My thoughts on driving

I'm back again! This time, I would be posting about some thoughts I had, rather than updating about my life though.
As what the title says, I will be sharing some of my thoughts on driving today. As in getting a driving license. Recently, there have been a few people asking if I am planning to take on driving lessons and when that would be. I guess that's because I've turned 21 and it is high time I started to drive. Indeed, most of my peers are already taking driving lessons and there are even some who have passed and are driving around now. Not too sure if they are driving their own vehicle or their parents', but who cares? It looks so cool to see them driving, much more cool to sit in the car that they are driving I guess. I haven't had a chance to sit in a classmate's car yet though, haha.
So I just want to share a little about what I feel about driving. Firstly, yes I do of course want to learn to drive, even have my own car in the future. However, that is not so that I get to look cool and get to boast that I drive. More on the reason why I would like to learn driving later. Now, a bit on why I wouldn't see a need to drive.
Having taken the public transport to get around from place to place for at least the past 10 years of my life, I have certainly gotten quite used to it. The early morning squeeze on MRTs and buses and the need to track the arrival times of the public transport so as to better plan my time, for instance. Otherwise, I may miss the bus and that would result in me being delayed and time wasted. I have even accepted the fact that I have to wait long periods of time for buses to arrive sometimes. In short, I am quite comfortable using the public transport to get around without the need to drive.
Next, the high cost of driving in Singapore is a deterrent. Firstly, the high monetary costs in owning a vehicle, high petrol prices, and high costs of road usage are definitely enough to have me consider alternatives to driving. Moreover, there is also the cost in terms of time wasted. Due to the high volume of traffic on roads, there are road congestions more often than not. This results in time being wasted on the road. Oh yes, and there is also the parking fees to take into account too.
So, why would I still want to learn driving?
Have you ever been in this situation where you are sitting in a vehicle travelling along the highway or any other road and you see smaller roads leading out from the main road you are travelling on? And you wonder where those roads lead to? Well, I have. I think it would be quite interesting to travel along these roads and find out where they lead. Yupp, so that's pretty much why I want to learn to drive. Of course, having a car and a driving license does also make it more convenient when I want to travel to some place nearby quickly, such as to a nearby shopping mall.