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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]40% of 18 year olds don't have a license.

MC/UMC kids that live in the suburbs or exurbs or small cities with poor public transit, like 15% don't.  UMC kids that live in the larger cities it's over 50%.

LMC families it's nearly 60% because often times there is no car at all or just one car that a parent uses all the time and/or the family just can't afford to add a teen to the insurance.[/quote]

Drivers training is expensive (we payed around $500) and a logistical PIA.  They have to be taken there every day for weeks, then signing up for road hours is cutthroat.  I can understand why these kids never do it (though doesn’t mean they aren’t off driving, many of them are anyway). Definitely an UMC activity.  But something most UMC teens will and should do- barring some extreme circumstances. Not doing drivers training bc your family can’t afford it is entirely different than not doing it bc your kid is anxious or doesn’t want to be bothered.  If you can afford it and can get them to class, they you are doing them a huge disservice by letting them skip it out of fear [/quote]

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