UNDATED (WTAQ) – A new report from AAA reveals more Americans are driving and more miles are being driven.
A survey results, that cover the second half 2014 and all of 2015, are the most current and comprehensive look at how much Americans drive on a daily and yearly basis.
Nick Jarmusz is a spokesman for the auto club.
“It’s given us a really good look at who is on the road and how that changed over the course of the year between 2014 and 2015.”
The survey provides two years’ worth of data. The first part of 2014 was released last year.
“What it does is help us better plan for our own efforts in terms of promoting traffic safety, looking at different interests that motorists have and how we should be properly serving them and representing them. But it’s also useful for policy makers who can use these numbers for some of the same purposes,” says Jarmusz.
He says it also gives AAA a better since of how many people are on the roads.
Survey findings show that:
-Approximately 224.8 million Americans aged 16 years and older reported driving in 2015, a 1.5 percent increase from the year before.
-Motorists in the Midwest drive more (11,295 miles annually) compared to those in the Northeast (9,328 miles annually) or the West (10,906), but slightly less than those in the South (11,314).
-On average, men report driving 2,314 more miles than women per year and spend 18 percent more time behind the wheel.
-More than 86 percent of U.S. households have at least one car for every driver in the home and 28 percent report having more cars than drivers.
For more survey results go to www.aaawisconsin.com.
