NOT SEXUAL: In your county is it normal for teenagers to have a car?

[Z1pTD]

In my country almost every teenager has a car

[NathanDavis]

Texas... 16 years old, and you can drive
Mexico... 18 years old, and you can drive

down here it is quite normal for 15 to 18 years olds to know how to drive, and to drive the cars of the family sometimes or to some places... but is not like just any average thing has their own car and just drive anywhere when they want, lol

[wolfcat87]

Yup, in Montana kids can drive at 14-15.

[AviatorTom]

In the USA, it depends where you live. Teens in well-off suburbs often have their own car, purchased by their parents. Teens in other areas... not so much; they rely on parents and public transport to get around.

[Z1pTD]

I was a teen in well off suburbs and I was 100% independent. It's not always "Daddy's money".
I should have gotten a decal that said "not daddy's money" lol

[wiltingrosepetal]

About 30% of my year group had cars. It wasn't so uncommon that it was cool, but rare enough that the person would be treated as their friend's chauffeur. In my five person friend group, I was one of two people with a license and the only one with a vehicle, so I almost always drive when we go out 🙃

[douride2]

Yes but it was my car not daddy's. I paid for it with my hard earned money.

[Z1pTD]

Good for you

[Siri137]

No, that's not normal. A person can't drive until they're 18, and I didn't get my license until I was 22. Living in a big city at the time, I just didn't need a car, because I could either walk to wherever I had to go, or catch public transport.

[molonski2]

No , the driving age in Australia is 18 , some get them at 18/19 ..

Here is Thailand , most teenager's have a motor bike , but few have a license.

[Lisia]

No lol most of them have their first car around 20

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Yeah, but it doesn't mean they're good at driving it.

[exitseven]

When I was a kid it was but today there are lots of kids who are in no big hurry to get their drivers license.

[TacosRAwesome]

It's normal to get a car by age 20 because public transport is terrible. Legal driving age is 18.

[KostasKouvalis]

Really? I didn't find it so bad, though I'll admit some of those roads are not fit for busses. But I was a tourist, surely it's different if you live there.

[TacosRAwesome]

@KostasKouvalis as a tourist you're in chill mode most of the time. As a local, especially if you live in certain areas you might need to get 2 buses to go from home to work.

[KostasKouvalis]

Not if you're pressed on time, but I get what you're saying.
Sometimes you do as a tourist too, but I get what you're saying.
One of my cousins went with her family and also complained about your bus system. Granted, she was greatly overexaggerating when she said it took her all day to visit one place. But I really didn't think it was that bad, but I get what you're saying. I was late for tests a few times, because of bus drivers, and in the U. S., bus drivers don't care about sticking to the schedule.

[mandyfire98]

Yeah pretty much every teenager does, of age of course.

[LiamJHayden]

Definitely less so than my parents' generation. I had one, but most of my friends did not get licenses, much less cars, till after high school.

[tiff_tiff]

Most of my friends and I have cars and we are teenagers.

[Anonymous]

Why do you keep saying NOT SEXUAL in your questions? We're not stupid.

[Z1pTD]

It's so that if someone is only interested in sexual questions or not sexual questions they don't have to read the whole post title/click into the post

[Opinion Owner]

That's why there's a Sexuality category.

[KrisKris81]

16 and up. Though I would say more uncommon to common.

[aceleon]

no in my country even grown ass mans can't have a car unless they go credit from bank or had money on the side.

[KostasKouvalis]

I mean, it's normal for them to have a license, but most of them don't have enough money to actually own a car. In my high school, most people got their licensees at 16, but there was only a handful of guys who actually owned their own car.

[Thestupidusername]

Yup. Very common. Esspecially the ones who don't live near subways on the country side.

[4ngelic]

nope its illegal

[Z1pTD]

How?;

[4ngelic]

its just in the us/Canada? that is normal for teens to drive. in most countries you have to be 18 to legally drive unsupervized and own your own car

[4ngelic]

people in cities tend to get cars when they start to have kids and people in the country side tend to get stuff when they're maybe 23-24 i think

[Z1pTD]

Gotcha

[Fireguy17]

yeppers pretty normal, then mom or dad no longer has to drive them around.

[Altheavas]

Here in the US, at 16 they may have their own car.

[jamesgoldman]

I'd say half the time yes

[Anonymous]

Depending on the person. Hard to say

[Sparkie460]

A lot of teens have cars in my area.