How many other aspies here don't have their drivers license?

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I am 22 and don't even have my permit. The reason is because of my anxiety, I get nervous just walking somewhere. I also have very bad reflexes. And the last thing is just not being assertive enough to take the proper steps to obtaining it. I've become very angered by it lately, because I think that girls wouldn't want to go out with a guy who doesn't have a car, or even a license.
If you don't have one either, why not?

I did not get mine until I was almost 30. When I was younger, it was about anxiety. Then, after I went away to college and lived in a New England college town, there was simply no need. I could and did walk lots of places, and the busses went everywhere (and were free during the school year). When I relocated to Pittsburgh, the bus wasn't as convenient, but I could still get around, and my now-husband drove. We lived together, so I had transportation at hand.

When we moved to the suburbs of Pittsburgh, things changed. I could either hike the three miles to the nearest bus stop (walking along a highway with no sidewalks), or get a ride from my husband to the bus stop and hang around my school with nothing to do for hours. One day in October, I was waiting for the bus after my husband dropped me off and shivering horribly. I thought to myself, "This sucks. I don't want to wait in the cold, think about how bad it'll be in January!" And by the end of November, I had my DL. I simply found something -- waiting in the cold for a bus -- that I hated more than the idea of driving.

I HATE driving. My husband still does most of it, but I no longer have to wait for a bus in the cold when I have to go to work. I can join a friend without having to get a ride from someone. And a good thing too, as KC has virtually NO public transportation.

I am 25...didn't begin to work toward my driving license until this past November. I realize now how easy it really is, while when i was younger i had this image of it being so difficult...Now i wonder why it took me so long to get it...Right now i have my permit, but getting my license in March.

I don't drive...overloads...

I am 36 and do not have a license......

And I have no wish to ever get one.....

Driving = terrifying.........for many different reasons.

Mics.

I got it in California when I was 30 but I started driving when I was 19 in college with a Mexican drivers license. (I'm Mexican and my parents live there but I was in college in California and was able to get insurance from Mexico and it was valid in the USA as well. I wouldn't recommend you to do that, though.) I have social anxiety so every time I tried the driving test I would get too nervous and make mistsakes. In Mexico is easier to get a license.
I don't know what kind of anxiety you are having, but it would help you if you practice driving around the dmv office's area before taking the test.
By the way, on my written test I scored 100

I don't drive and never did. I'm afraid to drive. I feel like me behind the wheel of a car would be like putting a chimp there. Maybe the chimp would do better. However, in an emergency situation, if I was in a rural area, and I do live in a rural area part of the time, and I had to get someone to the hospital, a matter of life and death (no ambulance service where we are) I have confidence that I would be able to drive a car in order to get that someone medical attention.

Scary. And complicated. And costly, I think. So I haven't gotten around to it. I'm 22.

I am 34 and I really tried. I took Adult drivers ed at around 19...scared the overly-boastful teacher half to death...I have had several people try to teach me to drive and i have scared them off...I did once though drive on the freeway in the pouring down rain over the speed limit with this German consulate worker girl who followed my old band around back in the day..I must have been around 22...I don't know how I did it, but I drove all the way from New Orleans to Houston without stopping...at least I don't remember stopping...In my memory I recall complete euphoria...and that must be what it is like for people for whom driving is no big deal.

But generally, I have trouble simply being the passenger in a car...I have failed the drivers test multple times...have given dents and dings to the cars of people who tried to "teach" me...all kinds of stuff...I generally just don't trust myself...I can seel ok behind the wheel for a little while, but I am too prone to spacing out or lapses of judgement and of course...overload...it is too mujch...

I am only 15, so I'm not legally able to get a driver's license in the state of Illinois, but I can get a permit if I'm enrolled in driver's ed (I'm not). I'm terrified about driving, and I'm not ready to take on such a huge responsibility. The anxiety is debilitating at this point. I'm considering waiting until I'm 18 before I take on driving.

I am 21 and I don't have one. I did have a permit though but it expired.

I freak out when I'm in a car with someone else at the wheel, I wouldn't make it out of the driveway by myself.

Overload for me. I can't even bring myself to turn the ignition on a vehicle, never mind pressing the gas pedal. I've lost quite a few jobs because of this.

Got my licence at 30.
Having it is as much about identification as driving a car.
I tend to ride my bicycle or use public transport if it's available rather than drive.

i LOVE your username. As in the species homo sapien but you've changed it to aspien I like it

Most countries have a seperate form of identification though, so it's not applicable everywhere. Still, in that case it's an added responsibility to at least get a license.