Grown Men who can't drive. Do you find them weird?

HooohRaaah · 19-02-2014 04:38PM #1

Personally I find it odd if a grown man can't drive. Would anybody else share that opinion? There just seems to something really strange if a man is over 24 years of age and can't drive.

uch · 19-02-2014 04:38PM

No

OntheStrings · 19-02-2014 04:39PM

No?

shs08 · 19-02-2014 04:39PM

HooohRaaah wrote: »

Personally I find it odd if a grown man can't drive. Would anybody else share that opinion? There just seems to something really strange if a man is over 24 years of age and can't drive.

Yes.

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 04:39PM

Can't drive or doesn't have a car?

Either way, no.

The Diabolical Monocle · 19-02-2014 04:40PM

Yes.

Id be looking for medical reasons to explain it.

wil · 19-02-2014 04:40PM

not at all, it's very common, you see them on the roads every day.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-02-2014 04:40PM

yes

source. 30 year old man who can't drive

i'm like one of those self hating jews

Gael23 · 19-02-2014 04:41PM

Theres a good chance that i'll never be able to drive due to a medical condition so the answer is no

minidazzler · 19-02-2014 04:41PM

I'm nearly 25, have no idea how to drive a car, actually had no intention of ever driving til I bought a motorbike on impulse a year and a half ago....

DeVore doesn't drive IIRC.

minidazzler · 19-02-2014 04:41PM

I'm nearly 25, have no idea how to drive a car, actually had no intention of ever driving til I bought a motorbike on impulse a year and a half ago....

DeVore doesn't drive IIRC.

Oranage2 · 19-02-2014 04:42PM

A little to be honest. Not sure why though.

Dj Stiggie · 19-02-2014 04:42PM

I'm 22 and have lived in cities with great public transport over the past few years so I haven't needed to. I was the passenger in a road trip across the US last summer, and when people learned I wasn't driving at all, the number one response was, 'What did you do to loose your licence?'

Alf Veedersane · 19-02-2014 04:43PM

ryanf1 wrote: »

Theres a good chance that i'll never be able to drive due to a medical condition so the answer is no

Something something *insert gag about wimmin and driving*

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 19-02-2014 04:43PM

Not really. A car is a constant drain on your finances, and if you were living and working in a town, where you could walk to shops/doctors/work/kids schools etc then why bother running a car?

If I could do without one I would.

The Backwards Man · 19-02-2014 04:44PM

I'm driving since I was 7 and I'm the weirdest guy you'll ever meet.

Sleepy · 19-02-2014 04:44PM

Yep, find it quite weird in this country.

A friend is organizing some marketing research for the RSA at the moment and one of the demographics they'd specifically asked her to fill was a man in his 50's who'd only been driving for 2 years.

I'm sure that out of the couple of thousand of men in this age-group they were aware of who had passed their driving test in the past two years were in fact new drivers but something tells me that the vast, vast majority of them were men who'd been driving for years in other jurisdictions or had been driving a different class of vehicle prior to that test (e.g. motorcycle / were upgrading their license to a heavier class of vehicle etc.)

If you've spent your adult life living in a major city with good public transport e.g. London / Paris / New York or are so loaded you can afford to pay for taxis everywhere I can understand it but not really in Ireland tbh.

dgt · 19-02-2014 04:45PM

I can't drive but that doesn't stop me

Butterface · 19-02-2014 04:46PM

That's a ridiculous statement OP. It's like saying it's weird if grown men can't play football.

Not everybody has to learn to drive, especially if many people do not need to drive. For example, people living in towns and cities who use public transport will not see learning to drive as a pressing matter.

Not every person has the desire to own a car and soup it up with blue lights and other shiney things that they saw on Top Gear.

Also, why have you left out the other half of the population? If it's weird for men, why not women?

suicide_circus · 19-02-2014 04:46PM

live in dublin city centre. cant afford to park or insure a car right now :'(

The Diabolical Monocle · 19-02-2014 04:47PM

Inability to drive = inability to operate heavy industrial/military vehicles.

Better be a damn good reason or it'll be big penalty points on your man card.

shs08 · 19-02-2014 04:48PM

Butterface wrote: »

That's a ridiculous statement OP. It's like saying it's weird if grown men can't play football.

Not everybody has to learn to drive, especially if many people do not need to drive. For example, people living in towns and cities who use public transport will not see learning to drive as a pressing matter.

Not every person has the desire to own a car and soup it up with blue lights and other shiney things that they saw on Top Gear.

Also, why have you left out the other half of the population? If it's weird for men, why not women?

Public transport doesn't exist outside Dublin.

wil · 19-02-2014 04:49PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've been reversing since I was 7 and I'm the weirdest guy you'll ever meet.

:cool:
ryp

Ironman76 · 19-02-2014 04:49PM

Don't have a drivers license but am a good driver. Unlike most motorists WITH a license that haven't a clue. I bet if you had to re take your test after a certain amount of time the roads would be empty.

Anyway I'll stick to my beast of a motorbike thank you.

kneemos · 19-02-2014 04:50PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Something something *insert gag about wimmin and driving*

That would be sexist.

HooohRaaah · 19-02-2014 04:50PM

Butterface wrote: »

That's a ridiculous statement OP. It's like saying it's weird if grown men can't play football.

Not everybody has to learn to drive, especially if many people do not need to drive. For example, people living in towns and cities who use public transport will not see learning to drive as a pressing matter.

Not every person has the desire to own a car and soup it up with blue lights and other shiney things that they saw on Top Gear.

Also, why have you left out the other half of the population? If it's weird for men, why not women?

People say "oh there's public transport I don't need to drive"
I find it hard to believe that these people would prefer to be at the mercy of the public transport timetable and to sit in a packed bus that having their own car.

Nobody said anything about owning a brand new car so I don't get what you're trying to say there.

Why have I left out half the population? Basically it's more accepted if a woman can't drive.

HooohRaaah · 19-02-2014 04:51PM

The men who can't drive are the same people who look for lifts down the country to weddings, sports events etc.

Wolf Club · 19-02-2014 04:53PM

I've known the functions of a car since I was around 17 but I haven't been insured or gotten my full license yet (I'm 25 now). Why? Cos I don't think I'm in a position to fork out big money on something I don't need and probably wouldn't use that often. If I was making more money and living in the suburbs/countryside I probably would.

jester77 · 19-02-2014 04:53PM

Why is it weird?

I don't drive and don't have a car. Just never needed one, I prefer to live where everything is close by. I was bored about 10 years ago and decided I'd do my driving test, joined the local driving school, did my exams, did the minimum required motorway, city, countryside and night time driving hours, passed the first-aid course and driving test.

That was the last time I drove a car.

SpaceTime · 19-02-2014 04:53PM

I'm surprised at anyone (without a medical reason) who lives in Ireland (one of the most car dependent countries on earth) who can't drive.

Male or female, if you're not driving by 19… I would be wondering why not.

s8n · 19-02-2014 04:54PM

Driving needs to be added to the secondary curriculum here from a skills and safety perspective. The insurance companies could pick up some of the cost on this for the exposure it would give them to the young driver market

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