any one here who cant drive.........and is proud of it..............like me.

I can't and don't really want to.

Did attempt to learn once but was too nervous. Wasn't me I was worried about it was the other idiots on the road. Its a bit of an issue at the moment actually, other half is complete petrol head. He is trying to persuede me into getting a little scooter. Would be a lot easier for work, and if I was pottering around quiet country lanes I'd be fine, but don't think I could cope with city driving, too many impatient, selfish, idiot drivers.

Originally posted by PhilMurray
any one here who cant drive.........and is proud of it..............like me.

What's to be proud of?

Originally posted by antisocial
I can't and don't really want to.

Did attempt to learn once but was too nervous. Wasn't me I was worried about it was the other idiots on the road. Its a bit of an issue at the moment actually, other half is complete petrol head. He is trying to persuede me into getting a little scooter. Would be a lot easier for work, and if I was pottering around quiet country lanes I'd be fine, but don't think I could cope with city driving, too many impatient, selfish, idiot drivers.
Fancy this? (not a scooter, though) :)

Cool transport! (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c185/akirkpatrick/Picture005.jpg)

]From Classic Rock's thread (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69824[/url)

We looked at that before and it is very lovely and just what I'd like but the scary car license bit puts me off I'm afraid......

When I'm a multi millionaire and drive it round my private grounds perhaps.......!

Originally posted by antisocial

When I'm a multi millionaire and drive it round my private grounds perhaps.......! [/B]

Just like Ozzie Osborne ;)

i have no desire to learn to drive, just a hassel. plus i like talking to random old people at bus stops

i cant, purely cause i cant afford it..

I would love to, mom and sister, and most of the family are disabled, so it would help greatly.. but.. just cant afford to pay for the lessons, or whats more, the car/upkeep once im passed lessions.

Originally posted by Meaks
What's to be proud of?

he likes catching buses.....with pride:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :rolleyes:

I can't and I'm quite happy not doing so.

Originally posted by carcrash
I can't and I'm quite happy not doing so.

thats coz your lass drives so you get the best of both worlds.......getting legless and then a lift home.......nowt finer,thats why i paid for our stacey to learn:thumbsup:

Originally posted by carcrash
I can't and I'm quite happy not doing so.
With a forum-name like yours, I'm quite happy you're not doing so too! ;)

Originally posted by Bic0
With a forum-name like yours, I'm quite happy you're not doing so too! ;)

very good:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :D

I have tried driving lessons they went ok but when i got to the exam at the end i did not do to good :( so now i use public transport :rolleyes:

I think it should be made compulsary- u never know when you might need to drive somewhere in an emergency- what happens when your wife goes into labour for example!!! (going a bit OTT here i know!!!) :hihi:

Can drive, but many people would tell you that i can't if you get what I mean!

Gotta agree with Kirky though, Nowt better than letting someone else drive after you've been out on the lash all day!

If it was'nt for our lass being able to drive, i'd have got rid a long time ago, lol

Good job she has'nt got the t'internet!

I remember when i took my driving test.

The examiner said "In the traffic light sequence, what colour comes after red and amber?"

I said "No idea, Iv;e normally gone by then". :thumbsup:

Ther's enough idiots on the road without it been made compulsory.

why did they make the test at the end so hard would it not be better to do a practical exam

I can't drive and I'm pretty proud of it. My dad has always said that if you've never learned to drive you won't miss it, but once you get a car you then can't live without it. I'm therefore proud not to have signed up to a car dependency.

I'm also quite an idealist. I think people make far too many unnecessary journeys, and getting a car often makes people lazy. People start using the car to make half mile journeys, which isn't very good for the environment.

I can't guarantee that I'll never learn to drive, but I'm almost 26 and I've managed okay thus far. I definitely can't see myself learning to drive within the next 3-5 years.

Originally posted by viking
I remember when i took my driving test.

The examiner said "In the traffic light sequence, what colour comes after red and amber?"

I said "No idea, Iv;e normally gone by then". :thumbsup:

They had cars when you were young? :o

:hihi:

Originally posted by Andy
They had cars when you were young? :o

:hihi:

Just. But I had to have someone walk in front of the car with a Red flag. :hihi:

Originally posted by scottf
I think it should be made compulsary- u never know when you might need to drive somewhere in an emergency- what happens when your wife goes into labour for example!!! (going a bit OTT here i know!!!) :hihi:

That wouldn't work, in practicality, Scott, there are categories of people who are simply not permitted to drive:-

For example people who have uncontolled epilepsy are forbidden to hold a licence...

People who have diabetes have to renew their licence every three years....

Certain other categories of disability also have restrictions on them, in that they have to be declared to the DVLA.

PT

Originally posted by Daley
I can't drive and I'm pretty proud of it. My dad has always said that if you've never learned to drive you won't miss it, but once you get a car you then can't live without it. I'm therefore proud not to have signed up to a car dependency.

