There is an advantage to having virtually every skill. Learning to drive is also quite satisfying experience in an emotional sense: like mastering any difficult skill, learning to drive successfully gives one a boost in confidence and self-belief. But apart from that, there are obvious practical benefits to being able to drive. Some jobs require driving as a significant part of the work. If you can’t drive, they might be closed to you. From sales reps to consultants providing business to business services, driving is part of many jobs. There are areas of countryside which have very little public transport and some have none whatsoever. If you can drive, you can live pretty much everywhere, unlimited by bus service and affordability of taxis. Driving allows you to travel when and where you want (within the road network). You don’t need to own a car — you can always hire one, though many car rental companies require the driver to have had a licence for at least a year. No method of public transport affords such freedom and convenience as driving, though driving has a main disadvantage in that it ties you to the car: all country walks have to be circular, for example. Car is a means of moving not only yourself but also other people and in particular, stuff. This is one of the benefits of driving most often overlooked when talking about passenger cars, but is likely to be one of the main reasons why people who never get near a car until they get a family start to treat one as a necessity once they have a child (or two) and a dog. In town, city and a lot of European countryside, public transport will get you to most places, even if more slowly and less efficiently. But it won’ t get your stuff about: you will be limited to what you can, at each end, carry on your back or wheel about. From shopping in Ikea to going for a picnic to using freecycle to going camping to taking bottles to a recycling point, car is invaluable simply because it can carry so much more than a person can. The main reason one should learn to drive is that, although there is nothing that will compel you to drive once you learned, having the skill (certified by a driving licence) might prove useful one day, even if there is no apparent need to drive for you now. Driving is not a skill that is particularly quick to acquire, and the older one gets the harder it becomes. With driving, as with many motor skills (no pun intended), the sooner the better: some say that you will need at least many professional lessons as you have years behind you! Category:Home › Other • Pomegranates: A newly discovered superfood • Where did the joke why did the chicken cross the road come from and why is it funny? • Can mothers diagnosed with bipolar disorder make good parents? • Spiritual evolution of human consciousness • Tips for getting a college basketball scholarship • Living with Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) • Caring for the caregiver • Technologys impact on society