Are most aspies not able to drive?

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Hum, i'm 22 and i haven't tried driving yet, maybe i should at least go for my driver's license, but i don't wanna own a car, too cubersome to maintain (besides, i live in a city where we have the subway and bus, so it's not a big deal). I never really thought about how it could be to actually drive a car. =/

Hmm, I've been driving for about 4 years now and I don't seem to have any (major) problems, I can anticipate what might happen while driving and then can act accordingly

My mom fought hard to keep my from driving. I never drove until a year after moving away... at age 25.

Oddly, they gave me a a car then, my great grandmother's 68 Chevelle.


That being said, I'm not a very good driver. It's mostly due to my lack of depth perception and sensitivity to bright lights.

I bought a motorcycle last year. It's much easier to drive, since the helmet does not reflect light like the windshield in the car, and the smaller size helps a lot to make up for the lack of depth perception. I still drive the Chevelle, though I HATE driving it at night.

Been driving about 10 years total now (9 licensed), never had a moving violation, but have had two minor accidents in part due to outside circumstances (i.e. never step on a wet clutch when you're shifted in first right in front of a garage, and give yourself plenty of space in an express lane on a major highway just in case there's a tire laying in the middle of the lane which you can't see). I hate road ragers, which are common around here, and I hate major city traffic, but rural driving especially can be really fun.

I can fly small airplanes too. Learning to cope with the sensory overload of turbulence while flying can be a challenge, but it's possible to overcome.

to be honest i just got my permit... ive nevr rely consitered it very imortant...

I can and do drive. I didn't take my test till I was in my thirties though, 38 to be precise. I never needed to drive before, because my jobs were office based so I didn't actually need to drive for my job either, and every job I've had previously it has been more convenient and cheaper to commute on public transport, either buses, trams or the underground.

But then I moved to a country where there are only about six bus routes in the city, which don't go close enough to where I live and work, and the temperature in the summer goes up to around 50 degrees, so even if there was a convenient bus route, you wouldn't want to be walking to the bus stop and waiting for a bus.

I love driving. It gives me a real sense of freedom. Before I passed my test, I was reliant on taxis (because of the inconvenient bus routes) and also colleagues giving me a lift hom from work. It was quite frustrating being so dependent on waiting for taxis and being reliant on the kindness of colleagues.

Before, when I didn't drive, yes, it was sometimes a pain waiting for a bus or a train, but at least I knew they were coming eventually, and the services were fairly reliable and inexpensive.

But one thing I have noticed is that now I'm really used to the convenience, so when I go home every couple of months and in my home country I don't have a car, and I sometimes think to myself, I'll go somewhere or visit a friend, and then I realise how reliant I am on my car, and how inconvenient it is to make plans or even go grocery shopping without a car.

And I *heart* my car, it's a really beautiful Saab 9-3 1.8t convertible. It was my 38th birthday present to myself.

I don't drive, and I don't have a license. I get stressed out very easily being around alot of cars, and I don't like being forced to know all the different road signs, driving manuvers, and speed limits. I tried learning how to drive when I was 16, but it made me feel uncomfortable. I'm 20 at the moment and I honestly don't think it's right for me. As far as getting around goes, I take the city bus.

I`ve been driving since i was 13-14, thats 18 years ago so
i have some training. But theres "something" there that has
always stuck out, i have other habits then most people when
i drive and i remember when i learned to operate things with
engines that move along, it was slightly scary and a little hard
to understand some of it, but after a while i just understood it
somehow, something fell into place. When i strap into a carseat
i become one with the car, its an extension of myself, i know its
movements and how it will behave. I think training is the key,
i was lucky and got an old wreck from my dad as a kid so i
could learn just zooming around in the fields. I crashed and
rolled and you name it (it was an old race car with full harness
and rollcage, my dad wasn`t stupid) but i learned alot from it.
Had i not done that i might not have had a license and car now,
it was the training when i was young that made it easier. When i
was 18 and could get a license i had allready driven for years and
knew it well, my dad was a smart man My advice to those who
get a little stressed around cars is to spend more time around them,
ease in to it and do it at your own pace. If one avoids it because
its stressing, then it will just continue to be stressing, but we
humans get used to things so fast, it is possible to learn even
if it looks and feels stressful at first, dont give up.

I can't drive, but that's largely because I've never been able to learn (I'm epileptic, so driving is a big no-no for me).

However, I suspect I wouldn't be much good at it because of my utter inability to co-ordinate myself enough to ride a bike...

Margaret Thatcher once remarked that anybody over the age of 30 who used a bus could consider themselves a failure.

Well I must be a real loser by also being on disability though thank god about to get of it and become a productive member of society . Jeremy Clarkson also trawled out that chestnut (his a public transport hater to . )

Conservatives are a funny lot (I think Clarkson may even be more right wing than Thatcher'??), Zurich one of the world richest cities has over 50% of displacements within the municipality are done on public transport (one of the highest in the world ). I guess all that money saved on commuting can be better used more productively (one of the reasons their so wealthy )

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I had this problem, but learned to filter out excess information by pretending it is a videogame. The only way for "sensitives" like myself to drive is to grow a thicker skin and pretend we're not in volatile multi-ton chunks of metal moving at deadly speeds.

I actually find it relaxing to drive and I think I'm an above average driver. Been driving for about 20yrs now (really? Dang, I feel OLD now) and when I drive, I have to focus on EVERYTHING about about driving. Tracking all the cars around me in all my mirrors, road conditions, car sounds/vibrations, etc. etc. it makes it so I can't let in any of my usual distractions.

I've nearly gotten hit plenty of times, but always been able to avoid it because I've kept track of what all cars are doing in my vicinity, I know where the exits are in case of danger. Like where I can swerve safely, and if I can slam on my brakes or if I'm being tailgated.

I kinda think that if we CAN drive, we're awesome drivers BECAUSE of our heightened senses.

I had some trouble when I was learning how to drive(needed over 30 classes) luckily my parents were vey enthusiastic about needing my own car and they never complaint about it. After the classes I passed the test and I ´ve been driving since november.

I only had one accident where I was waiting for some people to cross the street and apparently the person behind them was unable to see I had stopped and hit my car. It wasn´t a big deal he admitted it was his fault and our insurances solved the issue.

I'm trying to learn how to drive. The only reason I freak out so much is because my mother is freaking out next to me. I feel like I'll never get a good job if I can't drive before I graduate college next spring. I wanted to learn how to do this sooner but mother kept giving me reasons why I can't. So I'm practicing on the riding lawn mower instead. It's not quite the same but it helps with the motor skills. D:

I am a fluent driver and I have no tickets, no accidents and have been almost driving for 4 years since High School. I sometimes can be a daredevil now and then behind the wheel (I am a car junkie you can say), but I drive normally the great majority of the time.

I'm not even at the driving age yet, and already I can do it quite well.