Driving issues-anyone else on the AS have them

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auntblabby
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16 Nov 2010, 2:24 am

i am extremely prone to distractions while i am driving. i cannot listen to music or fiddle with electronic gizmos while i am trying to keep the wheels between the lines on the road and not rear-end somebody. i can only drive, it takes all my neurons just for this one task, with none to spare for anything else until i exit the car. and OMG, you don't want to be in the car with me and a bee. uh-uh.



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16 Nov 2010, 9:15 am

I don't like driving, I wish I did tho it must be great to be able to drive anywhere you want.

For me the worse is to get on the highway (when there's no light and you have to adjust your speed to get in between the cars already on the highway), I avoid that, its the scariest thing for me.

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16 Nov 2010, 10:28 am

no I was paying attention to details, like the cars behind me and the side of me, and forgetting there was cars in front of me. I think my family was scared for their lives when I was trying to learn. I learn the machanics fine and could drive a car, just not in traffic. I am hoping to move to the country and learn to dive in a small town.



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16 Nov 2010, 3:48 pm

I hate driving, but I like to think I'm pretty good at it. I wasn't, at first, but probably no one is. I didn't get my license until I was in my 20's and needed to drive myself to work. I loathe driving downtown. Driving in the country is much less stressful, except when someone starts tailgating me, which happens a lot. Apparently, I drive too slow, and I'm always getting honked at for waiting until the road is totally clear before I merge onto it. I feel uncomfortable driving at high speeds. I also feel uncomfortable driving at night or when it's raining. I felt like I needed glasses, so I went to get my eyes checked and they were 20/20. Heh.



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16 Nov 2010, 6:00 pm

I hate driving and drive like an old lady compared to others my age, but I can do it fine as long as no one is talking to me and it's not night-time and there are no stupid billboards distracting me.



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16 Nov 2010, 6:20 pm

I'm an excellent driver and have been complimented on my driving skills by many NT's. I passed the driving test on the first try. I can drive in downtown NYC or anywhere. I can drive cross-country. I can drive in snow drifts and blizzards and driving rain in the pitch black. I can drive a stick shift. My driving record is spotless. It's one of the few things I have to be proud of, in fact.

My big problem is that I have no sense of direction and am constantly lost. So I'm driving just perfectly, yet I do not know where I am going unless my passenger tells me.



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16 Nov 2010, 6:29 pm

termometrs wrote:
To be honest, I think getting the license and actually being a good driver are two different things.

I got my license couple of years ago, it took some time, but I think I was more or less average student. I passed the exam with the 3rd time, first two times I failed because missing some signs.

But about actual driving...I try to avoid it for everyone's safety, or at least try not to drive alone. Firstly, I sometimes kind of black out and miss some signs or forget to look around, I've been really lucky to avoid actual accidents. Secondly, I tend to get stressed and with my habit of easily getting lost it makes an awful combination. Just a couple of weeks ago I had a major meltdown, when I got lost (again and in the city where I grew up) and I was driving a car alone; tears started to fall, arms shaking, legs itching. Of course I stopped, called a friend and with his instructions everything ended well, but he had to give me instructions even about places I previously knew. So after that I decided that I'm not driving alone anymore.


same here with the needing someone else to point out if I miss anything, I fail spatial awareness forever :P, being uncoordinated is another problem, as are the panic attacks

I have a restricted license, but really I don't think I should be legally allowed to drive. Luckily Wellington has pretty solid public transport


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16 Nov 2010, 6:37 pm

alex wrote:
IMCarnochan wrote:
I got my license when I was 16 and didnt actually drive until I was 24. I got it because I was supposed to and I just used all my powers of focus to pay attention to the road when surrounded by 1000 things competing for my attention.. It was one of the hardest things I did. As I got older and built more coping mechanisms it became easier. Now it isn't so bad. It is hard for NTs and harder for non NTs, but it is not impossible. Keep working at it in a comfortable safe way.


It's not necessarily easier for NTs. I'm an aspie and I consider myself to be much more skilled than the average NT driver.


Same here. I'm usually very focused when I drive and notice that many NTs that I ride along with are not.


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