donsrods
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I was listening the other day while driving to a program on PBS about teens these days not getting their drivers licenses. It seems that a large percentage of kids today are not getting them even though they are 18 years old or even older. They cited several reasons for it, such as the high cost of cars and insurance, or their friends drive so they don't need to, or they simply use public transportation or a bike. They just had no interest in driving at all.
It started me thinking that maybe America's (and the world's) love of the automobile is over, or at least starting to end. When we were all young we couldn't wait to get our licenses..........I remember going to the mailbox every day to see if mine had come yet. We also loved cars themselves for just the mechanical creations they are.
But we had cool cars to stimulate that love affair, they had power and style. If you look at the cars kids today have to drive they are like boxes on wheels, or they look like every other car on the road. So could it be that the next generation or the one after that will not see a car as anything but a way to get from point a to point b ? How boring would that be ???
Don
It started me thinking that maybe America's (and the world's) love of the automobile is over, or at least starting to end. When we were all young we couldn't wait to get our licenses..........I remember going to the mailbox every day to see if mine had come yet. We also loved cars themselves for just the mechanical creations they are.
But we had cool cars to stimulate that love affair, they had power and style. If you look at the cars kids today have to drive they are like boxes on wheels, or they look like every other car on the road. So could it be that the next generation or the one after that will not see a car as anything but a way to get from point a to point b ? How boring would that be ???
Don