for anyone here who doesn't drive

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How do you get around?

Mostly by foot for distances up to 4km and elsewhere by public transport including trains and trams. Try to avoid using cars and buses.

I walk or take a taxi most of the time. Sometimes people are nice enough to drive me places. I live in a rather small town so there's not really any good public transit like buses or trains here.

I lived without a car for most of my adult life.

I took trains, buses, walked.

In Bergen County, you'll have to rely on the infrequent buses. I know public transportation sucks there.

I would try to get my license, if you could.

Train, bicycle, walking, bus.

I don't need a car.

Why don't you get a permit and have somebody (if possible) give you driving lessons.

Maybe you should also give the folks who give the drivers' evaluations a call as well.

Oh yeah...that thing with your father.

I can't help it--I've never heard anybody from Jersey call their mother "mum." It's usually, "MAAAAAA!! !!."

At least you're proper--I'll say that for you!

In the summer I mostly ride my bike, and sometimes walk places. For most of the winter, I take public transit or I walk (although some year, if I can save up for winter tires, I might try winter cycling).

If cycling, walking, or public transit aren't options, then I either take a taxi or I get a ride from someone I know.

Mostly by foot, and I kinda like it. I wish I have a bike, but not enough money...

I would like to learn more about driving a motorcycle, but I don't wanna risk it by suddenly going on a heavier ones like my mom rides everyday.

At the same time, I refuse to use public transportation unless needed. I walk as often as possible.

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It depends on where I live. If it's in a city I usually walk, or take the bus if I need to for longer distances. Where I live now my only practical means of transportation is calling my parents and having them drive me. So mostly I just stay home.

I ride my bike, or call up my dad and ask him for a ride somewhere. I for one can't wait for driverless cars to be a thing, so that I can get around independently without having to deal with the stress of actually driving a vehicle. As for why I don't drive, well, it's a combination of cost, difficulty in getting through the learning materials, and some bad experiences involving motor vehicles. Plus, having driven around in back fields, I don't feel nearly in control of a truck as I do with something smaller like a bicycle or an ATV.

I catch the train. If I have to, I also catch the bus as well. Where I live public transport is hopeless. Transperth is very unreliable and poorly operated. I want to find a better job but the transport issue is making it very difficult.

I chose to live near a train station so that I can easily go to places. So shopping is fairly easy. Also, very luckily, a big 24/7 store (not common around here) opened within a minute's walk from the next station, which I could walk to from home if I need to.

Oh, and I sometimes ride the bike, too.

I cannot spend more than a few minutes in a motor vehicle because of severe motion sickness sensitivity.

I cannot drive myself because I have ADHD and I zone out, the zoning out being part of a separate disorder to the ADHD. I also have very poor spatial awareness and could never drive on those narrow contra flow roads without hitting the car on the other side or freaking out.

Also a most of the intuitive abilities required for driving, I do not have. Things to do with confidently trusting and understanding the behaviour of the vehicle on the road, at different speeds under different conditions. I would really need to obssess with driving, learn how to dismantle and rebuild a car, to practice racing at high speeds on all terrains with an instructor and closed circuit, before I could drive.

By which point I would be able to drive, but would still need something to help with the focus and zoning out.