# @newsday on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY42cVMnORl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66013417-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-28T16:01:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

In a U-turn from past generations, local Gen Zers — those born between 1997 and 2012, and currently ages 14 to 29 — say they’re postponing road tests, available at age 16 and, if they eventually get a license, using it sparingly.

The anti-driving anecdotes told by Gen Zers are supported by national statistics. The number of American 16-year-olds with a driver’s license fell from roughly half in 1983 to 25% in 2022, according to the Federal Highway Administration's most recent data. 

On Long Island, about a third of 16- and 17-year-olds got their junior driver’s license, according to the latest New York State Department of Motor Vehicles data from May. 

More at the link in bio. (Photo: Elizabeth Sagarin)
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