Dear SleepyRain,
I don’t believe it is stupid at all not to have your license at any age. In today’s society there are so many options for transport depending on where you live and where you want to go. Cars are also an added expense and sometimes aren’t economical for everyone.
I am someone who got their license at 21, but couldn’t afford my own car until 28. I used to have confidence to drive. Drive to work, to other people’s houses and visit a few events I wanted to. However gradually my anxiety started to enter driving, due to other people and their driving. I would internalise what happened on the road, like someone honking me or tailgating too close. I drove very responsibly and respected the road rules and others. I soon lost confidence and stopped driving anywhere but to my local shops and back. Due to a personal trauma, I haven’t driven my car now for nearly a year and a half. Non car related. To get back in it now is going to take a lot of courage and determination to face the driving world again. If only to the shops and back, it is something. I wouldn’t be able to handle driving into the city at all.
But that is the thing. You don’t need to go fast. You just need to try, if that is what you truly want. And I have since realised everyone I talk to has the same feelings about other stupid and impatient people on the road. It happens to everyone,not just me. I am not in control of other people on the road and their choices, only my own.
You don’t have to drive everywhere if you don’t want to either. You can drive locally and then take public transport to a particularly busy area or into the city where parking costs $30 anyway. Find a way that works best for you.
And like they always say, practice makes perfect. And there are so many good driving schools out there to help you prepare for your test and the road conditions today.
Here to chat if you would like,
Doors24
