Driving is not recommended for relatively minor rib fractures. Early on, rib fractures can be very painful and locally swollen, and they can affect the lungs, causing pain throughout the pre-chest area of the rib cage and lungs, and they affect the muscles of one or both chest walls, along with pain in the upper arm. While driving, the upper arm pulls on the muscles of the lateral or anterior chest wall, which can affect the rib fracture: first, it can be painful and unsafe. Second, this pulling can also affect the healing of the rib fracture itself, so driving is not an option in the early stages. If the rib fracture is not serious, the fracture will heal well in 4-6 weeks, with no obvious pain, and then you can exercise for 1-2 weeks. after the recovery review in about 2 months, you can drive with your doctor’s consent. If multiple ribs are fractured or there is a punctured lung with blood or fluid accumulation, driving needs to be delayed even more.