Study shows teens waiting to drive
Posted Oct 24, 2011 7:03 am.
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New provincial statistics indicate Alberta’s youth are not in any rush to get behind the wheel.
Figures show there were almost 2,000 fewer 16 and 17-year-old drivers last year compared with 2001.
Raynald Marchand of the Canada Safety Council tells The Calgary Herald, years ago, if you had a car, you were “somebody.”
Marchand says you’re probably more somebody today if you’ve got the latest iPhone.