Nice articles. My brother is 21 without a license. Sometimes I think that it's anxiety preventing him from driving, and I want to help him overcome it. Other times I feel like it's pretty common nowadays, driving is less necessary and it's not a big deal.
I can't judge people that don't drive for any myriad of reasons. Yeah, it's inconvenient to others, but driving really sucks. There's old people on the roads going too slow, braking too much, there's entitled drivers going too fast, people not signaling, dangers of idiots making brainfart mistakes.. It really sucks and it's not for everyone.
I didn't learn to drive a car until I was 33.
It came down to simple economics, at 22 it was cheaper for me to buy my first house close to work and walk there, then to pay for a car, insurance and petrol.
I am not talking bout City Folks where parking is too much of a hassle or Poor Folks that can't pay for a car but normal people in that just don't drive.
I got a sister in-law who has a 26yr old boyfriend who does not drive cause he doesn't have a DL. I have asked them both why and they dance around the question but its is strange as hell to for a adult that doesn't drive. Its seem to be a Major strain on their life. She has to drive dude around all the time,she has 2 cars and ask me to help move one of the cars to her new place today. So now they have come pick me up, drive me over their old Apt. to pick up the car, drive it to their new place and then bring me back home. Its just seem like a big pain in the ass to not be able to drive at all. I have never not had a DL. I have gone with a car for a few weeks but always had access to a working car since forever. So its is very strange to me for a Adult to not be able to drive.
So are there any adults here that don't drive. Does it impact your daily life. Why haven't you got a DL.
Two possible theories...I am not talking bout City Folks where parking is too much of a hassle or Poor Folks that can't pay for a car but normal people in that just don't drive.
I got a sister in-law who has a 26yr old boyfriend who does not drive cause he doesn't have a DL. I have asked them both why and they dance around the question but its is strange as hell to for a adult that doesn't drive. Its seem to be a Major strain on their life. She has to drive dude around all the time,she has 2 cars and ask me to help move one of the cars to her new place today. So now they have come pick me up, drive me over their old Apt. to pick up the car, drive it to their new place and then bring me back home. Its just seem like a big pain in the ass to not be able to drive at all. I have never not had a DL. I have gone with a car for a few weeks but always had access to a working car since forever. So its is very strange to me for a Adult to not be able to drive.
So are there any adults here that don't drive. Does it impact your daily life. Why haven't you got a DL.
One possibility is that it's hard to get car insurance right after a dui and it's super expensive.Very interesting . . .
I work with a young guy (24), who was hired at my place of work about a year ago. We get paid very well. He came out and told us his coworkers that he had a DUI for which most sort of honored him for the honesty even though having a clean driving record is one of the criteria for working at this company. He did know a senior exec's daughter (he was in college with her) and that's how he got the job.
Now, beyond that, the guy told everyone that his DUI expired in Sept. and that he'd have his license back then. But, 5 months later, the guy doesn't have a car and isn't driving himself anywhere yet. I pick him up and drop him off every day. It's not a huge inconvenience to me, but it is a small one.
SO, either he told us the whole truth and there's more to the story or he told us a half-truth/partial truth/lie. I mean, the guy would get approved for a 100K+ car and most young guys like that probably would do that (maybe not the full amount but you know what I mean). If he didn't want debt, he could easily have paid for a decent vehicle long ago in cash.
Makes no sense. So I know what you're saying TS. There has to be more to the story.
Maybe the guy I work with hit someone, got sued with his DUI. Maybe it wasn't a DUI. Maybe he was driving with expired insurance. Maybe his insurance is so high now he can't afford to . . . But that's not even true, because with the money he makes that's pretty much impossible.
Like I said, there's got to be more to the story. And it sucks. We're friends . . . mostly we golf together and then through work. But we're not huge buddies particularly with the age gap.
I never mention it due to me knowing there's got to be more to the story and he's too embarrased to come out with it. I wouldn't be surprised if one day confesses the situation to me. If it is him just dragging his heels . . . Then really lame. And the young guy has a girlfriend who always makes the trek from another city to see him and then drives him around. The whole thing makes no sense unless there's a really good reason for it. I don't want to be his taxi for another year.
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Forgot to mention that this young guy I work with has talked steadily for the last 5 months about what car he'd like, or he's looking at . . . If I'm being honest, it sounds to me like talk; like he's just trying to sound to my coworkers that he's actively transitioning from non-driver to driver. As usual I call BS in my mind. Until he's behind the wheel of his own vehicle and gettig himself around, its a lame-ass situation. Unless he's incapable of driving due to a handicap he's not letting anyone know about (as an early poster said).