Driving problems AS & Dyspraxia how about you?

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My motor skills are off the charts awful. I would like to drive but then lets think this through.
cars are expencive. all the upkeep, gas and insurance. no thanks!

I'd live in a car though. rent free b*****s, thats right.

thats nice. unfortunelty i'm not joan rivers
must be nice though

nice bus dude.

I am 30 and have had my licence for two yrs I am only allowed to drive automatic vehicles. I have a 2009 Hyundai Getz it is a lovely little car to drive and I drive most days often long distances. I love driving now but due to my space judgement issues and maturity I had to wait until i was older (twenty eight) before I got my licence I failed first time passed second time I am glad I waited as I am now a very good driver and getting my licence was an achievement due to our system I get a full licence next August I will be 31. At the moment I have a probationary licence this allows me to drive alone with some restrictions including.

*.00 BAC when driving (.05 for full licence)
*carry licence at all times
*display P plates on front and back of any car I drive
*cant drive high powered vehicles
*can only drive automatic vehicles

Can't drive. I've tried several times... it always ends with me stressing out so much that I'm a danger to myself and others.

I could pay attention to the road, or be diplomatic toward the authority figure. Never both, at the same time.

Driving was one of my motivations to work from home, as I have caught myself drifting off the road, during short commutes.

I can get through this activity, perhaps for a long time, but not passively. It's not second-nature, because I have to remain attentive to every nuance.

When walking, especially while impaired, I have to concentrate. Noone necessarily notices, except for the somber expression I make when I'm not focused on my face.

This is how driving is for me.

There's enough room around me. I'm not being pulled toward the edge of a crooked horizon.

But, people making eye contact show expressions of worry in their eyes.

When I'm put on the spot about what I'm thinking, I totally blank out while I'm moving, which exacerbates the situation, terribly.

Also, I follow rules along familiar routes. When to let off the gas, where to apply breaks, where should the line in the road intersect with contours of the fender in the mirror. In unfamiliar territory, I lose all sense of reference and drive too slow.

This has spared me from accidents, which occurred well in front of me. I am complimented for my restraint, but I don't believe I could act appropriately, off-the-cuff.

I can drive okay. My gross motor skills are not good, but my fine motor skills are ... well ... fine.

I can only drive an automatic car and as is the case in this country if you sit your licence in auto you are restricted to drivign auto unless you sit another test. Anyway a lot of family and stuff keep telling me not to bother with manual, you will find it too hard etc a friend and I may actually go for manual soon try it out but im not sure.

I'm too scared off my own shadow to drive.

Never had an issue myself, got my licence first go, done my advanced driver training (and taught it later on), even raced at a club level for a few years with the appropriate clearances / permits. One thing I have learnt though is that most people think they are "above average" drivers, and act accordingly. Personally I don't like to compare my driving ability, I am sure there are better drivers and worse drivers out there than me

I can drive an automatic but I find it really hard to concentrate on steering as well as changing gears etc, so manual cars are a definite no-no for me. I've had my Learner Licence for over 10 years (it actually expired and I had to renew it). I've had lessons from a professional as well as parents, cousins and siblings, and I did try to get my Restricted once but I failed. I'm just not confident enough to try again at this stage.

I know I would drive into the back of another vehicle or god forbid a pedestrian due to my constant daydreaming or being stuck into a heavy thought. I did that several times to park cars when I use to ride a bike. I am lucky everything is in walking distance to me with the exception of my psychologist and kidney doctor there are these types of doctors in walking distance to me but I demand the best doctors my insurance can get me.

I have AS and paranoid schizophrenia. AS doesn't stop me from driving, but paranoid schizophrenia does, as not only does my medication make me prone to randomly falling asleep and dampening down my reflexes, I also have hallucinations which distract me or tell me to do crazy things; in essence, I could crash my car due to not focussing or I could crash my car on purpose

I took drivers ed back when I was 17 and did horribly. I couldn't keep the car in between the lines and couldn't turn a corner without almost heading into the ditch on the side of the road. This resulted in any other student driving with me to be scared to death and the instructor having to correct me all the time. I drove with my dad once and he had to correct me as well and I almost crashed into the house driving up with driveway. I did a 360 in the drive way just practicing driving forwards and backwards. I drove once with my fiance and scared him awake one by driving slow and again with the whole corner thing.

I do have a hard time with balance and being able to make it around corners well even walking and I think I have a depth perception problem. i cant throw or catch for the life of me.

I have never taken a drivers test and I dont plan on taking one either. My motor skills arent good enough to attempt driving. It would be too expensive to get another car and pay for more gas and insurance anyway. Its better if I dont drive.