How did I manage without ID? I don't DO ID in general. I have no use for any. I have a birth cert if needs be, and my out of date passport if needs be. But I don't need ID in general, I just have no use for it. I have no trouble getting served for booze or fags, since I look old enough to begin with, what with having a goatee beard, piercings, the long hair etc.
I just never need it. I never get asked for ID for age related products, such as getting served in bars or shops.
As for the costs of getting the driving lessons and provisional license, I'm getting those paid for by my folks, and whats the point of having a license when I can't afford a car/car and or road tax etc? being able to do so when I can afford them without having to then get the license, do my driving lessons then. Might as well do it now, then check what help I can get financially for road tax/car tax and the car itself shouldn't be a problem, I can easily save up a few hundred quid for a second hand car.
And the freedom driving will allow me, will help me get a job, as there are plenty of jobs that require a driving license that I couldn't otherwise apply for, such as delivery drivers and the like.
So its just something I need to do, sooner rather than later. I want work badly, rather than just relying on handouts, which are a shitty income to begin with, and working is something that I could get more self respect for. I'd sooner work for my income than just be given a pittance. And I will need to work sooner rather than later to save for a pension, and have a proper income when I get old. As well as just get more money than I'd get from my disability handouts.
I'd not need any special adapted car, my only worry is being able to press down the pedals with my bad leg, and the fact that it might lead to more pain trying.
Fuck state ID cards, and fuck ID in general. I don't want to have to give the govt. any more details about me than I absolutely sodding have to. Working would give me a better income, and more self respect.
The muscle weakness in my bad leg through lack of being able to use it might mean I have to drive an automatic, but better I learn using a stick shift car, that way I have the choice, whereas learning in an automatic means I can ONLY drive one in the future without doing a further. ATM I am stuck with disability benefits, but I WANT to work. I just can't find it, and the driving would grant me extra freedom, such as the ability to work as a trucker, or delivery driver.
I am inherently distrusting of govt-issued ID schemes, for fear they may become mandatory, and that people may be forced to hand over ID to anybody that would demand it, such as the pigs. I don't want to have to present an identification card to any pig, etc. All I have to give if its demanded by the filth now are name, address and DOB, but I refuse to have some biometric ID card with all my details on it. Bugger that, bugger that right off!
