Less Gen Z Americans own a driver's license than previous generations, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

Gen Z is choosing not to drive::Less Gen Z Americans own a driver’s license than previous generations, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

  • PeppycitoEnglish
    95·
    10 months ago

    I’m in my 40’s and only got my license 5 years ago. As well as environmental and economic reasons a big part of my refusal was power. A drivers license is the main way the state exerts power over the people. You should see a cops face when you tell them you don’t have a drivers license, they lose their biggest threat against you. In the end I had to drive for work and I try to avoid doing so at all costs.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      What can a cop do about your driving license if you’re not driving when he talks to you?

      • PeppycitoEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        Mostly I mean it pegs you to the system and the threat of losing it keeps you in line.

    • NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Do you not have ID cards in your country? In Canada we have ID cards and drivers licenses that are exactly the same minus one letting you drive

      • PeppycitoEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        I’m Canadian and had a BYID card issued by the LCBO. But the police can’t threaten to take it away from you as a means of control.

          • PeppycitoEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Almost no one did. They stopped the age of majority card at the time and there wasn’t any replacement so they made that. It only lasted a few years. It was a really fake looking and I got a lot of doubting looks from bouncers and bankers and such. It took a force of will to get it accepted sometimes.

            Now you can get a the same card as a drivers license but it’s a different colour I think.