Fewer Gen Zers Are Getting Their Driver’s Licenses. Here’s What’s Behind the Decline, According to Uber’s CEO.

In 2003, statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation showed that 45% of eligible people age 19 or under had a driver’s license. In 2023, that number has declined to about 33%.

Are Gen Zers failing the parallel parking portion of their tests in record numbers? No, the decline in licensed drivers has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with tech, reports Business Insider.

Related: ‘It Is What It Is’: Uber CEO Defends New Return-to-Office Policies at ‘Heated’ All-Hands Meeting

More and more young folks are getting around in Ubers, and see no real reason to get behind the wheel themselves. On a recent conversation on the Decoder

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