More women have driver's licenses than men in U.S.

Associated Press ^ | Nov. 12, 2012 1:30 PM EST | Joan Lowy

[Olog-hai]

Women have passed men on the nation's roads. More women than men now have driver's licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that transportation researchers say is likely to have safety and economic implications.

If current trends continue, the gap will only widen. The share of teens and young adults of both sexes with driver's licenses is declining, but the decline is greater for young men, according to a study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. The study looked at gender trends in driver's licenses between 1995 and 2010. …

Male drivers outnumbered women drivers from the moment the first Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908, the year the automobile became popular, and through most of the last century. In the 1950s, when only about half of adult women had driver's licenses, jokes about women drivers were a staple of comedians. But the gap gradually closed. By 1995, men with driver's licenses slightly outnumbered women, 89.2 million to 87.4 million. By 2010, 105.7 million women had licenses, compared with 104.3 million men. …

[Figment]

And they can never find the license when stopped for their frequent driving violations. “I must have left it in my other purse”

[a fool in paradise]

The jokes write themselves:

More women than men now have driver's licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that transportation researchers say is likely to have safety and economic implications

[a fool in paradise]

TTIWWOP!!!

[Tired of Taxes]

You’re right, the men today bringing their classic cars to auto shows seem to be in their late 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. I never hear teenaged boys and young men today talk about cars like they used to. These days, their dream job is to “program videogames.”