Reasons why I want to get a driver's license
In a previous article, I shared my experience in getting a student permit. As I mentioned in that article, getting a student permit is needed to learn how to drive. After all, you can not drive on the roads without a student permit and someone with a driver's license.
Today I want to share the reasons why I decided it is time to get a driver's license.
Valid ID
The first reason is that a driver's license is a valid ID so I can use it for verification purposes in different applications. Of course, I know that there are valid IDs that are easily acquired like postal ID. But I wanted the driver's license because having it also means that I can drive.
Convenience
Having a driver's license means that I will be able to drive if there are surprise outings with either friends or family. My father is the main driver for our outings but he is getting older and he is getting more tired now when driving.
So he decided to teach us how to drive. Unfortunately for my father's hopes, he was not blessed with a son. This is probably the reason why it took him a bit of time before he decided to teach us how to drive.
I was selected to go first. He was unaware of the changes in getting a student permit but thanks to the internet I was able to search for the requirements. When my father found out that there were additional requirements he regretted that he did not immediately take us to get the student permit back when we turned 18.
Anyway, that is in the past now. For now, he paid for majority of the fee for driving school so that I can learn how to drive.
Career edge
In the engineering job listings I have found, there was a common preference- someone who can drive. The reason for this is probably because the field is a bit out of the way so knowing how to drive will be a plus.
This is honestly the main reason why I suddenly became interested with getting a driver's license.
Before, I was content with letting my father drive us around. And then I lost interest again since my partner also knows how to drive. It is definitely not one of my roudest moment but I am just being honest here.
But when I realized that knowing how to drive will give me an edge that I need for future employment, I decided it is worth learning how to drive.
Why do I need an edge in career?
As some of you may remember, I am an engineering student. I am a girl in a male dominated career track so any edge that I could get is something that I want to work towards with.
I know that the bias for male engineers are not as widespread as before but I have seen a fair amount of job listings with preference for male engineers to pretend that it does not exist anymore.
Closing words
Those are the reasons why I decided to get a driver's license. As of now, I still have a long way to go to get that license.
I still have to get a practical driving course (PDC) certificate. To do that means that I have to pass the practical test of the drivinf instructor.
I am a bit nervous since the plan was for us to go out in the traffic for our second session but I think the nervousness will fade someday.
After getting the PDC certificate, I need to wait for a month and 3 days to apply for my non-pro driver's license.
To get the non-pro driver's license, I need to pass a written and practicak exam at the LTO branch.
But that is a bit far away for now so I will focus on the high I have in getting a student permit.
Thank you for reading this article!
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l wanted to verify my account but I don't have valid IDs yet. Thanks for this info, I will just take it instead of waiting for the national ID.