Why did/do you want to learn to drive?
By hezoid
@hezoid (2144)
April 6, 2008 6:07pm CST
This is a question both for people who have already learnt to drive (however long ago that might be!) who are currently learning to drive and also those who want to learn to drive but haven't started to yet.
What i want to know is like the title says, what were or are your reasons for wanting to learn to drive? I aks this becuase when i first started taking lessons (i'm on my 7th lesson so far!) my driving instructor asked me that very question. I told him that it was becuase in this day and age you really are expected to know how to drive. It really makes life difficult not being able to drive as there are so many things that are a struggle to use using your own two feet or even wors,e having to rely on public transport! Anyway he seemed quite shocked that i didn't want to lean just for the pleasure of it, but i don't really see driving as a pleasure, more as a necessary thing to know how to do.
So let me know your reasons, you may have more than one reason. I'd be very interested to hear!
5 responses
@Swaana (1205)
• India
13 Apr 08
For our family, a four wheeler is a luxury. But I really want to learn to drive a two wheeler. There are lots of models which could be driven by women with great ease. You will not beleive if I tell you I dont know to ride a bi-cycle. That is why I am so keen in learning.
The main reasons I want to learn to drive a two wheeler are:
1. I can move around with ease anywhere.
2. I could drop and pick up my kids
3. I neednot depend upon any other mode of transport
4. I hate to hear when people tell me that I am wasting my money in autorickshaws.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
7 Apr 08
It's interesting that Your instructor seemed Shocked that You weren't learning for Fun!
Here in Ireland,outside the cities and towns,Public transport is quite fragmented and poorly connected-for example,my Sister lives 24 miles from Me,about 30 minutes by car-to travel there by public transport,(there's no direct route available) it would be around 50 miles road distance and take at least 4 hours using 3 scheduled buses..I'm not sure If I could make a return trip in one day by this method!(Correction! I checked the Schedule-If I left home at 8am,I could be there around midday...the departures leaving there after this time would be either 12:25(hardly giving me time to walk to her house within the town and back),and 14:40,the latter one (and Latest one possible) would have me home by 5pm! So For Me,a Car is a necessity...It's pretty much the same for Work..I Live in a village,4 miles from My work,3 miles from the nearest town,and 10 miles from the nearest main shopping town..I can bike to work or the nearby town in good weather,but as this is Ireland,It rains a lot,so a bike's not my preferred daily commute-again,doing shift work makes for awkward scheduling(Early mornings,late nights,split shifts),not that I HAVE a public transport option to get me door to door,despite living beside a main road between home and work..
@rovian (1924)
• United States
7 Apr 08
When I took lessons for driving, I only got two days of practice then the test, but I failed and the reason was because I didn't let someone pass before I had to park the car. I re-took the test when it was raining but failed again because I messed up on parking.
I want to learn how to drive so I don't have to reply on someone else to get to places.
@BUSSY1979 (1283)
• United States
7 Apr 08
i wanted to learn to drive so that i could better myself in the future.
i wanted to drive so that way i could find my own job,go to work in my
own time,and be able to drive my car to my work more like a real
human being.to drive a car,you have all the things that you need for your life.you have the car to drive to go to work and make money,
you have the car to drive to go to the store to get some food for your home,and you have the car to drive to go and pay your bills when they are due every month.if we didn't have no car,our lives would be so much harder to live life peacefully.






