Driver's license

[Oldcatlady]

I just got my driver's license earlier this year. It took me 3 tries LOL. I kept making a different mistake than the one before. I've always hated driving and still do, but it's sooo much more convenient to drive and now I can't go back. I live really far from the city downtown and I need to take 3 buses and a train to go anywhere... So being able to drive cuts the time from like 2h to 30mins

 

[Tao]

I got mine and didn't use it for like 2 years. I knew I wouldn't, it was just useful to have it.

Now my job requires me to have a vehicle and it's nothing but convenient having one.
- For a start, just having a licence helped me get the job despite not driving since my lessons.
- Shopping is easier since I don't have to shop with the limitations of getting it home on foot/via public transport.
- I can just do whatever without having to plan what I'm doing around public transport working hours or the cost of taxi's.
- If I want to go somewhere, I just go. No waiting around for public transport to turn up late, no planning around extended journeys because public transport takes longer in general, no "I can't get that because I can't easily get it home".
- Public transport here charges ridiculous prices, to the point where the difference is minimal anyway if you have a regular income.

I never used to think having a car would make that much difference but now I have one, I avoid public transport at all costs. I think I've been on a bus twice since and the train a couple of times when going to a city centre , and I hated every minute.

 

[Princess Mipha]

I'm currently preparing for the writing test, but it's in french and I'm german and teached french myself, so that's extra hard, lol.
However, I actually managed to do in a example test 35 / 40 points, which means I would've succeeded the test, if it was a real one.
Next year I will try to get the "streetcode" and then I will have to start learning to drive a car.. I'm honestly already panicking about it, as I have still problems to understand french people and if I missunderstand my drivingteacher, ugh that could end bad, as I panic really easily. I personally never wanted to get a drivinglicense, it's my boyfriend who told me to get one, as he is most of the time away and I'm "stuck" at home. Also, if I want to find a work one day, I will need a drivinglicense, because I don't like public transports (I don't know why, but they make me feel like puking).. so yeah, currently I'm only walking, luckily Veterinaire, shop etc is near our home.

 

[Oldcatlady]

I'm currently preparing for the writing test, but it's in french and I'm german and teached french myself, so that's extra hard, lol.
However, I actually managed to do in a example test 35 / 40 points, which means I would've succeeded the test, if it was a real one.
Next year I will try to get the "streetcode" and then I will have to start learning to drive a car.. I'm honestly already panicking about it, as I have still problems to understand french people and if I missunderstand my drivingteacher, ugh that could end bad, as I panic really easily. I personally never wanted to get a drivinglicense, it's my boyfriend who told me to get one, as he is most of the time away and I'm "stuck" at home. Also, if I want to find a work one day, I will need a drivinglicense, because I don't like public transports (I don't know why, but they make me feel like puking).. so yeah, currently I'm only walking, luckily Veterinaire, shop etc is near our home.

i'm not sure how it works for your country, but where i live (canada) the writing test can be taken in 25 languages including french and you can request a translator. you might be able to look into if it's available in your country too