More than 60% of teens got their driver’s license before the age of 18, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

That's an 11% increase since 2012.

Generation Z is learning to drive under the protection of state-graduated driver licensing programs and parental supervision.

In California, teen motor vehicle fatalities (age 16-19) increased 2.7 percent from 219 in 2015 to 225 in 2016, according to the Office of Traffic Safety’s statistics. (INT)

Story Date: November 14, 2019