Sorry.
On the grounds of safety and responsibility, I simply cannot condone it any more than I would ever condone drunk driving.
You are putting other folk's lives at risk, not just your own.
Moving from your remote rural area to somewhere you can manage without driving is your only option.
I have never driven - I am far too nervous, I would be a serious danger on the roads. (driving at 20mph or under; never, ever taking a right turn, but doing 3 lefts instead - I could not stop in the middle of a road at a junction with traffic coming up behind me.)
So, I have always had to live my life within the restrictions of being a non-driver. It is perfectly possible.
You simply have to make sure you live where you can use public transport to get to your work, and where you can get to local shops easily. If it means taking a lower paid job, so be it.
Currently, I can walk to my local shops about twice a week. I cannot manage buses into town, (too much standing around and sensory overload) so apart from those wee walks, I am housebound unless I am chauffeured.
I'm sorry to sound so harsh - your comments, Justy are the ones I've heard from every single driver - that they absolutely MUST drive.
But how would you feel about it if it were your daughter killed by a driver who had put "relief from their own boredom" before your daughter's life?
