15 Problems Only People Who Can't Drive Understand

6. Being Terrified 85% Of The Time You're In A Car

Not being in control is basically the root of most fears, because the fear of the unknown - whether it's death, or monstrous exotic creatures or spark plugs and exhaust fumes - that tingles the most spines around the world. And that's precisely why every long journey you go on as a non-driver is book-ended by a certainty that you're going to die, and the elated euphoria that you somehow managed not to. It doesn't matter who the driver is, whether you've known and loved them for decades - which they've spent driving proficiently - the moment you have to put your life into their hands, they immediately become a Grand Theft Auto style lunatic, making bad decisions and flirting outrageously with the Grim Reaper in their wheeled pod of fiery doom.

5. Having To Come Up With Excuses

"Why don't you drive?" "Well, I only live a scenic 45 minutes away from work, and I lived on a one-way system for years so I didn't really want to learn on that in case I ever had to go the other way in other places." A variation of this exchange happens to you at least once a year, and probably far more frequently. As well as being classed as a third class citizen, you also have to contend with the judgement that comes when you admit that you've never taken the time, or had the inclination to learn how to drive, because drivers will class your lack of a licence as some sort of debilitating, sneer-worthy disease. And no matter how many times you've had to stand before someone admitting your lack of qualification like you're in an atypically judgemental AA meeting, it never gets easier to accept when the judgemental look turns into a sort of pathetic sympathy as if you're somehow incapable of achieving the zen-like state of being a driver.