Yep that\'s what I should be hahha.  I am 24 (well 25 tomorrow!)  and still driver\'s license-less.  However, I have held active lerner\'s permits since I was about 19.  I just let them expire, renew them, retake written test if I have to.

I think with each permit you can renew it 3x.  So I\'ve renewed it 3x, retook the test, and have renewed it 3x again.  I have to get my license by next Feb. or I\'d have to take the written test AGAIN, which I am trying to avoid.  It\'s getting embarassing…

I hardly drive…I have fears about it like everyone else on here.  I only feel comfortable driving at night when hardly anyone else is on the road.  I get nervous when people are behind me.  I drive the same route each time, like once a week for "practice".  I can\'t seem to get over this, and drive other places.  I live in a city, so its ALWAYS congested.

I\'ve not personally had bad experiences with driving, but I have all these fears about it.  I worry about getting in an accident, whether I\'m driving or not.  Not enough to evoke panic or illness.  I think cars coming at me are going to hit me, or lop the mirror off, everytime one passes.  I can\'t parallel park for anything.  I don\'t know how you are supposed to do that haha.  I can\'t switch lanes, with cars around…so I tend to drive in that specific lane that doesn\'t require moving around on the road, just going straight basically and turning left or right.  I worry that something is going to happen and I won\'t be able to react to it fast enough.

I feel like this is ruining my life…like I said I\'m 24, and have yet to get a full time job…because I feel like I won\'t be a dependable worker not being able to get to work on my own. A lot of jobs also require driver\'s licenses…don\'t have one!!!  I have a BA and graduated from college 3 years ago.  THis is holding me up.  I can\'t move in with my boyfriend because we both still live at home…can\'t move out because I don\'t have a full time job that would support that…all because I don\'t drive.

I just can\'t seem to get over this.  I make excuses not to drive.  I have parents that are willing to teach me.  I just don\'t practice, because I get nervous.  I have no self-confidence.  My mom tells me I\'m a good driver.  I think I am ok, but I worry about everyone else.  If I could just drive on the road myself at all times I\'d be fine haha.  I guess my fear is more of the unknown or something that COULD happen.  Something out of my control.  I don\'t have a fear of the car itself, just the act of driving.

I guess I\'m glad to see others have a fear like me, and I\'m not the only loser hahhaa.  That felt good to get off my chest!

Good luck with your test!  Hey you\'re better than me though, atleast you have tried before.

I\'ve never actually tried to take the driving test yet.  How are you with parallel parking? haha I haven\'t even begun to practice that yet. 

Atleast your husband doesn\'t hold it over your head.  My boyfriend of 7+ years insists that he will NOT marry someone who doesn\'t have a driver\'s license and is not independent haha.  So I HAVE to get mine…eventually, hopefully soon.  I am hoping to take my test by the end of the summer.  But I\'ve been saying that for years so who knows…

Good luck though, you can do it!!  Even if you just get it, and can drive yourself, not even on freeways and stuff.  That\'s what I\'m hoping, just like to and from work and stores and stuff, just to start out.

Awww lol, maybe we\'ve all just had really bad past life experiences with vehicles or something…that\'s why we can\'t explain our fears, its just inside of us or something…

Well atleast your significant other didn\'t really mean what they said when they wouldn\'t marry someone without a license…mine is dead serious! haha

But I know what you mean about people constantly asking though, its soooo annoying.  I have people that my mom works with ask her all the time.  Like I\'m sorry but its really not your business…

And my boyfriend plays the "driving" card too haha, about driving me everywhere…so I can relate to you.

Honestly though…I actually just scheduled my test for the end of July.  You might think this is crazy, but I started reading the book The Secret.  Like about changing your outlook on life to be more positive and stuff.  So I made a vision board of driving things for motivation.  Printed a calendar to keep track of where I drive on what days.  And I think its working!  I\'ve probably driven more in the past 3.5 weeks, that I have in the past 6 years of holding a permit. 

And my boyfriend is VERY happy with me that I atleast took a step in the right direction and scheduled a test…whether I pass or not, he said I am atleast trying and that is good.  Because I don\'t know about you, and if you work or not, but not being independent and having a license puts a damper on job searches.  So I really need to get my butt moving.  Good luck to you though!

And kaeb4 did you pass?!?!?!?!

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Wow- I thought I was the only person on the planet who was like this.  I just turned 26 a little over a week ago.  I finally got my license in December of \'08 at the ripe old age of 25.  I was starting to get comfortable driving my little route through the small town in which I lived, but then I moved 3000 miles away to a big city to be with my boyfriend of 4+ years.  

 I got my license in preparation for this move, and together he and I drove my car across the country so I could be mobile here.  (Its not the best city for public transport.)  I\'ve been here for 2 months and I am *terrified* to drive anywhere.  My car literally has spider webs on it!!  My fear makes driving an exhausting and totally unpleasant activity that causes me to want to come home and just hide under the covers for weeks.  Ironically, my boyfriend is an ex cab driver!  Ha!  I try not to make too many demands on him to take me anywhere, and his work schedule prevents it anyway, so I wind up just sitting in my house all the time instead of exploring the city or aggressively looking for a job.  I\'ve told my bf I have some anxiety about driving, but I don\'t think I\'ve let on how bad it really is.  I\'m too embarrassed.  I\'m relieved to know that I\'m not the only person who feels that way.  Back in my old town, I was really starting to enjoy the freedom of having my own car and license!  Now I can\'t even look at the road outside without breaking into a cold sweat.  I\'m afraid of getting lost, getting in a wreck, or getting in a wreck BECAUSE I\'m lost and trying to find my way around.  But I really have to get over this so I can get out there and live my life!

OMG!  That\'s so awesome!  And would you believe I\'ve been working with the secret, too?  Congratulations!  I hope you will come back with more updates!!