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People who refuse to learn how to drive a car, why? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by FookReddit69@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently studying for the theory and then the practice for the license and I hate it... But since I'm unemployed for like half a year now maybe it will give me more chances to get hired. Still I will avoid driving as much as possible, being on a highway scares me and I'm afraid of having an accident. Plus I wear glasses and I'm not sure if my reflexes or peripheral view are good enough...

So, what's your reason to not drive a car... money? For the environment? Are you afraid? You really don't need to?

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[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

A bit unrelated, but where I live the price of car school doubled in the past few years. It's the reason my girlfriend still hasn't started driving school yet. I could see that as an important factor. If I had to get my driving license for the current price, I might also reconsider. Cars are generally ludicrously expensive compared to everything else. Here you could pay roughly (converted) 120 bucks a year for public transit, or pay 80 monthly AT LEAST to drive (just gass and ensurance).

[–] onion@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

In Germany it's roughly >400€ per month to own and drive a car, with all costs included, and 50€ per month for nationwide public transit and regional trains

[–] IDew@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both public traffic and driving sounds pretty cheap to me. Insurance, road tax and fuel gets me on 200 bucks a month.. Public traffic takes way longer and is more expensive somehow... (Netherlands BTW)

[–] onion@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

You gotta include maintanance, repairs and depreciation too