Fellow Senior Citizens, how long did you drive a car before you were old enough to get a license?

The first time I was able to drive was when I was 35 (got my first car around then) so I've never had the experience of going wild with it, traveling here and there, visiting lots of friends or family, etc. like young folks did so I drive my car less than 1000 miles a year, only get out a few times a month for groceries, banking and such. When I had a foot operation a few years ago, then my car went down I realized how difficult it was to do without a car "here". So I began researching.

If you're disabled you can call the county and they have 2 different kinds of transport. I made friends with the neighbors who took me food shopping a couple of times. Some were willing to hand me a couple of cans of food to hold me over.

Since then I found that the church not far from here has a church pantry and being kind could maybe get someone to deliver those cans of food to you. Then there's food stamps. When I moved here I wanted to make sure there is food around so there are several places now within a few miles (and if stuck I would thumb or ask someone in the laundry room to bring me home).

I have medical insurance who advised me that if I needed medical they too had a transport to take me to and from, and while on that transport I learned that (but not the cost) people go everywhere on that transport (shopping, food shopping, surgeries, to the Y, etc.). I also learned that for the future that there are 50+ communities that not only have a beauty shop and a meditation room but closing stores on the premises plus once a week transport people to Walmart and back or to the restaurant to dine together and all you need do is sign up. But then I found out that assisted living facilities also have those transports to dine together or go to Walmart.

Of course there are discounts for riding the bus but the bus doesn't go everywhere nor does it end up near where you reside. So, the story is that you can no longer be independent in that you have to learn to go where "they" want to go, or else have your own relatives cart you around, or hire someone who would do that for you. As you age things to you will get limited but you can still enjoy what you are given to use.

:) In the past a taxi drive here (FL) cost me $10 one way to get to the grocery store but not so dependable for the return trip. And a taxi drive to the vet is $26 one way and is dependable for the return run, although I could have chosen a vet closer to me. Btw, you might have uber in your area but I think it's via app.

We live out in the country, so giving up driving would be difficult for me if I lived alone. I gave up driving for two years when I had cataracts so bad that I didn't feel safe driving. I can see better now than ever since having cataracts removed and still enjoy driving at age 74.

If I needed to have a driver, I would call a younger family member.

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