Senior Analyst Rebecca Lindland of IHS Automotive, a research firm in suburban Detroit, said that younger consumers are less eager to get their driver's license.
"In every generation, the children have left home to see my friends and now you can do it all online. A car is no longer necessary," he said.
When the first young love walking around, especially by car, now the trend has changed. In America, teenage now prefer surfing the Internet than it was in the car.
University of Michigan researchers melaporan that they found a higher proportion in terms of internet usage compared to the level of vehicle use among U.S. teens.
The trend according to the researchers were also seen in other countries such as Canada, Britain, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Norway and South Korea.
"Countries that internet users have a higher proportion compared with lower levels of driving among young people, consistent with the hypothesis that access to a virtual contact via electronic means to reduce the need for actual contact among young people," said researcher Michael Sivak.
For comparison, earlier in 1983, one third of all licensed drivers in the United States are under the age of 30 years. But now that percentage has dropped to 22 percent.
The study also found that about 94 percent of Americans in their 20s have a driver's license in 1983, compared with about 84 percent in 2008.
