Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Who here drives?
I learned how to drive when back in high school (around 2000), although since my parents didn't get me a car (I'm the only one in my family who doesn't have one, in fact, and I really can't afford one with my Social Security, which I'm using for college), my skills pretty much went to waste, and I certainly wouldn't be able to drive if given the chance or car. I really want to re-learn how to drive and get a car since I will need one if I ever look for a job, and can't rely on public transportation/my family's transportation forever, although I am sort of concerned that I'd get into accidents often, get tickets often, and maybe be declared mentally unfit to drive. Do any of you here drive, and/or have similar concerns about driving if you don't? _________________ DeviantArt: http://jmg124.deviantart.com/
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject:
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I am sort of concerned that I'd get into accidents often, get tickets often, and maybe be declared mentally unfit to drive. Do any of you here drive, and/or have similar concerns about driving if you don't?
I don't drive, for the reasons above...also I am terrified...behind the wheel, i go into complete sensory overload...there are too many things to pay attention to at once...
I did try to get a liscense...several people have tried to teach me over the years...I took adult drivers ed when I was in my early 20's..all to no avail....my drivers ed teacher, who had bragged to the class that she could teach anyone to drive...said that I needed alot more practice...
I do know...from previous similar threads that most aspies and even some HFAs seem to not have trouble with driving. _________________ Winged Gnome Goddess prevent me from killing this thread
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject:
I have been driving since I was 13, then got my license at 16, and
have been driving for over 30 years, I tend to zone out while I am
driving, I only see whats in front of me and whats in the mirrors, only
when something really annoying do I get distracted, such as country
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:
I can not drive, but that's not because I'm an Aspie but because I am visually impaired. _________________ I am no native speaker. Please contact me, if I made grammatical mistakes in the posting above.
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I learnt to drive at 17 because I felt I should do and wanted to get it over and done with, but after thankfully passing my test (second time) I was still very unconfident and glad not to have to use it. Years have passed (I am now 30) and I have managed to avoid driving in all this time, so have completely forgotton how to do it anyway. Just hoping that I will never need to relearn.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:
I have been driving since age 16 and I am now 25. I drive about 400 miles every week because of commuting to work daily and I cruise around on the weekends.
I have never been in an accident or gotton a ticket. _________________ DX'ed with HFA as a child. However this was in 1987 and I am certain had I been DX'ed a few years later I would have been DX'ed with AS instead.
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I think i only got into 1 major accident and that was because the other person ran a red light and side swiped me.
Only other time was when i drove home late one night, tired as all to hellz and blew all my tires when i touched the edge of the road. But other then that i've got a clean bill for driving... gotta remember to check the coolant from time to time though.
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:39 am Post subject:
Ive been driving for about 5 years now, got my license when I was 18, and actually held a job driving for a while(Which Is the job thus far that I've enjoyed the most as I delivered auto parts so I spent the majority of the day driving from place to place, alone, listening to loud music). Unfortunately I quit that job after a really bad week last year involving an accident and 2 tickets... So now I have totaled car that still runs but I don't drive it all that much anymore.
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:22 am Post subject:
I actually drive very well, if I may humbly say so. I was terrible when I started though. Real, real, real bad. But like most things I try I pick them up quickly, have a great attention for detail and become very good at them. I suspect that typical of AS.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Who here drives?
I'm in a somewhat similar situation. I have a drivers license, but do not drive particularly well. I don't remember how to parallel park, and would not trust myself on crowded expressways.
I think it was Temple Grandin who said that she spent a year driving on country roads before tackling expressways and urban streets, in order for driving to become more automatic. That is probably the kind of practice that someone like us needs.
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I learned how to drive when back in high school (around 2000), although since my parents didn't get me a car (I'm the only one in my family who doesn't have one, in fact, and I really can't afford one with my Social Security, which I'm using for college), my skills pretty much went to waste, and I certainly wouldn't be able to drive if given the chance or car. I really want to re-learn how to drive and get a car since I will need one if I ever look for a job, and can't rely on public transportation/my family's transportation forever, although I am sort of concerned that I'd get into accidents often, get tickets often, and maybe be declared mentally unfit to drive. Do any of you here drive, and/or have similar concerns about driving if you don't?
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:
I didn't get my licence until I was eighteen, but I've been driving preaty much ever since. I've gone through many cars (I tend to loose cars to either accidents or to wear and tear) and my current car isn't in very good health. In almost 12 years of driving, I've had 6 cars. That's about on every 2 years. Each car had it's own problems, and each one has a story behind it.
car #1 Transmission failiar (about a year after it was stollen from me from someone that I trusted to eagerly)
car #2 Cracked engine Block (a while after I was rear ended by a muni bus in SF.)
car #3 Trasmission problem (could not go in reverse, that thing was interesting to drive)
car #4 Rear ended a truck which distroyed my radiator (I was paying attention to the light instead of the car in front of me.)
car #5 Hit on the pasenger side by someone running a red light (although, he had a passenger who was able to lie for him and tell the police it was me that ran the light. Actualy I'm glad I didn't have a passenger, he would have most likely been killed.)
car #6 there's probably something wrong with the ignition. It takes a while for it to start up but it still runs fine otherwise, so I'm hanging on to it for the time being. (on a side not it's almost identical to my previous car.)
Other than that I've only had a few tickets, the last one should drop off my record next year. If you're too worried about driving, and you can live without driving, I'd say try your best to keep it that way. Cars are allot of trouble, but they do help you feel more independant.
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