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The US has more vehicles than drivers

Americans now have more cars than drivers, according to the Transportation Department.

The American household now has on average 1.75 drivers but 1.90 "personal vehicles," said the report, which was released Friday. By comparison, households average 0.86 adult-size bicycles.

The car population has been gaining on the driver population for some time. One reason is that personal vehicles have become as specialized as shoes, experts say, with different designs for different uses.

Justin McNaull, a spokesman for the American Automobile Association, said that households with two adult drivers may have a car for commuting to work, a second for hauling the family around and "a two-seater to let Mum or Dad escape from reality of the world for a couple of hours."

Then there's the odd Winnebago or restored '57 Chevy, revved up only if the weather is right.

Drivers aside, one-person households have an average of 1.01 cars; two-person households have 1.98 cars; three-person households have an average of 2.31 cars; and four-person households have an average of 2.39.

Holidays aside, Americans mainly use cars to get to work. A 2001 survey found that 91.2 percent drove to work; 4.9 percent used public transit; and 2.8 percent walked.

According to the Transportation Department, which surveyed 26,000 households and 60,000 individuals in 2001 and 2002 and is only now releasing the results, about 7.9 percent of households do not have cars at all.

People with cars will be driving them a lot, according to Automobile Association, which predicted that 33.4 million Americans would travel at least 50 miles, or about 80 kilometres, from home over the Labour Day weekend, 84 percent by car. Another 3.7 million will travel by plane, down 2.6 percent since last year.