- focus on technology versus an automobile. 60 year old men like old cars. 30 year old men like technology
- car sharing programs are commonplace. I use Car2Go in Vancouver and Calgary all the time. Rather than park for $50 bucks a day, I use a Car2Go.

And while I'm not a teen anymore I prefer walking places than driving. Driving has become a freaking headache. Persistent traffic and a growing ensemble of stupid idiots make for serious frustration. Who needs it. I choose the urban lifestyle years ago and I'm happier and healthier for it. No drive thru for me ;-)

 

[cristycurves]

This might be a good thing.....as populations grow within certain cities, if the demand was for more cars, where would more cars go since there is no room for expansion and more roads within city limits. I'd like to think the younger generations are becoming more environmentally conscious and health wise.

 

[Fuggedabouditt]

I like the car share businesses in the city, in particular downtown locales (Zip Car is one of them I think). When public transit just won't do it because you want to take a trip to Ikea and it's impossible to bring all of that on to a bus or streetcar or even a cab bcs it'll cost you your first born and or you don't want to pay for delivery or wait around for hours.

I still say everyone should learn how to drive, not necessarily own a vehicle as it is expensive, but it's a skill you might need one day.

I couldn't get along daily without my car, motorcycle.

 

[User-E]

There's only a couple of car shares in the entire city of London, and the closest one is still a long way and big inconvenience to get to.

 

[Canada-Man]

When I was young I couldn't wait to get my driver's licence. What's happening to this generation?.

Ontario enacted to graduated driving system and privatise drive test centres which is a cash grab. to get a licence you do a memory test to get a learners permit or G1. where the only way to drive a car is to have somebody with a drivers' licence with you in the car. you then do a driving test to get the G2 it's like a full liscence with restrictions you only have this for one year. then you do another driving test to get the full driving liscence which is G? if you fail any of the driving tests you have to restart the entire process which means paying more money. driving tests can costs up to $200 or more. you pay the drive test centres abut $80 and pay more money to a driving instructor to use his car. since the privatizing of the drive test centers they deliberately fail people so they can pay more money to repeat the driving tests. the compnay that owned them is Serco a british company. in England and other places where Serco own drive test centres. people constantly complain how drive test centres fail people on purpose to get them pay more money to repeat the driving tests.

 

[Canada-Man]

from 2005

In September, Serco increased its new licence fees by $25. The total cost of getting a graduated licence, from the time you walk in and take your written beginner's test for a G-1 licence to the time you are a fully licensed driver, jumped from $175 to $200 - if you pass your tests the first time, which many don't. Prior to the introduction of graduated licensing, it cost a grand total of $41 to get a licence.
"The Liberals knew they were going to take over a government with a $5.6 billion deficit, so they've been carrying on with those Tory sell-offs," says NDP MPP Marilyn Churley.
The company bristles at charges that it's needlessly failing drivers. "We get that often, that we're failing people on purpose," says Martin Hilliard, Serco's manager of marketing. "But it's more a matter of making sure the roads are kept safe."
As for me, I'm ecstatic when the examiner passes me, and my parents and I proceed to another location to pick up my new licence. There I discover that the payout continues. "That'll be another $75," the clerk informs us. After Young Drivers course, road test and renewal fees, I may be out $725, but I'm a legit motorist at long last.


who is going to pay $800 or more just to get a driving liscence?

 

[User-E]

Ontario enacted to graduated driving system and privatise drive test centres which is a cash grab. to get a licence you do a memory test to get a learners permit or G1. where the only way to drive a car is to have somebody with a drivers' licence with you in the car. you then do a driving test to get the G2 it's like a full liscence with restrictions you only have this for one year. then you do another driving test to get the full driving liscence which is G? if you fail any of the driving tests you have to restart the entire process which means paying more money. driving tests can costs up to $200 or more. you pay the drive test centres abut $80 and pay more money to a driving instructor to use his car. since the privatizing of the drive test centers they deliberately fail people so they can pay more money to repeat the driving tests. the compnay that owned them is Serco a british company. in England and other places where Serco own drive test centres. people constantly complain how drive test centres fail people on purpose to get them pay more money to repeat the driving tests.

C-man, you're awesome! :wink2:

 

[JJ Mitchell]

Good, less teenage drivers to worry about.

 

[Canada-Man]

Driving test examiners 'fail people to meet targets set by computer

Driving test examiners 'fail people to meet targets set by computer' - Mirror Online

from the U.K

 

[Boing]

They prefer drinking and not driving.

 

[User-E]

It's become a lifestyle choice and not a necessity.

When I grew up, everybody I knew couldn't wait for their 16th birthday and everyone got their license as a normal part of growing up. It's not like that anymore with so much congestion in cities and young people aware of environmental concerns.

And it's really expensive.

 

[ERecTile]

I didn't get my license til my mid 20s. Living downtown with every within walking, cycling, skateboarding or transit distance just made me complacent with regards to a license. I regretted it though cause insurance was hard to get at decent rate. Thank goodness for alumni discount programs.

 

[User-E]

I didn't get my license til my mid 20s. Living downtown with every within walking, cycling, skateboarding or transit distance just made me complacent with regards to a license. I regretted it though cause insurance was hard to get at decent rate. Thank goodness for alumni discount programs.

The last time I owned a brand new SUV, fully loaded with every type of insurance I could need for extreme travel in northern BC and the Yukon - still only $100 per month for me in BC due to many years of safe driving.