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JoeyLondon wrote:RandomA1 wrote: JCinWrappingPaper wrote: I fully agree. There are SO many "what-ifs" and emergencies. If you don't know how to drive you will be unprepared for a lot of the things that life throws at you. What do you guys do when you leave your big cities?? What will you do when you plan on having kids? What do you do when you have to carry a LOT of things, or really BIG things like mattresses, loads of groceries, things from Home Depot?? Does this mean that you guys don't go on weekend roadtrips with friends and such? I'm sorry - I am just having a hard time understanding how SO many people choose not to drive. It's a completely foreign concept to me because every able-bodied, non-mentally incapacitated person I know knows how to drive a car. Even if one doesn't drive regularly and never owns a car, I still feel like one should learn how to drive. It's not difficult...hence why they teach it to FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS. Driving becomes second nature after a while..It's only hard the first few times behind the wheel. I agree. I live in a big city (Boston) and even though I'm forced to use public transportation (which sucks btw ), I still know how to drive and do it on occasion. It's pretty cool because you can rent a car by the hour here, which I do sometimes if I have errands to do and don't want to/can't lug the stuff on the subway. Granted I didn't grow up here but I still can't imagine someone from here not knowing how to drive. I can kind of/maybe understand for an NYCer but I find it hard to believe that some in this thread will always live in NYC and never expect to learn. Like you said, what about when you go on vacation and need to rent a car or need to use a car in NYC for moving big things?Totally agree with this. Hell I feel like I'm stuck/at a disadvantage because I don't know how to drive a stick! There have been times when I get all pissed like ugh, I should have learned! Driving = freedom to me. I actually like driving and prefer to be the driver on road trips. I'm good at driving long distances and I'm the least phased by traffic . I always tell my friends whenever an aggressive traffic move happens or is needed, "try driving in LA or Chicago once. You learn how to handle traffic real quickly."Aside from the all the lessons driving teaches you overtime, I'm really quite flabbergasted that all you who don't drive or never have, have never experienced the sheer joy of driving 70, 80 miles per hour with your windows down, radio cranked up and singing your favorite song as loud as possible. That's worth a license to me right there.
RandomA1 wrote: JCinWrappingPaper wrote: I fully agree. There are SO many "what-ifs" and emergencies. If you don't know how to drive you will be unprepared for a lot of the things that life throws at you. What do you guys do when you leave your big cities?? What will you do when you plan on having kids? What do you do when you have to carry a LOT of things, or really BIG things like mattresses, loads of groceries, things from Home Depot?? Does this mean that you guys don't go on weekend roadtrips with friends and such? I'm sorry - I am just having a hard time understanding how SO many people choose not to drive. It's a completely foreign concept to me because every able-bodied, non-mentally incapacitated person I know knows how to drive a car. Even if one doesn't drive regularly and never owns a car, I still feel like one should learn how to drive. It's not difficult...hence why they teach it to FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS. Driving becomes second nature after a while..It's only hard the first few times behind the wheel. I agree. I live in a big city (Boston) and even though I'm forced to use public transportation (which sucks btw ), I still know how to drive and do it on occasion. It's pretty cool because you can rent a car by the hour here, which I do sometimes if I have errands to do and don't want to/can't lug the stuff on the subway. Granted I didn't grow up here but I still can't imagine someone from here not knowing how to drive. I can kind of/maybe understand for an NYCer but I find it hard to believe that some in this thread will always live in NYC and never expect to learn. Like you said, what about when you go on vacation and need to rent a car or need to use a car in NYC for moving big things?
JCinWrappingPaper wrote: I fully agree. There are SO many "what-ifs" and emergencies. If you don't know how to drive you will be unprepared for a lot of the things that life throws at you. What do you guys do when you leave your big cities?? What will you do when you plan on having kids? What do you do when you have to carry a LOT of things, or really BIG things like mattresses, loads of groceries, things from Home Depot?? Does this mean that you guys don't go on weekend roadtrips with friends and such? I'm sorry - I am just having a hard time understanding how SO many people choose not to drive. It's a completely foreign concept to me because every able-bodied, non-mentally incapacitated person I know knows how to drive a car. Even if one doesn't drive regularly and never owns a car, I still feel like one should learn how to drive. It's not difficult...hence why they teach it to FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS. Driving becomes second nature after a while..It's only hard the first few times behind the wheel.
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JoeyLondon wrote:Aside from the all the lessons driving teaches you overtime, I'm really quite flabbergasted that all you who don't drive or never have, have never experienced the sheer joy of driving 70, 80 miles per hour with your windows down, radio cranked up and singing your favorite song as loud as possible. That's worth a license to me right there.
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XxBlondeshavemorefunxX wrote:...But you have to think of all the what if's in life (IMO anyway). If you happen to relocate due to work, a family situation, etc then you might end up somewhere where driving is a necessity. I just think it's a good, basic skill to have for the future even if you live somewhere where public transportation is everywhere.
12/06/2010 1:31 PM
forever121young wrote:First of all, there are a plethora of people in their teen's who should NOT drive. I don't care if you live in Bumfuck, Idaho and have no way of getting around. If you lack common sense (and as a pedestrian, I see this countless of times a day), you should not be in the drivers seat. Period. Everyone THINKS they're a good driver but honestly, I have a hard time believing everyone on this board is such.I actually live in the outskirts of NYC now so I see both sides of this. I live in a city where it's a 10 min walk to everything. However, there are plenty of times when I think it'll be great to go on a local-ish trip but when it comes down to it, there is NOTHING I can't do that I haven't done already even though I don't drive. And to add to that, the idea of maintaining a car, worrying about parking (which is horrendous in NYC and the small city I live), gas prices, crazy other drivers, car payments etc. the idea of owning a car seems more trouble than it's worth.If I ended up moving to a place where I would have to drive, I'd suck it up and do it but honestly, it's not a necessity at this point in my life. As for emergencies, that's what '911' is for. And delivery service is a great thing.
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souldawg wrote: Why would you want to drive or have a car in NYC. ---see, alternate side parking laws.I've been in the city 8 years now and haven't stepped behind the wheel once. If I need a car for some reason, taxi all the way. If not public transportation. I have had to go to the hospital, and for that, I took a taxi.
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BuzzOffDatAlcohol wrote:souldawg wrote: Why would you want to drive or have a car in NYC. ---see, alternate side parking laws.I've been in the city 8 years now and haven't stepped behind the wheel once. If I need a car for some reason, taxi all the way. If not public transportation. I have had to go to the hospital, and for that, I took a taxi.I don't live in Manhattan but I do live in nyc, I never have a problem with parking. I could see why you wouldn't want/need a car in the city though. I also can't imagine taking a cab to a hospital to be honest
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12/06/2010 6:45 PM
Rosie Rathbone wrote:Some of you are thinking about this way too hard.
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