Martin

[Kim]

I was watching the episode from 2004 in which Sonia drove Martin to the holiday camp at which Pauline was staying in order for him to inform her that Mark had died from an AIDS related illness, and it got me thinking.

Why doesn't Martin drive anymore? I don't recall hearing anything about a ban and it can't be that you are never allowed to drive after knocking someone down and killing them because Pat killed a girl in that way once and gave Dot some driving lessons in 2005.

[Chris_2k11]

Come on Kim, this is EastEnders. What else do you expect?

[CrazyLea]

Well there's no where really for him to drive to..
He's not exactly gunna drive from his house, to the stall lol

[diamond1]

I saw him drive the other week,he took rebecca to school i recall this because i wondered how he was legally able to drive

[Kim]

Well there's no where really for him to drive to..
He's not exactly gunna drive from his house, to the stall lol

Lol you sounded like Sonia saying that he never thinks beyond the square for a minute then

[Footie_Chick]

I was watching the episode from 2004 in which Sonia drove Martin to the holiday camp at which Pauline was staying in order for him to inform her that Mark had died from an AIDS related illness, and it got me thinking.

Why doesn't Martin drive anymore? I don't recall hearing anything about a ban and it can't be that you are never allowed to drive after knocking someone down and killing them because Pat killed a girl in that way once and gave Dot some driving lessons in 2005.

It may have just affected him after killing Jamie, it happens to some people, it's like when you fall off a bike people say you should get straight back on as it knocks your confidence. He may now not have the confidence to drive anymore.

[Samantha-Louise]

well martin has the confidence to do other things in his life after killing jamie, like getting married to sonia (who was with jamie at the time of his death) and using a mobile phone which helped cause jamies death. so why cant he drive his car...?

but then again, how many people in eastenders do you see driving everyday?

[Kim]

Not many, but since then we have seen quite a few of the residents drive.

We don't even know what has happened to the car, there's been nothing about him selling it. I didn't think Derek took it when he left because we didn't see him take it and Martin did own the car.

[Footie_Chick]

well martin has the confidence to do other things in his life after killing jamie, like getting married to sonia (who was with jamie at the time of his death) and using a mobile phone which helped cause jamies death. so why cant he drive his car...?

I don't mean like that, I mean when something happens to you in a certain situation you may not want to be in that situation again. Like if someone falls of a horse it knocks your confidence and if you suffer a injury it can relate in your brain to if you get back on the horse it may happen again. So Martin could now think that when he is driving he could crash again.
It's quite a common think as my mum fell off her bike when she was little and she has never road a bike since, she has attempted too but in the back of her mind she thinks she is going to come off again and end up in hospital again.

[Missy-em]

I think it's just theres not been much cause for him to drive lately storywise to be honest. I'd imagine he drives to the wholesalers to pick up stock for the stall. Be a bit hard to get the stuff otherwise?