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I was wondering if anyone else had issues driving or even motivating oneself to getting a license.


In between be being uncomfortable with the entire idea of slingshotting down a highway at 70 MPG with limited visual capabilities and a general lack of coordination at handling said car, I really haven't seen the point in going to get my license -- I live most of the year on campus and work down there, so I can do everything within walking distance or via a bus. Plus, I don't really feel the need to spend thousands of dollars on a vehicle that I'll only have to spend more money on maintaining and paying for fuel.

Anyone else have similar issues?

I used to be terrified of driving, so I waited to start. A year later, I love it! Can't wait to get my license!

Where is the "never" option?

I don't feel comfortable driving, but I've done it a little bit. I'm reluctant to actually go towards my license because I know I'll never be comfortable driving.

Also, driving costs a lot of money for little benefit for me. Just to get into town, it'd cost over 10 dollars in gas. I can spend 3 dollars and get into town via city transportation. Then there is also insurance, and actually paying for the car... Nope, not going to be driving any time soon, if ever.

Maintenance is a COMPLETE drain of my income as an unemployed POS like me.

I however have above average reflexes, coordination, and what not. I got my learners permit when I was 16 (would have gotten it at 15 if I felt like I was responsible enough).

I highly recommend that anyone looking into getting a first car with a low entry cost, reliable and not to difficult to learn in get a Honda CRX, Civic (92-95), or Del Sol.

Ooopse, and honestly I fit in that category. So sorry, I guess I was in a hurry and forgot about posting that potion. Let's see if I can add an option...hopefully,...



I think one of my key issues is my reflexes and coordination. Even in Video Games which I'm very good at, I could never play driving/racing games. I would just drive into the wall and end up going down the road slamming into the side the entire way...

I don't have one. I'm 27.

I'm the same way with any type of driving game.

I was pretty much force to get my license as soon as possible. My parents wanted me to be able to drive my siblings to school and swim practice.

I noticed that there is no "Never" option in that poll.

Never.

I got mine when I was 16 and have driven like an old lady ever since. I have lots of anxiety around driving that I'd like to do without.

Something doesn't seem quite right about the math on that . . . even with 3 dollar gas, and a 10 MPG car, that means you live 30 miles from town. With a much more realistic 20 MPG, that would be 60 miles out. There aren't all that many places you can live 30 - 60 miles from town, yet take public transport all the way in - at least, not in the US. I mean, if you're not comfortable with driving, don't, but it looks like you may be overestimating the direct operating costs of driving.

Every other kid in my class had a drivers permit except me, no motivation. The way I look at it is, if you still have to drive with your parent...what's the reason?

I was 23 when I got my license. I would have been ready at 18 but cerebral palsy and a lack of finances delayed me.

I took Driver's Ed when I was 17 and had a bad experience in it, so I quit. Since the city I currently reside in has no public transportation (damn you, Arlington, TX! ), I either have to rely on my parents driving me places, or the local Handitran bus which caters to people with physical and mental disabiliites.

I'm not sure if I'll ever drive. I'm reluctant to have to go through all the hassle of getting a car and paying insurance and all that, so if I can get by well enough without driving, then I might just never drive.

I had a terrible time learning to drive. If it weren't for my parents nearly forcing me to practice all the time plus my mom's amazing ability to verbalize things for me so as to make them understandable (I could not figure out how intersections worked for example), I would not have my license. And it still took me three years longer than everyone else. But I guess I am lucky, looking over the rest of the thread.

I still don't have mine, and its kinda awkward to go out and ask someone to teach me,especially when its not something I feel all that comfortable doing in the first place. I do believe I will get my license one day, its just going to take some time. For a while I didn't think I would ever learn how to drive, but I feel like I made a lot of progress while my uncle was trying to teach me. He drives an ambulance for a living, and he's really laid back, and it just seemed like I got a lot more out of driving with him. In a way I wish I could go my whole life without it, but the way everything has gone, with where I live it seems like if I don't learn how to drive, I'll be stuck at home my whole life. I'm hoping maybe I can get the courage up to ask someone else to teach me at some point soon, possibly even my uncle again. Driving is something I absolutely hate due to all of the sensory stimuli, but it is something I feel I need to learn to do.


Side note, I can't stand it when people compare driving with video games, they are in no way alike, not even driving games. On the road there are a lot more things you have to pay attention to. Weather effects, brightness of the sun, people who don't watch where they are going. All of that stuff is predictable in video games, since its all AI, and not really random, whereas in real life, it is completely random (well, people not watching where they are going anyway). And last but not least, when you crash in video games, no big deal, when you crash in real life, you could get the ultimate game over.