Disclaimer: I’m not from the US.
As a student in a relatively large-ish city, I’ve been doing fine with public transportation. I’m not particularly interested in driving because of (no particular order):
- environmental impact (in part mitigated by EVs)
- ‘severe’ ADHD; I would never be relaxed driving
- safety; I don’t trust other drivers to follow the rules properly
Should I still get a driver’s license sooner than later?
It can’t hurt, but then again, I know a couple of people who have let their licenses expire because they never drive anywhere, and they seem to be doing fine.
It’s a good thing to have if you will ever in the rest of your life need to drive anywhere.
As the other comments suggested, getting a driving licence even of right now you don’t need it is a good choice for the future. You might decide or be forced to move somewhere where not having a licence, so not driving, might be impossible for day to day life.
Also, since you are a student you have probably more to time to prepare for the exams, so I’d suggest taking it soon.
Probably getting a licence would be useful. You don’t have to own a car in order to maintain a licence, but it could be handy to have the ability to drive should you ever need to.
In some parts of the world, a driver’s license is another form of ID, so it may be worth it to get it.
Sometimes it’s also a peer pressure thing, if everyone around you is getting their driver’s license, then you may feel pressure to get it.
