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I bumped into my SIL in the mall the other day and she said she was going for her L's on the weekend, DP got a phone call last night from his mum saying she got it. It got me thinking maybe i should think about getting mine. Its something i have been putting off for years...
But i am curious, who doesn't have their license? is it by choice? Will you eventually get it or are you happy to get around via public transport?
My Nan never got her license, and she died a year ago aged 80. She was perfectly happy with that decision :) My aunty (her daughter) was on her Ls when I was in my early teens, so around her 40s-50s? I don't know how old she is :lol:
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My mum was 36 when she got her p's hhehe, some week as DF too, was funny.
She put on a considerable amount of weight once she started driving everywhere because she used to walk wherever she needed to go
I only have my Ls, only got them for ID purposes. Never had an interest in driving and still not particularly a fan of it. I was close to getting my license and then I haven't driven for a year. My current motivation is to beat my brother to getting his. DH drives me everywhere, if I was single I'd have put in the effort to get it years ago I think.
Me. Don't even have my L's :lol:
dont have Ls yet either. just alway done without. im a bit scared of driving to be honest but i wanted to learn this year, or atleast get Ls....will drive before im 30!!! :)
I didn't have mine til last year!
My DH and I had a deal we wouldn't have kids until I got my P's. To help, he bought me a car for my 30th, we paid for all of my practice to be done with an instructor so we didn't put strain on our relationship.
I got my P's 6months later and I was pregnant 6 weeks after that.
Before that I survived without driving, now I drive everyday and would be lost without it, especially with DS.
It has given me so much freedom in a way, and I loooove not needing to rely on others and public transport.
Good luck if you decide to do it :)
My DH doesn't have his. He moved to the city before he turned 18 for uni and was quite happy to use public transport. Still is ;)
Ive only just got my Ls at 30 but still havnt been out in the car
I got my L's at 16 but only got my P's at 24 while i was 39wks pregnant with DD2.
The only reason i got them was because DF booked me some driving lessons, i'd probably still be using PT if he hadn't done that for me.
I've had my L's for 4 years- driving scares me :redface:
Like a PP, my DH drives me wherever I need to go or I catch the bus.
Must get off my lazy behind and get some lessons!
Being a passenger in a car scares me way more than being the driver. I couldn't survive without my license. Living in the country makes it more of a necessity than if i was in metro area too.
I only got my liscence just over a year and a half ago. I finally bit the bullet because Jelly was going into preschool, and if I didn't drive I would have had to walk to drop her off and pick her up every time she went, rain, hail or shine - with a baby and a toddler in tow. I know the preschool is not far, but given the weather here, it wasn't a prospect I relished. Now I have my liscence I wouldn't change it for the world - it really has opened up the world for me (especially when DH disappears for army), and surprisingly, I have actually found that I enjoy driving, it is cathadic (although, the other drivers on the road can set me on edge).
I got my L's the day I turned 16, I got my P'S when DS was 11 months old! (Only 2 years ago) I now have 1 month to go and I will have my full license (yaya!!!) took me long enough...Dp got sick of chauferring me everywhere, we also moved about an hours drive from my parents place, which was a bus and two trains for me not driving, ahh its so much easier now!
BUT , ever since I have started driving my rear end is just getting bigger, and bigger.. (not to mention the rest of me!)
interesting fact: I have a complete photographic record of me since I was 16, every nine months, getting another L's photo taken, LOL
I should probably mention I'm 31 now!
I got my L's through high school because I did a drivers ed short course. (1999)
I didn't go for my P's until 2005, the year before DD was born. Before that I didn't have a need to drive, my boyfriends always had cars and when I met and moved in with DH we were so close to everything I still didn't need it and he wanted to drive.
I think it's a good thing to have, even if just an auto licence.
