tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32624007.post2385246270661935453..comments2023-04-10T10:56:30.329+01:00Comments on From a certain point of view: Why don't I have a car?Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02535196678241979581noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32624007.post-30013391745155558752007-06-26T20:54:00.000+01:002007-06-26T20:54:00.000+01:00only learnt to drive a few years ago,and wish i'd ...only learnt to drive a few years ago,and wish i'd done it much sooner...<BR/>i feel the need for speed,i'm afraid.<BR/>and our new car is soooo sexy!<BR/>grrrowl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32624007.post-38928209340532700932007-06-22T23:30:00.000+01:002007-06-22T23:30:00.000+01:00Interesting blog, Mark, not least the fact that yo...Interesting blog, Mark, not least the fact that you learned to drive but decided not to use the skill. Understandable really.<BR/><BR/>Interesting also that so many of us SW fans aren't car users, when so many "non-fans" of our generation are. <BR/><BR/>I've never been keen on driving, and the way roads are becoming so overcrowded and dangerous in the UK I don't suppose I ever will. Until perhaps public transport becomes impossible or too expensive to use.<BR/><BR/>My sister has learned to drive however (passing her test first time!), and maybe I'll help her to get a car when/if she wants one. Then she can drive me around when I get old! Right now I'm quite happy to be an observant passenger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32624007.post-81930492431480972412007-06-21T12:45:00.000+01:002007-06-21T12:45:00.000+01:00No criticism as I don't have a car either, but hav...No criticism as I don't have a car either, but having been raised in a part of the US where it is literally impossible to get from A to B without a car, I have a different perspective. Just as you see buses and trains as normal parts of daily life because you were raised using that form of transportation, I see cars as normal. I feel comfortable in cars because I was in a car every day of my life. Driving was pretty much learned through 18 years of observation, so become a driver was more or less a matter of moving from the passenger side to the driver's side and learning how hard to press the brake pedal. I already knew about traffic and so forth just by osmosis. <BR/><BR/>I intend to get my licence and a car as soon as possible, but Derek is just like you when it comes to driving, and he too was raised without a car. So I think it all depends on what you get used to in your daily life. Derek says he has no problems with car ownership as long as I do the driving. I'm okay with that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com