How many (over 16) don't have a drivers license?

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I don't really want to drive, ever. Don't trust myself behind the wheel, and don't want to end up skint!

I think the ratio in this thread is just about what I would have expected, and I know why it would be a problem for everyone else. I can relate to the triggers, but I was really lucky in the driving part of life

For me I am told that I was soothed as a baby by being taken for rides. I spent much of my summers in childhood in either my father's transmission shop, or in my mother's parts delivery truck. I grew up around the automotive business, and as I started to learn more about different makes and models and body types of cars and their various components... it became what is now one of my oldest special interests.

By the time I was driving on my own I had spent so much time in cars that there was nothing scary about them other than the stuff I would make mistakes about (I remember one time when I drove up onto a curb... I almost gave up... but luckily I kept going)

Of course I should say, that I avoid heavy traffic as it still drives me nuts and can easily set me in high-anxiety mode... but the rest is wonderful to me

I'm more then double the age of my provisional licence (I got it for my 18th birthday). There are many people on the roads who just shouldn't be there. At least I'm sensible enough to know my own limitations.

I'm 17 and don't have one. I can't afford a car and I pretty much only travel alone when both my parents are out, so it would be silly to get one. I don't know if I am capable of driving either. I probably won't get one. We are moving to a place with good transit and with lots of things in walking distance, so I don't really want one. As others have said, the idea of driving makes me anxious. I remember going on a ride at the Disneyland when I was almost 10 where kids were allowed to drive their own car, I kept crashing into the curve and I rear-ended someone at the end of the ride and it created for children as young as 8 to drive on their own.

Im 23 and have just started to get me linsence

Yo.

I have dyspraxia with the ASD, so I'd be utterly unsafe on the road (I'm 30).

I couldn't remember what that was off the top of my head so I looked it up real quick & I probably have that as well. I'm dyslexic to & get directions & things confused a lot & I also probably have ADD/ADHD & I zone-out a lot sometimes. So even if my vision could somehow be fixed to normal 20/20; I could still never drive unless it's piloting a pod-racer 1000+, an X-wing, a snow-speeder , a speeder-racer, or a Millenium-Falcon which I pilot well.


I'm smart enough to know I should never be one of them.

I am 27 and I don't have a licence.
I use public transport.

I was about 23 when I got my permit and 26 when I got my full license. I was told that I would never be able to drive because of vision issues (now I'm flying planes too), but I'm probably safer than some of the other maniacs out there on the roads. Even though I do have my license and a car, I still put more miles on the bicycle during a typical week.

I do know my limits - last weekend I was doing a day trip that involved some interstate driving, and on the final leg I opted to take the back roads because of the traffic and large numbers of crazy drivers on the highways (people texting, cutting me off when I was attempting to change lanes even though I had my turn signal, etc.). Needless to say, taking the back roads was a lot more scenic and a lot less stressful. If I don't feel comfortable going at a certain speed, I'll slow down and allow others to pass

I'm 22 and don't have one. Two main reasons:

1. I live about 10 minutes walk from work, and a bus ride from town.

2. I couldn't because of epilepsy.

I could take it now, but then goto point 1.

I don't becuase I don't want to drive at all!

I'm nearly 21 and don't have it. I failed twice and I'm in NYC so the test is real hard. I know how to drive, drive fine, but I have so much anxiety on the test. People think it's weird, but I just say in the city I don't need one. I definitely want one and hopefully this summer when I move back to the city (currently in SoCal) because I do need it for anywhere out side of the city.

I don't have a driver's license, but sometimes I push my wife's four ton SUV when it breaks down.

Memememememe!

*I got paid to not learn until 18
*I'm lazy
*I don't want to spend money on that sort of thing
*Bike goes where I want

I'm 18 and don't drive yet, not sure exactly if I want to either yet, it sounds like something I'd struggle with.

I'm 20 and I don't have my driver's license.