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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Driver's licenses are to big an investment

For me, driver's ed consisted of a total of 24 hours of classroom time spread over two weekends (boring as hell, as one can imagine), followed by 10 hours of in-car education (with a few hours between of personal practice). The road test and actually receiving my license then took about an hour and a half total (including getting to and from the DMV). Calling that 40 hours of total investment seems pretty reasonable, plus several hundred dollars (between the driver's ed program and the cost of the license itself).

That wrapped up over 6 years ago (could have been 16, but I didn't bother getting my license until I was almost 25), and I've done enough driving since then (and saved enough time/money in doing so) that 40 hours is utterly negligible. I really don't think that anyone that didn't *just* get their license actually feels that the amount of time and effort getting that license would be wasted if they never drove again after tomorrow, and even then, a shift like this would happen gradually and with plenty of advance notice such that people could choose not to invest the time if that investment wasn't going to be worthwhile. The investment required to get a license is completely irrelevant.

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