People who can't drive

I didn't pass my test until I was 22, it wasn't until I actually bought my own car and drove on my own that I enjoyed driving and had an interest in cars. When I was younger I just didn't care about driving and really wasn't bothered so just left it.
 
I know quite a few people - mainly those who live in London, Oslo and New York - that have never learnt to drive and they're doing just fine.
 
mglover070588 said:
You choose to take public transport and that is fine. You can drive, it is adults (especially men) who can't that the thread is about :p.
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im struggling to see what being male has anything to do with it?

people have different agendas in life. driving may not be top of someones priority list over say, home ownership or a career. whereas driving out of requirement is a little more straightforward.

i dont like darts and cant play darts, but it doesnt make me less of a man for not liking it surely?

likewise with cars, if someone has no interest at all then no amount of questioning them will change that. i see the point of the thread, but i dont think you can just change peoples opinions in a flash.
 
NathWraith said:
But I don understand it being embaressing or de-masculating.

I would hate to not be able to drive and my girlfriend having to drive me around. Would just feel so wrong!
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The only thing worse is if the man is sitting in the back seat, and there's a child on the front passenger seat :p

Only reason for a man to be in the passenger seat and a woman driving is if the man has had a few ales and the woman is the designated driver.
 
Well I live in the burbs of London and my car hasn't moved since about the end of September. I simply have no need to drive most of the time as nearly everything is on my doorstep. I can well imagine anyone living any closer in could have even less need to drive and with the added costs, the state of the roads, traffic and other people's driving I could see their will to drive would be even less. So it's probably not too hard to imagine that someone growing up in London now would not ever bother to learn to drive because the roads are a very different place to when I was a lad.
 
I think there are three groups of people really;

A. people who either cannot drive or drive but are not in the least bothered about there car its simply a tool to get from a to b (mostly women :o)

B.people who can and do drive but take a limited interest in there car

C. car nuts, people who are really enthusiastic about all things with an engine and take a real interest in their car.

I am certainly C passed my test two months after turning 17 and used all my hard earned money to buy a rover 214 a week after that, love driving and have never been without at least two vehicles since :)
 
I never passed until I hit 22. I guess it's bad I lost 5 years road experience, but good I didn't take on 5 years motoring costs, and my first car didn't have to be some crappy 1.1 Fiesta.

I was far too lazy and immature to learn to drive at 17:(

I never asked for lifts though, never minded using public transport.
 
ganesh said:
I didn't pass my test until I was 22, it wasn't until I actually bought my own car and drove on my own that I enjoyed driving and had an interest in cars. When I was younger I just didn't care about driving and really wasn't bothered so just left it.
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Same, but I was 27 when a change of job made driving essential. In my old job I simply couldn't afford to run a car and have a social life.
 
DiamondMark said:
I suppose your right, nothing worse than a clinging foreigner once its all over.
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Thats what WillGill said about Freefaller!! :D

I didn't learn to drive until I was 22, but I was at uni so didn't need to drive, Early 20s in my mind is acceptable, as long as they don't rely on others, it is the people that make no effort and rely on everyone else to get places that really annoy me!
 
Some people including me, just dont want to drive yet, im 25 and i still prefer my mountain bike to get me everywhere, having a car isnt one of the things i see at the top of my list.

Must add, that having a car is creeping up the list slowly, due to family needs and all that crap.
 
I didn't even start learning until I was 27. Simple reasons:

1) I didn't need to: I lived, worked and socialised in the same town.
2) No family car, so no exposure to one.
3) I couldn't afford the lessons (and it was three more years before I could afford a car).

I only learned in the end because my employer went 50:50 on lessons. People are different: there's nothing natural about wanting to drive and nothing un-natural about not wanting to.



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In some parts of our wonderful society getting a car is the right of passage into manhood, you might as well be tieing tittie twisters to your nipples and dangling off a tree though imo.
 
It is an amazing freedom being able to drive whihc I really appreciate, my wife has just learnt and she's 28, I passed at 17 but some people just can't afford it, theres nothing wrong with that, it is expensive and people shouldn't be sneered at because they don't drive.

Judging by the posts on here some people have the wrong attitude and take far too many things for granted IMO.
 
To be honest I came into this thread expecting to see complaints of people who can't drive above 40-45 on a NSL road and brake to 20 for every corner, only to blast along at 40-45 when they get to a busy 30 limit area.
 
My Mom is only just starting to learn to drive again at the age of 49. Im 19 and have my lisence for a year, how shes gone this far without driving I have no idea.
 
I'm no doubt missing something but if you feel that your mates don't understand the realities of running your car then have you tried explaining to them what it costs you? It does seem a slightly odd thing to judge masculinity on though.

Probably the majority of my mates can drive but I've got a few good mates who can't drive and show no inclination to learn which is fair enough. If I'm going somewhere and can offer them a lift then that's fine, there's a decent chance I won't even bother asking for petrol money as I don't view it as particularly significant - they may offer and depending on the trip I might accept something. If however they were asking me to drive them around often or long distances when I wouldn't normally be going then I'd be more likely to take issue with it.
 
I work at a job centre and the vast majority of my customers don't drive at all...theres a fairly significant proportion of people who don't, for various reasons (money being a big one for a lot of people...motoring is not a cheap affair for anyone, even 'bangernomics' and driving and insuring a cheap cheap car is beyond the financial reach of money).

In my line of work though I can't say I enjoy the chats where I ask, only to be told 'well i do drive but only at night as I don't have insurance and i've not done my test yet' :rolleyes:
 
Will said:
I work at a job centre and the vast majority of my customers don't drive at all...theres a fairly significant proportion of people who don't, for various reasons (money being a big one for a lot of people...motoring is not a cheap affair for anyone, even 'bangernomics' and driving and insuring a cheap cheap car is beyond the financial reach of money).
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Being 30, not being able to drive yet using money as an excuse is a bit pathetic.

I bet most of your customers drink and smoke too - They can afford that...
 
I only passed my test after leaving uni, reasons being that I didn't have the time, money or requirement to have a car prior to that, and have saved thousands as a result. The train from uni to home was quicker than the drive, and I got work done and relaxed.

I love driving and don't understand people who don't want to (note not those who don't need to / can't afford to), and hate the people who dislike driving but have had fancy cars bought for them by rich daddy :p

On the other hand I'd never force someone to drive if they didn't want to because said people are the nervous/dangerous drivers who do stupid things, like pull off a roundabout onto a dual carriageway and brake hard for whatever reason*

*Old bloke did that to me the other day, wasn't impressed
 
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