I guess that out of all people in the world, the majority are allowed to drive. What I want to know is what is the percentage of the world's people who are not allowed to drive (cannot get a driving license)?
So you think that ~50% of the world's population is of age to drive and not disqualified by way of illness, age, eyesight or anything else? It depends what you mean by "allowed". Legally entitled regardless of ability to afford a car (i.e. you're including people who could but don't) or actually able to, i.e. financially capable of owning and running a car, as well as being able-bodied enough and of age? For example, China: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6658583.stm And with a population of 1.3 billion that's ~1.2 billion right there without cars.
In the world there are billions of cars! You could approximately find out this by saying there is approx 1 car for every 6 people and them the population of the world is 6,446,131,400.
I can see at least 3 categories of people who are disqualified to drive: 1. Blind people 2. People without hearing 3. People who are sick and who's body is too weak like people with diabetes or people with muscular atrophy or musclar weakness. Without being allowed to drive hiking and camping in Canada is surely impossible. Hiking, camping, forest biking almost surely requires a car in order to get to where you want and back home.
4. No arms or similar disability. You also have to take into consideration that different countries has different 'legal' ages at which you can drive.
Driving is dangerous even for good drivers but not being allowed to drive is even worse I think because you are always dependent on public and shared means of transportation like vehicles for hire such as Taxis, buses and trains and when these are not available then you cannot go to where you want to go. Many places of great natural beauty are not accessible to those who cannot drive a car such as kluane national park in Yukon, siskiyou/rouge river national forest in Oregon or fishing branch (Ni'iinlii Njik) territorial park in northern Yukon. Many other uninhabited or sparsly inhabited islands of great natural beauty like Herschel island or Nunavut in Canada are also out of reach for people without a car.
Some very fine seafood restaurants on Ilhabela island in Brazil are also inaccessible to me and to other individuals who are not legally allowed to drive a car.
As was said, there are no statistics on this... But, I'm guessing the percentage would be fairly low.. The only people who can't get a license, are those that are either too young, convicted of vehicle related crimes, such as too many DUI's, or those with mental disabilities..And of course, the blind..I would say the physically disabled, but these days many can drive, due to modern tech. advancements. I have an uncle, who is missing both legs, and he's a truck driver these days. IMO though, there are many that do have licenses, that shouldn't drive.
The only part of this that is undeniably true is about blindness. No national or state authority will issue a driver's license to someone who can't see. It just seems that way. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! But deaf people are allowed to drive. People with no arms can get cars that are modified for foot controls, just like paraplegics have hand controls for the throttle and brakes. As for a "body that's too weak," that would be judged on an individual basis. Every diabetic I've ever known had a driver's license, and I never noticed that the illness interfered with their ability to drive anyway.
