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Driving

KAITO CAN DRIVE OH YEAH.

Yeah I got my G2, which essentially means that I can drive a car alone, but not on 400 series highways, past a certain time in the day, and with no alcohol in my bloodstream. Which is all fine and dandy, seeing as I don't drink. :B Also, I can drive with [however many seat belts there are in the car] people. This only applies after six months though. I think. I'VE FORGOTTEN NOW.

My roadtest wasn't so great though. The examiner heaved a heavy sigh the second I parked. Probably because I almost hit a bus merging onto a one way street. :(
 
I must admit that driving has never really held much allure to me. In recent months, I've become a sort of terminal worrier every time I get into a car - I always have the constant fear that we'll crash and I'll end up with a chunk of metal through my head. Obviously, this is not conducive to becoming a good driver. Furthermore, public transportation in Britain generally allows one to live without a car provided that one plans ahead a little. Thus, I have no plans to become a car owner; apparently, though, one should take the test anyway.

I'm going to be such a boring adult. D:

Hm. Longest drive without a stop of more than a few hours was probably London to some part of Holland that I can't quite remember exactly. However, if one allows for an evening's stop, then the longest would be London via Cologne to the Black Forest. Fastest I've ever been driven in would likely be somewhere on the Autobahn, where there's no speed limit.
 
I'm a hopeless driver. I got my provisional licence when I was 17, and I'm nearly 19 now and haven't passed (not that I've taken the test yet, but if I had I'd have failed - most mock tests I take, I fail about 5 times). I've passed my theory, though. That was pretty easy.

I normally drive a Citroen C4 (my dad's car) or a Vauxhall Corsa during my lessons, though I've also driven Micras, Minis and, uh, other things I can't remember.

My least favourite bit of driving is changing lanes on dual carriageways, overtaking cyclists and driving along stupid roads that have cars parked on both sides so only one car can fit through and you have to drive at, like, 5 miles an hour.
 
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I'm old enough to get my permit, but I'm just to lazy to actually get it. I don't particularly want to take Driver's Ed because, even though it's free here, I'd have to take it during the summer, which I'd really rather not do. I probably won't get it until I'm 17 maybe 18.
 
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can't drive legally as I am a lazy bum but I know how to? eh well I'll try getting a permit sometime when I am less lazy
 
I could go get a learner's permit and then put the effort in to get a license if I wanted, but I... don't. 8)

It's sixteen to get a license and eighteen to get a full license here, afaik. I don't know exactly how it works; I'm pretty sure you're not allowed on the more major highways until eighteen, though.
 
I don't want to learn. >< I'm so absentminded, you can bet all the money you have on me forgetting to lock it, or getting the car stolen, or crashing into something, and win. I seriously will let my thoughts wander, look back and go, "Oh hey, I passed a red light..." I am not the sort of person you'd want driving a car. :P Oh, and I'm too young by a year.

I am going to learn how to ride a horse though. =D
 
I got my permit when I was fifteen. I never used it, and never had to the will to learn how to drive in the first place. My dad was urging me to get my permit, so I did. Once I got it, we only went driving once or twice. The permit expired a year later. I'm nineteen now, turn twenty in December, and I still don't have the drive to learn how to drive. I'm afraid for the most part, the decisions you have to make while driving just feel too much for me. The amount of responsibility scares me as well. I'm just not comfortable at all.

First thing friends ask when they call me is if I have a license yet, and my parents and brother, are constantly nagging me to get it as well. I try not to let it bother me, but meh. I just don't want to drive. I kind of like waiting to get picked up, I kind of like being in the passenger seat. *shrugs*
 
I've had my license since I was 15 (Granted, 15 year olds can only hold a restricted at best (Driving times of 6 AM to 10 PM)), and my learner's permit I got when I was 14. I did fail my license test once (Drove 45 in a 30 MPH zone, whoops), but passed the next, even though I could have failed again if the yellow light I drove through turned red. I have tons of night driving experience so I'm pretty comfortable driving in any condition.
 
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