As someone who lives in a suburb far from any city (and the cities near me aren’t very walkable anyways) goddamn I wish I could have asked myself this question. The idea that I even could is alien to me. Without a drivers’ license and a car I wouldn’t be employable because I literally couldn’t get anywhere.

I’m autistic and almost certainly have inattentive ADHD as well. I totally thought that driving would always be a nightmare for me. It’s still stressful on certain roads, but most of the time, I enjoy driving now. At some point you learn to trust other drivers as much as is reasonable (only trust turn signals when they’re signaling a problem for you, for instance).

So… I really have no idea. I don’t think having a license and knowing how to drive a car could hurt, even if you don’t need to own one, y’know? Maybe you travel somewhere where public transportation isn’t really a thing and need a rental.

As someone who recently obtained his, much later life… I also lived in a major metropolitain area. I didn’t need a license.

Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to do so when you are still young, while your brain is more plastic, and your reaction time is faster. Maybe you won’t use it much, but it’s always nice to have. Easy to garner good will from friends… You can split long drives for vacations with friends, you can DD if you find yourself in a situation where the driver is intoxicated and you are not, if you become a home owner you’ll be able to rent a van to go get materials at the home center, etc. You never know what life throws at you.

Trust me, just do it! You don’t have to change your lifestyle because of it, but you’ll innevitably find moments where it will be really useful to have!

I’m 36 in Sweden. I never got one, I’ve never needed it. Public transport and an electric bike have worked perfectly. I don’t like the idea of driving. Owning a car is expensive and stressful. I also have ADHD.

What city do you live in? Do you ever travel interstate in the US? I don’t know many US cities that have adequate enough public transit to really thrive without a drivers license, but if you were living out of country or specifically NYC then no duh, I wouldn’t drive either.

Even if you don’t need to drive it’s good to have just incase

The driver license isn’t always necessarily for driving, but it can also be used for identification and verification. I would still get a driver license for that reason though you could probably do fine with a passport.