I finally decided to learn driving, 30 years later than all my friends. I tried to learn it some years ago but quit after a few lessons because I wasn’t going to get a car after all. That was before co-sharing car schemes started in Singapore. Now, Singaporeans without their own cars can rent a car for a few hours or days. There is no need to pay the enormous COE and car, and none of the insurance, maintenance costs. I read on Dollars and Sense that a Toyota will cost S$253,326 over 10 years. That’s money that would go into my retirement fund so I wasn’t going to waste it on a car.
I found a really useful article on Reddit, giving step by step guide on learning to drive. I decided to go with learning via a school instead of private. I had a private instructor the first time and I didn’t like it. Hopefully school instructors will be better. I chose CDC because Ubi is the closest driving school to my home.
It is so difficult to navigate the CDC mobile app. Already met with the first hurdle – trying to make an e-appointment on the app to book an eye test before I can book the basic theory test. There is not a single slot in the whole of 2025 and not even 2026. How is that possible?! Then I saw a post on Reddit from a year ago about checking back on the CDC e-appointment page the next day as slots will become available. And this held true even a year later! So for anyone trying to book an eye test e-appointment on the CDC website and could not find a slot for the whole year, check back again the next day! My eye test is booked for 7 February 2025.
My Life At 50 