15 Problems Only People Who Can't Drive Understand

12. Being Judged By Taxi Drivers

If you don't drive, it's best you live on a main road - or even better a motorway - or at least under a gigantic road sign, because having to direct anybody to your home who doesn't rely on a Sat Nav can inevitably be an embarrassing prospect. The worst cases occur when you require a taxi-driver's services to ferry you somewhere, without the safety net of a designated driver or simply because the benefits of public transport were finally over-come by the detracting issues. Inevitably, the question of "how do you get there?" will arise - particularly if you live even slightly off the beaten track - and your rudimentary navigational landmarks like "right at the post box" or "just past that tree that looks like a man playing a guitar" just won't cut it. And no matter how many roads the driver mentions - all sounding unhelpfully like Battleship coordinates - eventually you're just going to have to hold your hands up and admit you have literally no idea where you live.

11. Having To Stay Awake

Know what's harder than trying to stay awake as a driver on a long distance, late-night trip? Trying to stay awake on a long distance, late-night trip when you're sitting in the passenger seat charged with the not inconsiderable task of keeping the driver awake. It is impossible not to allow your eyes a little rest even as you think of dumb ways to stop the driver's body shutting down, and you then have to contend not only with the righteous anger of the driver, but also with the guilt that you're probably the one who everyone will indirectly blame when the snooze-filled car plummets off the edge of a ravine or something.
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