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[Misc] Do you have a driving licence?
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AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
HGV PCV here, held for 33 years.
Raskolnikov
New member
Yes, have done for 3 years but don't own a car and haven't driven one for 2
Car since 1983, bike since 2002.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I love driving and cars are a bit of a passion, I’d be absolutely gutted to lose my licence. Bit of a car anorak in truth and have had quite a few second hand sports cars.
Driving in the south is a pain in the arse, go to the continent though and it’s just a totally different experience.
I guess with the cost of learning to drive, buying, taxing and insuring a car these days, it could easily make sense to just use public transport/taxis or shanks pony if funds are tight and you haven’t any real desire to drive.
Driving in the south is a pain in the arse, go to the continent though and it’s just a totally different experience.
I guess with the cost of learning to drive, buying, taxing and insuring a car these days, it could easily make sense to just use public transport/taxis or shanks pony if funds are tight and you haven’t any real desire to drive.
I have a car and bike licence, but can't apply that :-(
Ah, I can ... sorry!
Icy Gull
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The cock up on the poll is the automatic car bit, as far as I know you get a licence to drive an automatic when you pass a test in a manual. I have known people who took their test in an automatic and I believe are only permitted to drive an automatic. Maybe things have changed.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Bike and car. 1962 and 1963 still riding, still driving.
Car licence (clean) 50 years and 6 months (plus motorbike for 21years). Did have an HGV in the 80s but it lapsed and I couldn't afford at the time to renew it (and wasn't using it anyway, as I'd found other work by then).
Yes, I think quite a few young people don't drive these days - because of the cost, or maybe for 'Green' reasons. Worryingly though, I fear a considerable number of young people are taking to the roads without a licence - the cost of insurance is now so ridiculously high for young people (especially young men) that they're doing the maths and coming up with the answer that even though there is a risk of fines, if they get away with it for two or three years, that's still cheaper than paying for the insurance.
Yes, I think quite a few young people don't drive these days - because of the cost, or maybe for 'Green' reasons. Worryingly though, I fear a considerable number of young people are taking to the roads without a licence - the cost of insurance is now so ridiculously high for young people (especially young men) that they're doing the maths and coming up with the answer that even though there is a risk of fines, if they get away with it for two or three years, that's still cheaper than paying for the insurance.
skipper734
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RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Full EU car licence since 2001. I only do about 4000 miles a year now I'm back in the UK but I'd not be without a car.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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I'm 33 and haven't learnt yet. I've had no need to really. Don't need to drive for work and I've lived in Worthing / Brighton all my life where nothing is out of walking distance.
Having said that I want a family at some point and being unable to drive is going to present some, ahem, roadblocks for days out and whatnot.
Having said that I want a family at some point and being unable to drive is going to present some, ahem, roadblocks for days out and whatnot.
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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I'm not really sure how to fill in the poll. My licence appears to cover all cars, motorcycles and HGVs. Not allowed near a bus though.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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Nearly 41 and never driven. I will be learning within the next year or so just to make things a little easier and so we can move a bit further out of town.
theboybilly
Well-known member
Car since 1973 bike since 1977. I passed my HGV Class 1 in 1983 but have long since let it go (after years of trunking up and down the country it lost it's appeal) If I could I would be car-free but would never give up my motorcycle
I learned ten years ago in my late 30s. I'd always lived in the centre of Brighton and then moved to Sydney (excellent public transport), Tokyo (brilliant public transport, dreadful traffic) and Taipei (only the most lunatic of crazy adrenaline sports junkies would even attempt to drive there as a Westerner. You'd die in days). So I'd never needed to. I learned when we had kids and passed second time.
However, I don't think I've actually driven for about two years, maybe more. I walk the school run, get public transport to the office and use buses / trains everywhere else too. We have one car which Mrs GB drives everywhere and hogs on the weekend and I'm now at the point where I've totally lost my confidence and given up.
However, I don't think I've actually driven for about two years, maybe more. I walk the school run, get public transport to the office and use buses / trains everywhere else too. We have one car which Mrs GB drives everywhere and hogs on the weekend and I'm now at the point where I've totally lost my confidence and given up.
pearl
Well-known member
past test in late teens, but barely used it, have no desire to drive or own a car now.