Are most aspies not able to drive?

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You are incorrect. I have driven for several years and never got into any accidents. It might take people with aspergers a little bit longer then everyone else to learn how to drive but one they got it down, they can drive just like anyone else.

It took me a while to get my license, but yeah, I'm a good driver.

I'm a pretty decent driver, I just get really aggravated whenever there's s fair amount of traffic. I'm also an extremely impatient driver though, which is a large part of what annoys me about traffic. I generally drive very long distances for work very frequently, and don't mind it in the least. It provides me with a nice bit of alone time with my music.

Unlike alot of other people here though, I never had trouble learning how to drive though, which is weird considering that I learned how to drive in a beat up Tercel with a burned out clutch.

EDIT: I should note though that I can't drive big cars. I can't gauge my space in larger cars, and constantly feel like I'm going to roll it. The largest car I've owned is a Hyundai Elantra station wagon, and that's about my limit. I don't want to drive anything bigger.

I taught myself how to drive by watching everybody else do it really carefully, over a couple of months... as soon as it was my turn i jsut had to adjust myself how much throttle to use and then i was set.. all i had to do was connect the dots with lots of practice...

i get distracted as anything by bright lights.. number plates.. brake lights..e verything but its not too bad

i went for a few unofficial lessons whilst i was at college and was asked how ong i'd been driving for, i'm guessing i'm an above average driver as it was my first time behind the wheel

when it comes to driving in general i don't think i'd be that good, even as a passenger i think about the probabilities of accidents and the fear of causing one myself so it doesn't seem likely i'll ever drive.

Been licensed for over 20 years now, and have a lot of miles up in lots of differing conditions, even drove cabs full time for 5 years on the night shift. I generally don't get disoriented or anything, but I have noticed that I have trouble with poor visibility at night, especially fast runs through the hills at night, but that is more of an anxiety thing where I can't judge the corner as well, and it seems to be more pronounced on right handers than left handers. I wonder if that is to do with the differences in the opposing hemispheres of the brain?

john

Sometimes I swurve a little lol, but I haven't been in an accident since the first year of getting my licence.

I can drive but people complain all the time about my foot and the pedal. Apparently, I constantly push on it instead of keeping it steady. On the bright side, it's only enough to notice and be annoying as it doesn't impede me from driving.

I learned to drive a bit slower than average, but it was really test anxiety that prevented me from obtaining my licence for a number of years. I'd have a GREAT warm up lesson and then completely blow the road test because of nerves. Finally mastered that demon last year!

Same here.

cars are status symbols to NTs...a sign of "growing up" being independant, etc...i'm wondering whether our developmental and cultural issues (i'm emotionally about 17-18 yrs old and my behaviour clearly isn't standard for that age range, anyway) cause many aspies to not bother with driving until later in life...

I drive - I was in a very minor accident though for daydreaming while driving on ice last winter though.

I'm a much more careful driver now.

I drive - I was in a very minor accident though for daydreaming while driving on ice last winter though.

I'm a much more careful driver now.

I do not mind driving.

All the visual and sound stimulous keeps my overactive mind busy. In a wierd way it cuts down on the noise inside my head by driving, blasting music (same song for 1/2 hour or more) and every noise the car makes.

Feel lame after reading this topic, late twenties and do not drive, never have. I feel I would putting myself, and more importantly everyone else, at risk by doing so. Too much anxiety and panic from normal things, plus I can't focus on anything for too long, and one slip would be the end of the car, or me, or someone else.

I have not even tried. Sometimes I wonder if I should, but so much of my world is controlled by fear...

And makes me feel kinda sub-human to boot.

I would never say not having a license or not being able to drive makes you less than any other person out there. If we look at it from the perspective of living in a society that has an over-dependence on the car, then we are better off, as a society, learning to use public transport, learning to walk or cycle, learning to carpool if we must drive. I myself I am probably the opposite, I find traveling by public transport very stressful, being bounced around inside a big box with strange people, big windows letting in too much light. I find on the contrary being able to be myself in a car rather calming, focusing on the mechanics of operating a car, gears, brakes, pedals, watching out for the other people around me. It allows me to switch off for a while, especially on a quiet road.

To digress however, I think learning to drive is possible for most of us, my first suggestion would be to find a big carpark or dead end road in a rural area with no traffic and learn the basics of gears, steering, etc. Once they become more or less automatic functions, it leaves the rest of your mind free to focus on other parts of driving.

Hope this helps.

john