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I'm 24 and I don't have a driver's license — should I get one? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ndr@lemmy.world to c/chat

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/134805

Disclaimer: I'm not from the US.

As a student in a relatively large-ish city, I've been doing fine with public transportation. I'm not particularly interested in driving because of (no particular order):

environmental impact (in part mitigated by EVs)

'severe' ADHD; I would never be relaxed driving

safety; I don't trust other drivers to follow the rules properly

Should I still get a driver's license sooner than later?

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[–] Mummelpuffin 2 points 1 year ago

As someone who lives in a suburb far from any city (and the cities near me aren't very walkable anyways) goddamn I wish I could have asked myself this question. The idea that I even could is alien to me. Without a drivers' license and a car I wouldn't be employable because I literally couldn't get anywhere.

I'm autistic and almost certainly have inattentive ADHD as well. I totally thought that driving would always be a nightmare for me. It's still stressful on certain roads, but most of the time, I enjoy driving now. At some point you learn to trust other drivers as much as is reasonable (only trust turn signals when they're signaling a problem for you, for instance).

So... I really have no idea. I don't think having a license and knowing how to drive a car could hurt, even if you don't need to own one, y'know? Maybe you travel somewhere where public transportation isn't really a thing and need a rental.