Member-only story
I’m Never Going To Earn a Driver’s License
And, guess what? I’m not ashamed of it, either!
With gas prices so high these days, many people have been looking for excuses to reduce the amount of driving they do. Anything from carpooling to investing in hybrid vehicles to using mass transit can be options, depending on your life circumstances or finances.
Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about that.
I can’t drive. I never learned how. I don’t own a vehicle. And even if I could…I’m not so sure I’d want to.
Several weeks ago, in my writers’ group, one of our members was talking about an editorial piece she’d penned in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Within the body of her satirical essay, she highlighted the absurdity of taking constitutional originalism to the absolute literal.
She told us, during our session of Zoom-workshopping, how so many men had reacted negatively (in her Comments Section) to the hypothetical proposal of barring all men from driving. They’d missed the point, obviously. Her intent was to illustrate the dangers of legislating morality/validity based on rigid interpretations of reductionism.
I pointed out how I, in fact, *don’t* drive.
To which she replied:
