Report: Senior Citizens Surpass Millennials in Number on U.S. Roads. - Motor Trend
Motorcycles may be popular with the blue-haired group, but the most popular vehicle researched on Boston-based online car shopping platform CarGurus is the Chevrolet Corvette. While the number of seniors on the road has increased, automakers are still targeting younger buyers, with the exception of a few. The reason for this isn't because seniors don't have value as customers, but that the vehicles may outlive the drivers, making it more economical for automakers to go after buyers who have many more years ahead of them. However, with more seniors on the road, it may make sense for a slight shift in demographic targeting, especially when drivers over 75 register about six times as many new cars as buyers age 18-24. If you look at the crash data the worst problems... Since rental car companies treat people under 25 as accidents waiting to happen, then people 80 or over are accidents waiting to happen as well. That's 9 million teenagers, 17 million 20-24, 4 million 80-84 and 3. 5 million 85 and over, for a total of 33. 5 million accidents waiting to happen. An oblivous 86 yo does 50, will cut you off, takes a corner 10 under the speed limit, will take 15 seconds to turn through an intersection, and maybe run a red light OR start slowing before the light even turns yellow. Source: wot.motortrend.com
