No. Only Northern Ireland is included in the UK. She did not live in Northern Ireland, therefore she did not live in the UK.Ireland is part of the uk? Lol
So here for those that want to understand we have buses, underground (only few places), trains, taxis etc. it’s very easy to access any area within reasonable amount of time. For example in my home town there are 20 different bus routes to local towns and city’s, including to the shops, hospitals, schools and work places. If you work in the next town you can get trains within 15 minutes. I can even travel from here down south to up north within a few hours on the train. That’s probably why it’s not seen as such a big deal over here to drive in the US as I believe in the US you have driving as a subject in school to help those pass? We have nothing like that over here. Hope I’ve explained that well
Thank you, I was just about to comment that Ireland is not part of the UK!
I'm pretty sure the US doesn't have an NCT type test on their cars either. You can drive any cheap tit heap over there. Generally over here you will see good quality cars and they are not cheap.
In a lot of states, you have to pass a test for your car. In my state, you can drive a Walmart buggy.
I think most people were just trying to explain the cultural difference and use experience of disability as an example of how it’s pretty easy to get around without a car in lots of the uk.
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Completely agree! My youngest was 17 this year. She didn’t want driving lessons as she couldn’t afford to buy, insure and run a car if she passed her test. We only have one car which my husband needs for work. I walk to my job, or get the bus. Plus, driving lessons are so expensive, plus they’re still back logged due to covid! Interestingly, barely any of my daughters friends are having lessons, for the same reason
I've had driving lessons on and off for five years because I learned to drive a manual, but kept failing my theory test and all the knockbacks combined with the hustle and bustle of going to the city and into the building alone to take it were too much for me. Didn't drive for so long that I had to recap a lot, chose to go with automatic, got driving to test standard again, then Covid hit.
I’m not really adding anything new to the discussion here but it’s really not a big deal depending on where you live, I’m 28 and don’t, have never needed to and haven’t gotten around to it but I do plan to start soon. Public transport is quicker to work, driving is soooo expensive with tax and insurance and everything for something it might be impractical to actually use. I don’t know a lot about Anna but I don’t think she’s ever lived in the countryside or anything has she?
It’s not just about disabilities though and you were speaking in general, Anna is a twit but her not driving until she was 27 isn’t a flaw, people aren’t biting back at you they’re just explaining why it’s normal in some places not to
Politely explaining that things are different in different parts of the world isn’t getting offended
the two of them have enough for us to criticise without sweeping statements about things that aren’t actually character flawsAnd still always quicker for me to get to work using transport than sit in traffic in a car, it’s shite but the bus lanes help in the morning haha
I think we all know the dramatics we’ll hear from Anna if she gets it. She’ll take to the bed for 10 days.
Road tax in Ireland is cheaper now as they base it on engine emissions. But on older cars it used to be on engine size. A few years ago I was paying €600 a year on bloody road tax and not a cent of it being spent on the actual roads.
