6th June 2013, 06:16 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:Maybe cos when us old gits can't be assed to taxi them about any more they'll be codemned to permanent unemployment? - I can't immediately think of any non-archaeologist of my acquaintance over the age of 18 who can't drive [though I'll concede there probably are some]
Actually the number of people learning to drive is plummeting:
Quote:In Britain, the percentage of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licences fell from 48% in the early 1990s to 35% last year. The number of miles travelled by all forms of domestic transport, per capita per year, has flatlined for years. Meanwhile, road traffic figures for cars and taxis, having risen more or less every year since 1949, have continued to fall since 2007. Motoring groups put it down to oil prices and the economy. Others offer a more fundamental explanation: the golden age of motoring is over.
Archaeology isn't immune from demographics and so I'd suggest that, rather than there being lots of unemployed archaeologists without licences, companies are going to have to (eventually) rethink how they operate to some degree (or pay people with licences a huge wage premium).