I let my folks know that I’m getting rid of my drivers licence, because I don’t plan on driving for at least the next 5 years.
My parents then said things like, “you’re moving backwards in life”, or “what will you do if you need to transport someone in an emergency?”, to which I responded, “Taxi, or ambulance”.
Am I a fool? Should I retain my licence for emergencies? I’m broke ATM, but should start working again soon, and my licence is expiring in a few weeks (and my wallet fell in a river a week ago, so I don’t have the card anyways, not even kidding), so I’d rather not pay the $90 to keep it, if I don’t have to.
What about you? Do you still keep a license handy for situations, or no? Is living car and license free possible in Canada?
In an emergency, you don’t need a license to drive. Poor people don’t really rent a car for a weekend jaunt.
Oh, I didn’t know that. That’s not the case here in the US, as far as I’m aware.
It’s not the case in Canada either. Driving without a licence is illegal whether it’s an emergency or not
Maybe don’t tell the police that you don’t have a license.
If there is an emergency and they only thing preventing you from preventing human harm is that you don’t have a license, then fucking drive anyway. It doesn’t matter if it is legal or not.
if you dont have a license and never drove you may cause more harm than good? Driving is assumed to be easy because 16 years olds do it but everyone a pretty shitty driver til they get years of daily experience
Of course I would–I was just talking about legality.
I do think that if a family member were to drop unconscious, I would drive regardless, but not having the potential legal trouble afterwards is a nice thing to have, in case the cops got involved or something.