If you're in a community where driving is common/necessary, and most family incomes are high enough for teen drivers to have a car – that is to say, lots of US

If you're in a community where driving is common/necessary, and most family incomes are high enough for teen drivers to have a car – that is to say, lots of US middle-class suburbia – then yes, it's common. There are some indications that denser-development, economics, safety-concerns, and the rise of alternative attention-demanding status-objects like mobile phones are now shifting the norms. See for example: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/young-people-arent-buying-cars-because-theyre-buying-smart-phones-instead/2873/ http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/young-pe...