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Is it true that sci-fi author Ray Bradbury never owned or drove a car?

Question #141861. Asked by endoverend.
Last updated Nov 13 2015.
Originally posted Nov 13 2015 10:40 AM.

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Not only did Bradbury never get a driver's license, he didn't believe in cars for anyone. His own personal aversion came from seeing a fatal car accident when he was just 16.
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link http://mentalfloss.com/article/52385/10-things-you-should-know-about-ray-bradbury

Nov 13 2015, 12:36 PM
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'Bradbury never learned to drive a car - a fact which continually tickled some of his fellow science-fiction writers.'

"Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience. I saw a car crash when I was 15 here in Los Angeles and five people died as a result of it. I arrived at the scene within 20 seconds of hearing the collision. It was the worst mistake I ever made in my life. I didn't know what I was running into. People had been horribly mangled and decapitated. So for months after, I was shaken. It's probably the reason I never learned to drive. I was terrified of automobiles for a long time after that but I turned it into a short story called "The Crowd" six or seven years later. ... So out of this horror - this really terrible event - you take something that has taught you a certain kind of fear and you pass on to others and say, 'This is what the car can do.'"

link http://www.npr.org/2012/06/08/154524695/ray-bradbury-its-lack-that-gives-us-inspiration

Nov 13 2015, 12:39 PM
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