What are the social difficulties involved in driving?

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19 Mar 2011, 6:43 pm

Obv the driving part has no difficulties.
But for example the small talk whilst driving with one or many people is a difficulty.
What are some other examples?

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19 Mar 2011, 6:46 pm

There are none others than sign language, and sticking up a middle finger at someone doesnt require that much social skills.

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19 Mar 2011, 6:55 pm

I couldn't even manage to listen to the radio when I first started driving, let alone passengers, but it gets easier.

What's going on inside the car is about the extent of it.
I'd go with Mindtear for possible interaction with what's outside it. :lol:

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19 Mar 2011, 8:18 pm

Running someone over is the worst, because you have to get out of the car and talk to the person you've just run over, and be nice, and that's difficult for me.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:19 pm

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Running someone over is the worst, because you have to get out of the car and talk to the person you've just run over, and be nice, and that's difficult for me.

It realy depends how thorough you are.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:30 pm

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:38 pm

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:42 pm

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

I never had mad driving skillz. used to lose my lighter and stuff. Last guy that hit me lost his lighter. The problem is no one pays attention

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19 Mar 2011, 8:44 pm

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Running someone over is the worst, because you have to get out of the car and talk to the person you've just run over, and be nice, and that's difficult for me.

Yes, pedestrians really need to watch where they are going. I mean a couple of tons of moving metal versus a 75 kg person isn't much of a match. Does anyone else fake swerve at people? You should see their faces.

Just kidding. The key to good driving is keeping good peripheral vision. You should see everything in a 180 degree arc around your eyes. You also really want to give adequate stopping distance with the car in front of you. I know that can be hard in city driving, but I have seen chain wrecks that could have been easily avoided. And don't text or call someone while driving, especially in traffic. That is just stupid, no matter how you look at it.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:45 pm

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

I never had mad driving skillz. used to lose my lighter and stuff. Last guy that hit me lost his lighter. The problem is no one pays attention

Id be mad if i lost a lighter also, maybe not so much if it was a cheap plastic one. They can be as dangerous as those annoying people flying through your windscreen and such.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:46 pm

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

I never had mad driving skillz. used to lose my lighter and stuff. Last guy that hit me lost his lighter. The problem is no one pays attention

Id be mad if i lost a lighter also, maybe not so much if it was a cheap plastic one. They can be as dangerous as those annoying people flying through your windscreen and such.

exactly why I gave it up!

besides it's great relying on my parents.

Never hit a pedestrian, but managed to go through 8 cars in 6 years.
Never at fault.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:51 pm

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

I never had mad driving skillz. used to lose my lighter and stuff. Last guy that hit me lost his lighter. The problem is no one pays attention

Id be mad if i lost a lighter also, maybe not so much if it was a cheap plastic one. They can be as dangerous as those annoying people flying through your windscreen and such.

exactly why I gave it up!

besides it's great relying on my parents.

Never hit a pedestrian, but managed to go through 8 cars in 6 years.
Never at fault.

I only ever wrote off an old green land rover, it had a close greeting with an artic truck. I was realy lucky however, i didnt have to pay a penny to the damages.

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19 Mar 2011, 8:53 pm

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

Mindtear wrote:

hyperbole wrote:

drinking and driving is a nono.

luckily I cannot drive.

Thats good, you might miss while drunk.

I never had mad driving skillz. used to lose my lighter and stuff. Last guy that hit me lost his lighter. The problem is no one pays attention

Id be mad if i lost a lighter also, maybe not so much if it was a cheap plastic one. They can be as dangerous as those annoying people flying through your windscreen and such.

exactly why I gave it up!

besides it's great relying on my parents.

Never hit a pedestrian, but managed to go through 8 cars in 6 years.
Never at fault.

I only ever wrote off an old green land rover, it had a close greeting with an artic truck. I was realy lucky however, i didnt have to pay a penny to the damages.

worst loss was a BRAND NEW BNW 5 series. still had the paper tags on, so it was about 2 weeks old and some loco rear ended me and bent the frame. It was paid for with insirance, but I ;ost all the $5k i put down. I bought cash cars after that.

It's good not to drive. i think

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20 Mar 2011, 1:44 am

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB_TB wrote:

Obv the driving part has no difficulties.
But for example the small talk whilst driving with one or many people is a difficulty.
What are some other examples?

That's what the radio is for

one difficulty I have experienced is getting the window down in time to flip someone off.

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20 Mar 2011, 8:01 am

Mindtear wrote:

Moog wrote:

Running someone over is the worst, because you have to get out of the car and talk to the person you've just run over, and be nice, and that's difficult for me.

It realy depends how thorough you are.

Isn't that what reverse gear is for?

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20 Mar 2011, 8:14 am

Moog wrote:

Running someone over is the worst, because you have to get out of the car and talk to the person you've just run over, and be nice, and that's difficult for me.

If theres no witnesses I think your just better off finishing the job myself :mrgreen:

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