[Dylan16807]

Okay, so "short periods" that add up to significantly more than half the time? Since even if you spend every other week or every other month in another country that leaves you plenty of learning time if you want to.

That scenario adds up, it just wasn't what I thought when I saw "short periods".

[hnlmorg]

“Travelling” in this context means people who spend months or years away from home. Or don’t even have a fixed place they call “home”. A bit like nomads, backpackers, etc.

Sure, some of them will drive. But I’ve also known plenty of people who cannot drive because they spend their time backpacking or who work a couple of years in one county then move to another.

[Dylan16807]

If you're backpacking constantly, sure.

But a couple of years is a huge amount of time. If you put in just 4 hours a week you'll be done in no time. Not knowing how to drive in that situation is because of not caring very much, not because of moving around. And the vast majority of what you learn stays relevant when you move.

[hnlmorg]

> But a couple of years is a huge amount of time. If you put in just 4 hours a week you'll be done in no time.

Sure, if you put 4 hours a week into any activity you’ll soon get good at it. But the crux of the issue is whether that activity is seen as a priority or not.

> Not knowing how to drive in that situation is because of not caring very much, not because of moving around.

They didn’t care because they were moving around a lot.

And frankly it doesn’t really matter what the reason is. Regardless of whether it is a practical or preferential justification, the end result is the same: plenty of people manage just fine without learning to drive.

I find it weird that this concept is so alien to some people. But I guess that’s a good example of the diversity of the readership on here.

[Dylan16807]

You can take a car with you when you move. And leases exist.

This doesn't seem to be about travel at all. It's just that some people don't get a license.

It's not that the concept is alien, it's that the justification you gave isn't really true. It doesn't make it a "whole lot harder to learn to drive". Moving around has almost no effect on getting some driving lessons.

[hnlmorg]

> You can take a car with you when you move. And leases exist.

But you’re not going to have a car if you haven’t already learnt to drive.

> This doesn't seem to be about travel at all. It's just that some people don't get a license.

They don’t get licenses because they’re travelling.

Time is finite, not everyone wants to use it learning to drive.

> It's not that the concept is alien, it's that the justification you gave isn't really true.

It was literally the reason I learnt to drive so late in life. It was the reason many of my friends either learnt to drive later in life or still don’t even drive now.

You might not relate to us but that doesn’t make it untrue.

> It doesn't make it a "whole lot harder to learn to drive". Moving around has almost no effect on getting some driving lessons.

It does if you don’t have a fixed residence. What address are you even going to put on your provisional license?

And if you’re going to spend 2 years max in any one place then you’re there to soak up experiences, not spend it learning to drive.

Look, I get some people see driving as a priority. But not everyone is programmed that way and not every place on earth requires a car to get around. You say this isn’t an alien concept to you yet you fail to accept that people like me exist. So I don’t really know what I can say further

[Dylan16807]

I understand your lack of priority, I just think you're misattributing how much of that comes from being mobile and how much is just how you are.

Like, come on, if you're somewhere for two years it's not the 25 hours that make the difference.

And sure put the address you've been at for an entire year.

It's not a "whole lot harder". You personally didn't want to, and that is fine.