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Jewish World Review April 12, 2012/ 20 Nissan, 5772 What do you mean you don't want a driver's license? By Dale McFeatters http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Since the beginning of the Republic, the nation has been afflicted with a breed of scholars, social critics and think tankers who take indecent relish in predicting the decline, even the imminent demise, of the United States. I've always thought this a harmless kind of nuttery, akin to the doomsayers who predict, as they seem to do with increasing frequency, the end of the world. Right now, people who cannot read ancient Mayan, know nothing of the Mayans' religion or culture, let alone their track record for scientific accuracy, are saying the world will end Dec. 21. Why? Because the Mayan calendar says so. And how do they know this? Because they saw it on the Internet somewhere or heard it on late-night AM radio. They are ignoring a more worrisome sign of long-term decline. In 2008, only 30.7 percent of 16-year-old drivers got their licenses compared with 44.7 percent in 1988. What is wrong with these kids? Don't they know this is an essential rite of passage? The day I turned 16 I tried to get my learner's permit but failed the vision test, badly. We rallied my uncle, the ophthalmologist, and his friend, the optometrist, and a few days later presented myself again to the state police sporting a dorky-looking set of glasses that should have got me passed on compassionate grounds alone. I could already drive, sort of, because my aunt surreptitiously let me drive her '52 Olds station wagon around our yard and on close-by streets. I bugged my parents to go driving with me and took lessons from an imperturbable instructor named Frank in a standard transmission '57 Plymouth with the gearshift mounted on the steering column. It wallowed, and pretty much handled, like an overloaded sailboat in light winds, ideal training, as it turned out, for some of the cars I would subsequently own. My first legal solo trip was to pick up my girlfriend. Life was good. My oldest son was like me, although I had the good sense not to provoke an argument with my mother about how once I had a license I would be driving to school every day. My son was bargaining from a weak position since he didn't yet have a learner's permit. He might have been at the end of the generation for which a driver's license was a must-have document. The speculation is that we now have a generation so consumed by social media, smartphones, Xboxes and Skype that they don't really have to go anywhere to see anybody. Besides, they've grown up having their parents drive them everywhere, which just didn't happen when most families had only one car. That might have been the case with my second son. He seemed absolutely indifferent to driving. He walked and took the subway to school and football practice, returning home late, filthy and exhausted. I actually forced him to get a driver's license. Some theorize that the new "graduated" system of licensing is discouraging younger drivers -- you have to be a certain age to drive at night or drive with more than one other person in the car, the driver's tests are harder, and schools don't teach driver's ed anymore. Maybe age has dimmed my memory, but I can't see any 16-year-old from the '50s and '60s letting these obstacles stand in the way of driving a car. Perhaps it's not a sign of American decline, perhaps times are just different, but all the same, if I were 16 today I'd do my best to get my license before next Dec. 21. You never know. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Comment by clicking here. Previously: • 04/11/12 Smartphone anti-theft plan seems, um, smart • 04/10/12 Bizarre process to choose a veep • 04/09/12 From remote exurbs, cities don't look so bad anymore • 04/06/12 We do want the fake Romney, not the 'real' one • 04/05/12 Heaping even more indignities on air travelers • 03/29/12 Blown away in Washington, D.C. • 03/28/12 At the nuke summit an inadvertent moment of candor • 03/27/12 A worse unemployment problem • 03/23/12 The federal budget: A game of make-believe • 03/21/12 In Iraq, blame the U.S., but drive American • 03/20/12 Too late, bin Laden realized killing Muslims was a mistake • 03/16/12 Hu and Wen leaving. China asks: What next? • 03/14/12 Tide, favored by housewives and drug dealers alike • 03/09/12 'Spring forward' obsessives and seasonal purists • 03/08/12 Really, no place is safe when you think about it • 03/06/12 Putin 'carousel voting' victory • 02/28/12 Fighter of future still glued to tarmac • 02/27/12 Every candidate has to have a tax-reform plan • 02/23/12 Au revoir, mademoiselle: It's been bonne • 02/21/12 A new way of attacking food-stamp fraud • 02/20/12 Feds don't want you driven to distraction • 02/15/12 Putin has found can't lose campaign issue: Promoting a randier Russia • 02/14/12 Obama's budget lays down battle lines for the fall • 02/10/12 Filming in D.C. creates hassle for Hollywood • 02/08/12 At Lake Vostok, Russia taps into new realm • 02/07/12 'Granny dumping' in prisons • 01/30/12 National Defense Authorization Act indefensible • 01/23/12 Barbie sparks fear among Iran's mullahs • 01/19/12 From overseas, U.S. industry is looking good • 01/18/12 American posterior a