I understand your disappointment at being refused your initial choice - but I've got to wonder - why would you let something like a driver's license stop you? If that's all it takes to stop you in your tracks, then any future enemy you may face is going to have an easy time of it.
Get to a driver's academy, take the damned course, pass the bloody exam, and get the license!
Get to it - let us know how you make out.