I don't have my L's and I don't have a choice :( I would if I could :D
Me too! DH says I'm a terrible passenger, all jumpy and not trusting - I tell him it's not that I don't trust him, I don't trust all those other idiots out on the road. I feel in more control of things when I'm driving as I'm a lot more careful than him.:
Even though I've been driving for years, I am considering booking in to complete a defensive driving course in my new car, as it's a lot bigger than the ones I've driven previously. Could be worth looking into for those still on Ls or Ps too, as it does give you a lot more confidence :)
Get your licence! You wont know yourself!! I waited til I was 22 to get my L's.. Drove on my L's for ages and stupidly got done DUI, so lost it.. Drove whilst disqualified and lost it for a further 2yrs.. After that however I grew up a bit (Thank God!!) and went back on my L's after my disqualification was up and I have now been on my opens for a year!!!
I love being able to drive and could never lose my licence again.. I was so stupid when I was younger, but I'm glad to say I have definitely learnt my lesson!!!
I can't imagine not having my licence. I got mine at 18 and have never looked back. When I was 18 it took 2 hours each way to get to school on PT so it was a blessing to get my licence as it cut it down to 45minutes each way.
Me!! Had my L Plates since I was 16, but Dad was a bad teacher and I just can't be bothered.... really need to get onto it.
Do eet!
I swear there were nights when DD was little and a bit unsettled, the only way to get her to sleep was to pop her in the car and go for a drive around the block a few times.
If I lived near public transport, and it was good, I dont think I would need a licence. But I got mine as soon as I turned 18, I was eager to get out of the house and that was the only way how!
You should get your licence! It's like a different sense of freedom! :)
My mum has never had her licence has had her L's before but never got her licence and she is now 60. Dad drives her everywhere or she catches the bus (live in small country town).
I got my L's at 18 and P's just before 21.
Both my brothers have been slow as well!! 1 brother got his L's at 25 or 26 and got his P's some time after he is 30 in oct and has just gone to full licence last week! Other brother got L's at 19 and P's at 21 (has no car and has not driven since he got his licence)
I had my learners for about 6 years. My main motivation for getting my P's was not wanting to have to display P plates, so I got them just before that law came in in QLD. And cos I was so old when I got them, I only had to be on P's for a year before moving to opens.
Not having a licence never bothered me when I was younger, because shops were in walking distance of my parents house and then later DH was always happy to drive me/us around. But once we moved out, public transport was limited to taxis and the odd bus in this town.
I couldn't imagine not driving now, one of the best things to do is go for a drive by yourself, have the tunes cranked and sing badly!
I don't have mine, been putting it off since I lost my second angel as a passenger in a car accident, dreading getting them but I know I'll have to if hubby gets into fly-in/fly-out work.
I have my learners and had never felt the need to drive- strange I know, when i look at the freedom i would've had i cant believe i didnt get a car etc. Now we have 3 kids I gonna have to drive and really wish i had mastered the skills in a civilised place but i guess there are so many bad/mad/crazy drivers here i should blend right in pmsl
god, i would go nuts without my lisence! but i love driving (most of the time). i got my p's just after my 17th, so 10 years ago! i love the freedom, the kids and i can go anywhere we want, whenever we want! and for safety reasons too, i've had to rush kids to hospital etc, and it's so much easier knowing you can just throw them in the car and go.
I didn't have my license until March 27th this year :D Go for it.. you won't regret it.. I left it to long and while I don't regret not getting it sooner I am SO glad I have it now.. I can go out when I want and do anything :)
im about to go off my green p's....
gosh i didnt get onto my l's till i was 23 i think it was....my motivation ws to show my DH that i could do it
now having kids....i couldnt imaging not having it....i say go for it
Thanks everyone :)
When DP finally gets his p's i will be going for my l's so now to push and nag him ;)
I couldn't imagine not having a license either. I live in the country so public transport isn't that great compared to cities and all that. I got my P's when I was 17.
Once you have them you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Good luck with it all. You won't regret it.
xox
i have had my L's since i was 18 (25 in dec) and i really need to go for my P's now ds1&2 are at school i cant get anywhere cause by the time i get anywhere on bus's its time to come home
I do not have my drivers
I do have my learners
I am 34 with 6 kids, and hubby absoultly hates the fact that i dont drive!
I am supposed to be booking lessons but i keep putting it off, my fantstic instructer moved to tasmania while i was pregnant, so i need to find a new one i feel comfortable with!