I'm a GP registrar.
As a final year medical student I was placed in a different hospital every 6 weeks. As a doctor I have been in a different job every 4 to 6 months for the past 5 years. My latest placement is a 40 minute drive from my house. My contract states that I have to provide my own transport not only to get to work but also to visit patients at home.
Admittedly I could have gone into a different career but short of that the last decade would have been pretty impossible without a car.
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