Don’t feel bad! My sister didn’t get her driver’s license until she was 28!! She moved to the suburbs and had to learn out of necessity.
I happen to think that the earlier one begins to drive, the better driver s/he becomes, so get your license already! How are you going to rent a car if you go on vacation?
I’ll second Kelli. Driving is fantastic. Get you license (sp! ) Sterling. Although I too had almost turned 20 untill I got it. But then again, you can’t get it younger than 18 over here. Which is good, because we’re ALL idiots under 18 and a car is a dangerous weapon. Unfortunately, some people remain idiots all their lives, hence my smashed up Peugeot a couple of weeks ago…
sigh
Anyway, it’s fixed now - looking better than ever. Yay !
Hey, I’m 37 and I don’t drive – in L.A.! Yes, it can be done, and without mooching rides; you just have to hate driving sufficiently (and perhaps to have totaled four cars in five years) and you’ll find a way to manage.
If you want to drive and can do it well, go for it! But don’t feel obligated if you just don’t want to.
In calif, USA, they have some weird restrictions on that for teenagers. Like they can only do it at certain hours, with certain people in the car. Driving, that is.
“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective
It seems to me there are two issues being confused here–having a license and having a car. A license is fairly cheap–a car is still out of reach for many people (esp. in places like California, where insurance is both mandatory & through the roof).
Well it appears that we are juggling several conclusions.
A) I’ve had my Learners Permit since I was 15 (possibly the longest in Virginia history)
B) It expires one year from now. (“Uh, Can I have this renewed?” "Sir this is a five-year-old Learner’s Permit! What have you been doing all of this time?)
C) My dad is too chicken to show me how to drive.
D) My dad is too cheap to pay for lessons.
E) I’d pay it myself, but there’s this pesky thing: College Tuition!