APPETITE.
THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION
SAYS ADULTS SHOULD GET 7 TO 9
HOURS OF SLEEP PER NIGHT.
IT APPEARS THE MAJORITY OF
TEENAGERS IN THE U. S. ARE
DELAYING GETTING A DRIVERS
LICENSE.
A RECENT STUDY BY THE AAA
FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY
FOUND A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE LICENSE TO
DRIVE BY THE TIME THERE ARE 18.
20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS TWO THIRDS
OF TEENS.
TODAY IT IS JUST OVER HALF.
Reporter: A NATIONAL SURVEY
BY AAA REVEALS YET ANOTHER SIGN
BEING A TEENAGER IS MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS A
GENERATION AGO.
MANY OF THEM ARE IN NO RUSH TO
FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET
A DRIVERS LICENSE.
IN FACT, ONLY 44% GET THEIR
LICENSE WITHIN A YEAR OF THE
MINIMUM AGE OF THEIR STATE.
WHEN I TOOK DRIVER'S ED, THE
MINUTE YOU TURNED 16 YOU WANTED
TO GET YOUR LICENSE.
Reporter: THE OWNER OF A+
DRIVING SCHOOL SAYS HE HAS
NOTICED A SHIFT IN THE SENSE OF
URGENCY.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE
REASON IS.
PUBLICLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
OTHER OPTIONS TO GET AROUND AND
MAYBE PARENTS KEEP DRIVING
THEIR CHILD OR THEY CAN'T
AFFORD IT, OR TO PUBLIC -- OR
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE SEEN OLDER STUDENTS
TAKING DRIVER'S ED.
Reporter: HERE ARE SOME OF
THE REASONS FOR THE DELAY CITED
IN THE STUDY.
34% SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THEY
DID NOT HAVE A CAR.
39% SAID THEY COULD GET AROUND
WITHOUT DRIVING.
36% SAID GAS WAS TOO EXPENSIVE.
35% NOTED THEY JUST DIDN'T GET
AROUND TO IT.
IT IS UP TO YOU.
YOU CAN TAKE IT AS SLOW AS YOU
WANT.
DON'T RUSH IT FOR SURE.
YOU CAN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT ALL
THE STORIES YOU HEAR.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST
YOURSELF.
Reporter: THESE DRIVING
SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE JUST 14
YEARS OLD AND EAGER TO GET ON
THE WHEEL.
WHAT WILL BE GOOD ONCE YOU HAVE
YOUR LICENSE?
I WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
MYSELF PLACES WHENEVER I WANT
TO.
I DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR A
PARENT PERMISSION.
Reporter: IN MINNESOTA YOU
CAN GET A DRIVERS LICENSE AT
THE AGE OF 16 BUT THERE IS A
REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBERS OF
HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
AND BEHIND THE WHEEL
INSTRUCTION BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE
THE DRIVERS LICENSE TEST.
IN THOSE SURVEY RESULTS THEY
LIST OF MULTIPLE REASONS WHY
THEY WERE IN NO HURRY'S -- NO
HURRY TO GET A DRIVERS LICENSE.
MOLLY SAID SHE GOT
