Are most aspies not able to drive?

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for those who find driving difficult there's also the possability of other vehicles such as bikes ormopeds that might feel safer to some, i'm thinking of getting a license just so i have one and not even think about driving yet but in that time maybe get myself a smaller easier vehicle such as a small moped to get me around.

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most people think i'm a bit strange, even abnormal. normal is the majority, the average, what is most frequent. if you lived around here, you'll see the positive of not being normal

I'm AS and can't drive yet because there're too many things I'd have to pay attention to.

I have been driving since I was 21, and I am a good driver.

I guess I'm lucky. I had no idea I had AS when I learned how to drive, so it was never an issue. I've now been driving for 15 years and had two accidents (one was my fault, the other was not), which I think is well within reason. Well, I DID get my car backed into last week because I had parked it on the street to shovel the driveway. But that doesn't count.

I've always gotten lost in the details of things, and it has never been an issue while driving. Quite the contrary, I find that seeing all the little details helps a great deal. I can identify a drunk driver from half a mile in front of him(or her) on a twelve lane expressway, and can read road signs from two miles away. I do occasionally have problems with bright billboards (there's two of them I can think of in particular), or ticker type expressway billboards. That and lingerie ads featuring half naked women.

I think my AS has made me a better driver, not a worse one. I can see no reason that AS would prevent somebody from driving, unless it's severe enough to cause self-confidence issues preventing it... you do need to be rather decisive in a lot of situations while driving.

I guess in my case, ignorance was a blessing.

I'm taking driving lessons right now. I drive fine, but I don't think it has anything to do with AS.

I absolutely love driving, got my licence 2 months after I started to learn. Sometimes I think I should get my Heavy goods vehicle licence and become a truckie

I am able to drive, and I ride a motorcycle too.

What i've found confounding was passing driver's license tests. An examiner would try to engage me with small talk during a test, and it took great effort to generate the NT responses - effort that took away from my ability to drive properly, as it happens

I'm good at driving a manual and I'm just 14!

I got a voucher for Christmas for a young driver's driving experience at Mercedes-Benz World, I just need to book it!

I like driving, it's fun!

I have my G1 (learner's licence). You can drive anywhere you want on two conditions: you can't drive on major highways and you need to have someone with seven + years of driving experience (i.e. your parents) in the front seat.

Even though I get bundles of joy driving down long stretches of road and in areas where there's a normal amount of cars, I feel tense and anxious driving in heavy traffic. I also cannot back into driveways when there's traffic around me or paralell park for the life of me...and that's what's keeping me from attempting to get my G2. I'm thinking about getting lessons but they cost craploads of money.

What I'm annoyed with is that I drive the actual speed limit and everyone either speeds ahead of me or passes me.
That's such an Aspie thing, following the rules. Ahaha.

I actually race cars and teach teens how to drive in emergency situations, so no problems here.

I can drive fine but I don't really like to. I get very distracted by other people talking to me. I also believe everybody having a car is detrimental in the long run so I don't know if I ever will buy one

Never driven, never will. I'm 17 and live in the suburbs of Los Angeles, but the trains get me where I need to go (yes LA has a decent system!). It's not that I'm afraid of driving, it's just that I really don't like it. The feeling of hopping on a train and observing people or being on a bike and being one with yourself and nature is an amazing feeling. I plan on buying a moped (do you need a license for one of those?) or an electric bike when I get older though.

I don't think my current status allows me to own a car, but I can still rent one? I'll probably never drive publicly as sad as it sounds. I can't imagine if I wrecked into something or someone... The fines, court, yelling, pressure... ugh. Enough to send me to hell. I'll stick to my bike. At least if I crash into someone I can cycle away:D.. and well, I've hit a stop sign on my bike... and I just get back up lol.