I'm also quite an idealist. I think people make far too many unnecessary journeys, and getting a car often makes people lazy. People start using the car to make half mile journeys, which isn't very good for the environment.

I can't guarantee that I'll never learn to drive, but I'm almost 26 and I've managed okay thus far. I definitely can't see myself learning to drive within the next 3-5 years.

I agree with that, I dont drive and since we lost our car a couple of weeks ago Mr H.P has had to buss it to work hes really missing the car..
I am not.. I walk everywhere during the day anyway so it makes no difference to me, not that I think I'll ever get in a car again anyway

my theory, some people were born to drive, some people were born to be driven, and some people were just well born..

thats something to be proud of :D

I don't drive and it is the biggest regret of my life that I never learnt

It has limited my choices all my life being dependent on others for lifts as bus services were not always adequate. So therefore I stopped seeing friends, limited choice of shops, limited to what I could carry and with 3 small children limited in what I could do. And the time wasted in travelling on Public transport.
Take my advice and learn.

hazel

Hopefully I'll be one step closer this afternoon if I can pass my theory :help:

Originally posted by hazel
I don't drive and it is the biggest regret of my life that I never learnt

It has limited my choices all my life being dependent on others for lifts as bus services were not always adequate. So therefore I stopped seeing friends, limited choice of shops, limited to what I could carry and with 3 small children limited in what I could do. And the time wasted in travelling on Bublic transport.
Take my advice and learn.

hazel
See- thats what i think- you limit yourself to what you can do if you don't drive! You can't just get up and go somewhere on a whim- you have to check public transport and rely on that, i myself couldn't live let my life be governed by first!!!

Can't drive, won't drive, and after my past antics on motorbikes (resulting in a dented crash barrier, one knackered knee and a smashed up arm) I think I'm doing the world a favour by not learning ;)

Originally posted by Eleri
Can't drive, won't drive, and after my past antics on motorbikes (resulting in a dented crash barrier, one knackered knee and a smashed up arm) I think I'm doing the world a favour by not learning ;)

but you have 4 wheels on a car :D much more stable!!

Originally posted by scottf
I think it should be made compulsary- u never know when you might need to drive somewhere in an emergency- what happens when your wife goes into labour for example!!! (going a bit OTT here i know!!!) :hihi:

Thank the lord you're not prime minister. :hihi:

Then it would just take 4 hours to get to and from work every day. The traffic situation is bad enough as it is!!!!

Originally posted by twichibi
Thank the lord you're not prime minister. :hihi:


Well actually i have a little secret :hihi:

Originally posted by twichibi
Then it would just take 4 hours to get to and from work every day. The traffic situation is bad enough as it is!!!!

I would ban cars going anywhere near the city centre and introduce a compulsary park and ride scheme anyway :D :D

Originally posted by scottf

I would ban cars going anywhere near the city centre and introduce a compulsary park and ride scheme anyway :D :D

Then we would need a car park the size of Rotherham.

Originally posted by scottf
but you have 4 wheels on a car :D much more stable!!

Unfortunately, that doesn't make up for my attention span (best likened to a pregnant goldfish) ;)

The damage I could do in a car doesn't bear thinking about. :(

I can't drive on the roads these days - too many impatient, bad-tempered and uncaring road users that can't go fast enough and would still probably grumble if they all had jets. They obviously forget that they were once pedestrians.

I'm also into doing my bit for the environment and have strong feelings regarding cars travelling with only one person.

I don't drive.

I'm convinced I would end up killing someone (maybe myself) and I don't want that on my conscience.

Wilf

Originally posted by twichibi
Then we would need a car park the size of Rotherham.

Or just a big car park- its not like there isn't any spare industrial land going spare!! :D

Originally posted by tiffy
I'm also into doing my bit for the environment and have strong feelings regarding cars travelling with only one person.

Don't think I like this comment tiffy. Why would you have 'strong feelings' for cars travelling with only one person, when you don't know anything about that person? I'm assuming these feelings are negative?

I do my bit for the environment too. In fact I do a lot of bits for the environment. But there's only ever one person in my car - and that's me. I wouldn't be able to lead the life I lead or do the job I do without it, so I don't really think I deserve criticism for the fact that I drive alone. I'm single and I live nearly 400 miles away from my family. What's a girl to do?

what a fantastic idea to make driving comulsary, we could all go out and sit in our cars and sit and sit and sit and never go anywhere unless we walk cos there would be so many cars that all the roads would be full before anybody went anywhere, it is obvious if you can drive you will eventually get your own transport, but just think no need for vehicle excise, insurance, petrl pump price rises etc... cos no one would be able to go. and there would be no need for traffic planners, no need for pedestrian crossings no pot holes cos we could pave the roads it sounds like utopia.

My reference being to traffic jams, tail-backs and the number of parking spaces taken up when the offer of a lift to work-colleagues/friends etc who are known to be going to the same places. Also if car pooling had been exercised by a few people during the recent grid-lock in town it would have helped a little.

