Licensed to Drive? Gen Z — and Their Parents — Increasingly Say “No, Thanks” Due to Soaring Costs

Media Coverage

November 6, 2024

“Whether you start driving at 16, 26 or 46,” Fischer says, “you’re still inexperienced.” That’s why graduated licensing exists in the first place — to put up guardrails around new drivers during their most risky years of driving.

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State Highway Safety Showcases

February 19, 2025

Safe Youth Mobility Grant Results: Montana

The Ford Motor Company Fund partnered with GHSA to provide $50,000 in funding in 2024 to bolster access to driver education for Tribal youth in Montana.

State Highway Safety Showcases

February 19, 2025

Safe Youth Mobility Grant Results: District of Columbia

GHSA and the Ford Motor Company Fund provided $50,000 to help increase the District of Columbia Highway Safety Office engage with the city’s unhoused population about pedestrian and bicycle safety.

Federal Research Projects

January 31, 2025

Optimizing Parent-Teen Supervised Drives to Reduce Teen Crash Rates (BTS-33)

Project Underway: The objective of this research is to provide actionable data for states to optimize the supervised driving requirement to ensure it creates safer teen drivers and reduces the crash risk for this vulnerable age group.