Teens Care Less About Driver's Licenses These Days

Remember running off to the DMV when you turned 16 to get your driver's license and—finally—your independence? That's not the rite of passage it once was. More teens are waiting longer to start driving. The chart above shows the declining number of 16-year old drivers in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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