I'm not a non-driver (I'm usually the designated taxi-driver), but DP is only just about to sit his licence test now, I've been driving him to and from work since just before DS was born. We have two cars but only one licenced driver, it's a bit silly really.

He was the same as you, never needed to have a licence, always lived in inner suburban Sydney where a car was more of a liability than an asset. He had also been in a couple of bad car accidents when younger and just never felt confident driving. He always said that he wouldn't want to drive around Sydney, but Cairns is a little less intense. Now that he's had a bit of practice he is actually a very competent and safe driver; I think that there's an advantage to learning later in life because I think that one approaches it with more caution than as a teenager. He was initially nervous, like you (and I think he put it off for as long as possible), but it didn't take long for him to become comfortable driving.

Most of my friends up here think it's crazy that he's never had a licence (they usually assume that he's lost it for whatever reason), but funnily enough, most of my friends in Sydney didn't have a licence either. But I grew up in outer suburban Melbourne where the public transport was appalling so not having a licence was not a real option.