So I'm 34, no drivers license. Bike and walk everywhere, even during winters. I've always figured I was too lazy to get a dl, but the older I get, the more I realize just how jewed the whole thing is, and it feels like like a massive humiliation ritual instead of "freedom".
In my pozzed nanny state country, they just keep adding bs and steps to get the license. When you take the test, you must know how many grams of CO2 your car produces and globohomo garbage like that. When my dad was a kid in the 70s, you were asked to drive around the block basically. Car + Mc license because why the F not.
After doing all of these steps like a retard, you get to sit in traffic with people from shthole countries who are driving like maniacs.
costs are insane. Insurance, ownership, parking, the repairs.
With my bike, I can have any part replaced in a day. With a car, especially the newer ones, a repair you previously could had done in an afternoon is now a +500 dollar job.
oh, you touched the car? You didn't have the repair or service done by a proper technician so no stamp in service book? That's a voided guarantee or at least a hit to the resell value.
buying a used car without globohomo spyware? Gooood luck. Enjoy spending 5 days going investigating everything from the car to the seller, only to still get sold a piece of junk.
Got the license and the car? Too bad, the government just ruled that your car does not meet the new environmental standard E54 - you will now be taxed an additional 200 each month.
Am I insane or is this just a humiliation ritual? Everyone I mention this to just stares blankly and says "... But having a car is nice". Even people who live within a 30 minute bike ride from work.