insurance in Another Open Diary refugee

John just got a seems-too-good-to-be-true insurance quote from Geico and they said it wouldn't cost any extra to have me on it as a learner driver... I've wanted to get my license for seven years and he always said no, it would cost too much for my insurance... I think he's skipping over the bit where getting me a license would also require finding something for me to actually drive, and somebody to teach me. I guess it's good that he wants to help me, but he wants it done yesterday. I guess I should try to find out how you go about getting a license and learning to drive when you're an adult who's never had a license before... I took lessons and actually learned to drive twenty years ago, but I never got my license and I can't remember the first thing about it. The only thing I 'drive' nowadays is the electric scooter in the grocery store... I was quite pleased with myself when I learned to do a three-point-turn in the grocery aisle and back up in a straight line. :P Of course, I'll be learning in an automatic car so it'll be a lot easier than it was back then - if I'd gone for an automatic license I would have got it no worries, but my mother insisted on my learning in a manual car and I couldn't manage the gear shift well enough with a stupid clutch. :(

(btw I just looked up the DMV and they discriminate. If you're a 15yo kid you can take the learners permit test online and you don't even have to GO to the DMV to get a permit... but if you're over 18 you have to go there and take the stupid test in person. That's backwards if ever I saw it!)