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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inevitably, people who don’t know how to drive leech of those who do.

What if you want to take a trip to Hawaii and visit Volcanoes National park?  What if you want to go skiing in Colorado?  What if you want to go to a concert at Wolf Trap or Merriweather?  Or camping in the Adirondacks?

My son went on a college outing club trip over spring break and they brought along 2 kids who couldn’t drive. They had to drive the van in shifts and they were all secretly annoyed at the 2 non drivers who didn’t pull their weight. Yeah, they all would have liked to sit in the passenger seat and scroll their phones too, but that wasn’t going to get them to Utah.  [/quote]

That’s freaking weird that they drove to Utah, and it may not be those kids’ faults that they don’t have licenses. They may have disabilities or may not have been taught how to drive. Teach your son not to be a judgemental a**[/quote]

Also, this is such an insult to people with actual disabilities.  Everyone I've ever met with an actual physical disability is incredibly self-sufficient, competent, and willing to go the extra mile to contribute in whatever way they can.  People with disabilities often go to great lengths to be able to drive, if at all possible, because it is a means of independence. [/quote]

I think what you just said is offensive, actually. My college classmate did not drive and no one cared. 
She had severe epilepsy, and even the brain surgery she had did not bring her seizures under the frequency to be allowed to drive. It didn’t make her incompetent. [/quote]

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