You are not to blame considering your circumstances and of course there'll always be cars with only one person.

In certain circumstances car pools make sense.

Originally posted by twichibi
Then we would need a car park the size of Rotherham.

Why not just bulldoze Rotherham town centre for that very purpose? Would be an improvement on what's already there...

Originally posted by scottf
I think it should be made compulsary- u never know when you might need to drive somewhere in an emergency- what happens when your wife goes into labour for example!!! (going a bit OTT here i know!!!) :hihi:
I drove Mrs Draggle to hospital when she went into labour. Cool as a cucumber I was, too :)
Mind you, I wasn't the one in absolute agony gagging for an epidural ;)

Tried to learn to drive years ago...gave it up as a bad job when I nearly drove under a petrol tanker at the Leppings Lane roundabout.:blush:

taking lessons...with ma dad... going ok.. and its a bit important seens though im going to be a plumber. dont think a bathroom suite will fit on the number 41 bus. :D

Originally posted by craigmason
why did they make the test at the end so hard would it not be better to do a practical exam

Surely you're not saying the theory is difficult? If you've got any common sense it's straightforward!

IMO anyone who fails 3 tests, either practical or theory shouldn't be allowed to drive.

Could'nt wait to be 17 to get my provisional license...took my test 10 years later, failed, didn't try again.
Now I would'nt even want to drive. I don't even like it as a passenger except on the bus or taxi...Too many arrogant and self important people behind the wheels these days.
Joanl

i cant i failed my test twice then my theory run out so i never bothered again that was years ago, but the kids n hubby keep pesterin me so maybe ill start again :clap:

why did they make the test at the end so hard would it not be better to do a practical exam

Isn't the driving test the practical exam? or am I been stupid here

I had lessons and hated them. Now can't drive for medical reasons and to be honest it's a relief not to hear constant sarky remarks about not being able to.

Originally posted by sheff_minx
Why not just bulldoze Rotherham town centre for that very purpose? Would be an improvement on what's already there...

hey i live in Rotherham ....where would i go??

The best thing I did was learning to drive.
I have to admit though that I'm not dependant on the car, my other half takes the car to work and it doesn't bother me in the slightest getting the bus into town or walking somewhere.
It's just nice knowing it's sat there and I can hop in and drive myself somewhere if I need to.

I only bothered to learn to drive as everytime I went to a job interview, the first question they asked was "can you drive?"

Like having a car always makes you 100% reliable? My old car was a lemon.

The jobs I applied for were nothing to do with the driving industry, anyway, owning a car can be an advantage especially in this cold weather.

I never thought I would pass as I had no confidence but I did and glad I took my test now.

I took lessons passed my theory applied for my test and i had a Small stroke! So all that money i wasted on it oh well.:confused:

Originally posted by PhilMurray
hey i live in Rotherham ....where would i go??

Slough??

I learnt to drive at 17, passed my test first time pretty soon afterwards and in the nine years since I have never owned a car and have driven around 10 times! If you live and work in the same city and your job doesn't involve travel then you can live perfectly well without a car. Cars usually make people very lazy. There's one woman in my office who drives 400 yards to the sandwich shop every lunchtime.

I can't drive (a car, I have driven a tractor), I've never needed to so I've never learnt.

i cant drive .......might have to learn now tho, buses are terrible round these parts, bloody arriva

ive never had a passport either :)
or done the lottery, or use my mobile phone, i dont even give the number out
ive never voted, or put a bet on :P

Originally posted by melthebell
i cant drive .......might have to learn now tho, buses are terrible round these parts, bloody arriva

ive never had a passport either :)
or done the lottery, or use my mobile phone, i dont even give the number out
ive never voted, or put a bet on :P

Snap.. don't drive, don't own a passport or do the lottery.

Can't drive, wouldn't mind learning but not really fussed either way. I can walk pretty much anywhere I need to get to regularly and there is a decent (if a little overpriced at times) public transport infrastructure when I can't walk there (or I'm too lazy to).

Originally posted by PhilMurray
any one here who cant drive.........and is proud of it..............like me. Well i can drive my wife round the bend the kids round the twist and my pets to starvation ...

but i cant drive a car.... and i dont care.... i lv my monthy travel pass!

Originally posted by PhilMurray
any one here who cant drive.........and is proud of it..............like me. I cant drive, but Im not proud of it ! Took two driving tests in my middle 30s and failed them both.Now Im 67 and would love to learn to drive, but do you think I am too old ? How much are lessons now anyway ?

Originally posted by pattricia
I cant drive, but Im not proud of it ! Took two driving tests in my middle 30s and failed them both.Now Im 67 and would love to learn to drive, but do you think I am too old ? How much are lessons now anyway ?

my mate passed on about his 4th attempt..........hes been a taxi driver for years since