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I feel so trapped without a driving license... can't go anywhere...

I think everyone has a driver's license at 16 here in the US, but I'm already over 18 with no license... :(

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21, both my grandmother, and an instructor.

Before then I feasibly had no way to drive, so it was just an extra cost for no benefit. Family didn't have a car at all when I was 16, and I didn't get my first car until shortly before I got my license. I also just hate driving, it wigs my anxiety out. It's still the only car I've ever owned, and I sold it about a year ago.

I work from home, and only even borrow someone's car or get a ride if I can't get to a store on foot, which is one I only go to monthly. I'd still be borrowing a car if I could, though, I'm not sure I could carry 40 pounds of compressed sawdust home on foot. Even with that I likely won't let the license expire, since it's the same cost as an ID anyway.