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My 18yo car died 6 years ago and I have not been able to replace it. I can't afford car insurance now, let alone upkeep, forget emergency repairs and towing, so it's just silly to think about buying another car.
But I started driving 50 years ago and I always had a car, or access to a family one, until 6 years ago. Now my driver's license has expired and I have to go in to renew it in person because, being over 63, I have to do the vision test. The closest DMV office (Dept. of Motor Vehicles) is about 9 miles away, the one I want to go to is more like 20. It will cost me as much to pay someone to drive me there as it will to pay the renewal fee. So about $65 total.
And what is the point of renewing a driver's license when I don't have a car and really don't want to have to deal with the city traffic where i live now?
The point is that I have had a license for 50 years. And I remember when my father couldn't drive anymore due to macular degeneration, and my mother couldn't drive anymore due to other health reasons. But they were about 20 years older than I am now. But they had money for cars, gas, maintenance, repairs, etc.
Moan.
But I started driving 50 years ago and I always had a car, or access to a family one, until 6 years ago. Now my driver's license has expired and I have to go in to renew it in person because, being over 63, I have to do the vision test. The closest DMV office (Dept. of Motor Vehicles) is about 9 miles away, the one I want to go to is more like 20. It will cost me as much to pay someone to drive me there as it will to pay the renewal fee. So about $65 total.
And what is the point of renewing a driver's license when I don't have a car and really don't want to have to deal with the city traffic where i live now?
The point is that I have had a license for 50 years. And I remember when my father couldn't drive anymore due to macular degeneration, and my mother couldn't drive anymore due to other health reasons. But they were about 20 years older than I am now. But they had money for cars, gas, maintenance, repairs, etc.
Moan.