Can you drive?

I am 31, M and I can't. It freaks me out, just the speed. Lately I fear any vehicle which overspeeds(on a bus for example).

I was in a terrible road accident in 2014 when the car I was in tumbled over 3 to 4 times before coming over to rest over clean meadows. A number of factors...me wearing seat belts, the roadside sand(this was about 200 klms off regina, saskatwhewan, Canada) somewhat slowing the car and finally the field being clear(had it been trees the impact would have killed us perhaps). It was a massive crash and I was even featured in the local news. Funnily enough I remember feeling absolutely nothing, not even remotely shaken. It helped that physically I hadn't had a scratch(Thanks to the seat belts; I was about to take them off and go in the back to sleep 15 minutes back). I was also mistakenly, seeing a therapist and treating myself thinking I had depression. It showed that there was "no passion" or feel when I walked away alive. And I chalked it down to a point of depression(anhedonia). But it did made me ponder about the fleeting nature of things.

Now I want to drive but I don't want to learn. I have started and given up 2-3 times. Like I said.....I trust myself, not others.

What about you....are you a driver? Does schizoid have any bearings on you? Like you'd be better than the normies or worse.

I have the same problem. I can drive but I don't. I'm too scared to have an accident. Thankfully I'm always wearing my headphones when using public transport and I am content that way. But most jobs require a driving license and own transport these days so it IS a huge problem for me at the moment...

Technically I can drive and I am licensed to do it (just renewed my license the other day, in fact), but I hate doing it. At this point I've not driven a car in five years, and not more than two miles in nine years. The worst part about driving for me is the need to stay focused constantly on the road, on other drivers and on what my car is telling me. I'm good for the first thirty seconds or so, but then almost immediately start daydreaming.

i have a driver's license but i don't drive ever. too many things for me to pay attention at once. it would be a matter of time before i would cause a serious accident

I like driving but for fun only. Like without a set destination, just getting in the car and driving around. Have crashed cars and motorcycles a few times, but I'm not scared to drive.

tapestry_proxy wrote:The worst part about driving for me is the need to stay focused constantly on the road, on other drivers and on what my car is telling me.

anagram wrote:too many things for me to pay attention at once.

Isn't that just true for every inexperienced driver? In the beginning, everything still requires your full consciousness, but after some while, many driving tasks (e.g. switching gears, using your direction indicator, making sure to have an ongoing 360 degree view around your car) will start to go more or less 'automatically' so they will no longer add up to such a strenuous mental exercise as in the very beginning.

In Brazil, you must have more than 18 years to drive legally. Besides not being this age, I have no interest in learning how to drive, I prefer to use my legs.

I don‘t have a drivers licence. Everything is in a walking distance, also the local public transport system can get you anywhere. So far there wasn’t any necessity to learn how to operate a vehicle.

Also I’m exceptionally bad at racing games. I trash the thing going 20 mph. I can operate a sniper rifle from the passenger seat though.

I quit driving about 15 years ago. There were several reasons- expense, botheration, life & limb at the mercy of fools- but the deciding factor was the dependency. I couldn't abide the thought of that contraption owning me more than I owned it. The latter attitude is fairly widespread, though in my case SPD likely amplified it.

Yes, I have been licensed to drive in the US since I first got my learner's permit at age 15 which became a driver's license after a visit to my states Sec. of State on my 16th birthday. It's been suspended a couple of times but I've had it for most of the time. I was one of the last batches of teenagers to get their full license before my states laws changed to a graduated or scaled driver's license program. I am a much better driver now than I was when I was a young person. I am 35 now.

I usually don't have a problem driving when the roads are less busy. If there is heavy traffic, I get very anxious and angry and try to stay off the roads during peak traffic hours if possible. I hate getting stuck behind people driving slower than the posted speed limit or people who are driving distracted. I also tend to get a fair bit of motion sickness when going speeds of 80 mph or faster.

I wish I could just walk or ride a bike most places, but the suburbs of the US city I live in are very sprawled out and not easily traversed by bicycle because of the layout of the roads and overall distance. The cold weather for 6 months of the year is also not conducive to riding a bike or walking during that time.