growing problem for mass transit • 01/16/12 Planets and roaches • 01/13/12 Not exactly a biblical plague, but certainly an annoyance • 01/12/12 Fewer young Americans interested in driving • 01/05/12 Majoring in unemployment • 01/04/12 Cutting the military by blunt force • 01/02/12 Pragmatic look at top words • 12/22/11 Basketball the way to Kim's heart and nuclear weapons • 12/21/12 Speculation and wishful thinking can get scary • 12/20/11 A third Kim has North Korea by the throat • 12/19/11 Congress pats itself on back for budget bill • 12/15/11 The U.S. government is cashing in its chips, literally • 12/14/11 TSA might try trusting its own people • 12/12/11 That $1.2 billion? It's around here some place • 12/09/11 State Department Creates ‘Virtual Embassy’ For Iran • 12/08/11 If you've ever tweeted, you're in the Library of Congress • 12/07/11 Discoveries go to the core of what makes us humans • 12/06/11 Stealing elections badly in Russia • 12/05/11 Sometimes paranoia is common sense by another name • 12/02/11 When the U.S. truly became one nation • 12/01/11 Last chance to snap up a Maybach • 11/30/11 Iran wants respect without earning it • 11/29/11 Surprise! ‘Spider-Man’ may weave a profitable web • 11/28/11 Italians entertain novel proposition: Paying their taxes • 11/25/11 No time to let up on al-Qaida • 11/24/11 Congress Quietly Abolishing Friday • 11/23/11 Cleaning up after supercommittee implosion • 11/22/11 Jailing minors with adults adds to problems • 11/21/11 Brilliant strategy? Action by inaction • 11/18/11They're going to eat horses, aren't they? • 11/17/11 A pretend stick shift for pretend drivers • 11/16/11 Clinton's ‘vast experiences’: Did NBC pick the wrong Chelsea? • 11/15/11 Occupy protesters, you've made your point. Now, scat • 11/10/11 Our vets are a national problem? • 11/09/11 Requiem for a once-great sport • 11/08/11 A toilet as smart as its occupant • 11/07/11 Prerevolutionary gems in need of TLC • 11/04/11 Feds must stop scam of stealing from dead children • 11/03/11 Bank listens ‘very closely’ to customer lynch mob • 11/01/11 TV that's leading the people away from ‘core socialist values’ • 10/31/11 NATO should not be a victim of its success • 10/28/11 Iran mulls getting rid of president and presidency • 10/27/11 Bienvenidos a Dayton and bring your businesses with you • 10/26/11 Archivists long for Obama's teleprompter • 10/25/11 United Nations to run the Internet? • 10/24/11 Attention, world: You've got the cash. We've got the houses • 10/19/11 Oil pipeline must be in America's future • 10/18/11 U.S. plans ‘limited’ mission in an Africa with no limits • 10/17/11 Social Security's grave mistakes • 10/12/11 NASA's help-wanted sign for astronauts • 10/10/11 Saving Thomas Jefferson''s chimneys • 10/06/11 Uncle Sam's answer to deadbeats --- robo-calls • 10/04/11 Christie should ignore jibes on his weight • 10/03/11 Iran says its warships will head for Jersey shore • 09/29/11 Europeans bristle at Obama's lectures • 09/28/11 Jessica Rabbit for the defense • 09/27/11 Russia learns outcome of next March's presidential election • 09/26/11 Another try at leaving no child behind • 09/23/11 This generation needs a job more than a name • 09/22/11 In the lane next to you: A driverless car • 09/20/11 Cloudy, cool, chance of falling satellite • 09/14/11 Humanitarian extortion • 09/13/11 Paging Dr. Watson; he's there in 3 seconds • 09/09/11 Forecasting 100 percent chance of heavy metal • 09/08/11 A jobs program at Obama's doorstep • 09/07/11 Iran's government afraid of the water • 09/06/11 Congress returns, tanned, rested and testy • 09/05/11 Space nations must clean up after themselves • 09/02/11 Osama bin Laden died a failure and he knew it • 09/01/11 Time to retire political pie in the face • 08/31/11 Labor Day celebrates what, exactly? • 08/30/11 These arrestees really are framed • 08/25/11 When in an earthquake, block traffic • 08/23/11 A case for discretion in deportation arrests • 08/22/11 Tough times or not, parents shell out for school • 08/18/11 Being unpleasant for fun, profit, promotion • 08/17/11 Time to prepare for the end game in Libya • 08/16/11: ‘Super Committee’ starts facing reality • 08/15/11: World's fastest plane disappears even faster • 08/12/11: British cops track rioters through security cameras • 08/11/11: Relax. There is no Death Star • 08/10/11: House pages run final errands • 08/09/11: U.S. treading water on job creation • 08/08/11: Uncle Sam, the world's permanent guest • 08/05/11: Most 9/11 victims not on federal death records • 08/04/11: Russian PM calls U.S. a ‘parasite.’ He should be so lucky • 08/03/11: Congress goes from one bind to another • 08/02/11: D.B. Cooper may no longer be a mystery • 08/01/11: Libya's latest weapon against NATO --- lawsuits • 07/29/11: He'll always be known as Hot Wheels Handler • 07/25/11: Recruiting children to save a dying town • 07/22/11: Bachmann's admirable medical candor • 07/12/11: Social Security's grave mistakes • 07/08/11: Debt crisis need not be constitutional crisis • 07/07/11: Startups entice new talent with kickball, treehouses • 07/05/11: Stranded tourists get rare treat • 06/30/11: The dollar Americans refuse to spend • 06/27/11: The hangman doesn't cometh © 2011, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

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