Does too much traffic cause anxiety for you?

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A few posters said about the noise of traffic. While that is not the main thing about traffic what makes me anxious, sometimes noise can be a factor of anxiety. I hate it when car drivers sound their horn, especially for no reason except to show off. It often makes me jump. I also hate those really loud motorcycles, or cars with loud engines what rev suddenly. Also dust carts seem to have an annoyingly loud engine. And, worst of all, sirens. They sometimes switch their sirens off but leave the blue lights flashing, and then I get really startled if its siren turns on again when it goes by me. I do involuntary movements when I jump, which I hate.

Traffic jams make me a little nervous, but not too much.

I'm not a driver myself, and I don't need to, because I live in a big city with great public transport services.
But if I sit in someone's car and they drive too fast, or get on the gas or brake too abruptly, I get scared and sometimes even scream. I have to watch what is happening on the road all the time, it takes so much energy from me.

Some years ago I decided to get a driver's license. The written test would have been no problem for me, of course, but my practical lessons went so bad.. There was so much overload sometimes, especially when the teacher practiced the "right before left"-rule with me, in an area with many, many small crossings. You have to remember so many things you need to do in the right order, and it was simply too much for me. There were two or three lessons when, at some point, I just started to cry and couldn't go on. So I finally decided to stop taking lessons, and I don't think I will ever try it again. Worst thing is, I had already paid 700€ for lessons and bureaucratic stuff.

I live in NYC. There could be traffic jams any hour of the day....but it's mostly okay between the rush hours.

If I'm on the subway and the train stalls, I do lots of meowing and growling. People look at me funny.

I'm not very patient, in general.

From where I live, I have to cope with the noises and pollution of traffic as much as possible. No matter which transportation I take. (Taxis doesn't exist well in my city. And my family doesn't own a car) And I did very well.

Especially the fact that there's not much of traffic laws being followed around here. (I live on a country where traffic codes are being considered a guideline, not an actual law by people living here ) And I have to, because if I couldn't, I would never able to across any streets with traffics (wait no, there's NOT much of any pedestrians here, there's no traffic lights to tell you when or when not to cross a street. you have to jaywalk, so look left and look right then RUN. traffic or no traffic) But then, I managed well.

I don't know what would it be if I'm driving on the road.

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Yes! Traffic is horrible.