text: less and less people are not getting there licences because the have no reason to when thay can just car pool and the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. the rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down 2 or 3 befor the down turn. if it persists many sociologists believe it will have benefical implications for carbon emissions and the environment. there are shifts in the driving population that have droped suggest that the trend may accelerate.