People that are completely delusional but unaware

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Do you know of a lot of people that way. An example would be people have nothing going for them yet have an abundance of confidence?

This is a partial explanation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unskilled_ ... ware_of_It

There seems to be a lot of people like this who have and are currently have been in my life.

Yeah, I've met a few.

A road safety officer I knew used to run courses for drivers. He would get people to shut their eyes and imagine that they were one of two drivers involved in a collision. He would ask them to say how serious this imagined accident was and whose fault it was.

People who imagined the accident as being minor and not their fault, tend to be less competent drivers than those who imagined a serious accident which was their fault.

I've always found that people who say that they are good drivers tend to be the opposite.

Ignorance is bliss.

..sv..

Heh. Well, I really AM a bad driver--I've only been driving for a month! Nothing subjective about that. Anybody who's only been driving a month is lucky to keep their car between the lines.

I wonder sometimes whether my assessment that I have above-average social skills for an autistic person may be incorrect, and whether I may simply not have the insight to know just how bad I am at interacting with people. That's frustrating because the possibility of poor insight means there's less room for improvement than there would be if you knew how bad you were, and where the deficiencies are.

I prefer the term skilled driver: A driver who drives often and has a lot of experience.

Being a good driver depends on the definition and goals you set and is a bit arbitrary.

I know I am a skilled driver, I make a lot of kilometres and drive in the most difficult circumstances. But a good driver? With certain kinds of parking (parking in NL is a lot tighter than in the US) I have difficulties and I can be a bit pushy towards weekend-drivers. Not a problem during the working weeks, but in the weekends it can be a bother. But that takes practice and patience, so in time I should learn that bit.