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I just started taking driverd ed classes (yes, IM eighteen years old and only have my prmit *hides*) and Ive driven before, but not a lot. Today, Im going to go with my mother to get my allergy shots, and Im driving. Im very scared. :( I have to do this because I know that if I dont, I will never want to drive. Honestly, I have no desire to drive. It terrifies me. Its very intimidating. I have trouble doing things like backing up... because Im short and can barely see over the seat. Im a very safe driver (the rare times that I do drive) but Im honestly terrified. :( I dont want to do it and now Im depressed and... ungjhg. ;( Any advice from anyone? I wish I had someone who would ride in the back seat while I drove. ;( |
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You can't be a passenger all your life. |
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Collective traffic works. |
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The first time driving with no one else in the car is the scariest. Only real advice I can give is to drive slowly, don't have music on in the car (till you're more confident), make sure the car is okay (tires, oil etc.) and only do short journeys on familiar roads to begin with. Best of Luck. |
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try playing GTA III on your computer... then the real life traffic won't be that horrifying :) ...don't know, just drive a lot, you'll get more and more used to it don't quit and stay home!!! |
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Okay, thanks everyone. My mother will be in the passenger seat, because even though Im eighteen I cant drive alone. I have to be with someone who is 21 or older (since I only have my permit). No music in car, go slow. I know the way to my allergy shots VERY well. Im just so scared that Im shaking. :( Its mostly just flat roads. I want to hop in the car NOW and get it over with. :( |
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Oh yes, don't drink too much (certainly not alcohol ;) ) before setting off. Nothing worse than needing a leak mid drive and not being able to stop :) |
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i'm scared of driving to! but i have to take the driving licence before the summer because i need it to go in the good places.i think it's really impossible to drive.i just tried once and i couldn't even go.i think i just have to practice with my parents.but i have a sort of fobia of the car....don't know why. |
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buy some rescue remedy, it's great !! A few drops on your toung and it realy calms you down alot. This may not reslove the issue but it will help you deal with it better. |
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That sounds like a euphemism for some sort of drug ;) |
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Just don't push yourself, I'm not sure what the learners have over there but down here, Learners have a big yellow 'L' that sits in the corner of your front and rear windows..... This does help you cause no matter how bad you drive other moterist will be dodging to get well out of your way! :D |
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Dont be too afraid, the other motorists are also trying not to hit anything. Focus on the road and dont try to get nervous! Goodluck! |
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i'm terrified of driving motored vehicles. i've only driven a speedboat. i'm good at that but anything on the land..... i have never driven a scooter, a tracktor, a car, a moped or anything in my entire life and i have no intention to do so. |
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I had an accident once. After then I really hated driving. Never been very obsessed about cars anyway... |
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Just remember that it isnt you that will cause the accident, it's everyone else. Be very defensive, becuase the world or motoring is composed of a bunch of fucktards who drive wrecklessly. Much like myself. My advice: Get a roll cage installed in your car. Oh, and seatbelts. they help too. If you're absolutely terrified, stay off of highways. |
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I've been in a few minor fender benders, I'm a poor driver... I'm not good at parking between cars or backing up into a parking space, stuff like that. Precision movement, especially when in reverse. The first time I ever got on the road by myself, I pulled into a store parking lot and rear ended some guy's car, then drove away... hit and run! |
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hehehe if only here it is http://www.attachedmamas.com/products/mama/rescue.html Honestly, it really does calm you down and make you more relaxed. I think everyone should have some close by at all times =oD |
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I like rally driving in my clio! Especially now, cause it has snowed!!! |
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Just don't play any really early acididy "Prodigy" while im driving at night!! I tend to speed a bit.. |
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a bit?! |
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a lot |
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Shit, I want a Clio. Here in the US you can't get Renaults. Sucks. |
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we are havung our share of snow at the moment-it is snowing pretty hard for couple of days now and i really like to drive around in this conditions, but you have to be very careful because of the other drivers which should better stay at home if they are not comfortable in snow, i mean they take a lot of joy away from ones that like snow. i had a 4 weel drive about a year ago-now that was fun hehe, i would actually still love to have one but is of no use because our road maintenance service put all the snow away really quick-bastards :) |
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I drove! I did well, but I nearly crashed into another car at a really busy intersection. I dont turn sharp enough because Im afraid that if I turn TOO sharply, the car will do a 180 or something and go drastically to the side and off the road or into something. :| Turns scare me... any tips to overcome this fear? :( |
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no. |
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all you need to do is to relax while driving, dont think of what may happen-because nothing is going to you should put on some music that relaxes you and just enjoy the ride alyways works for me :) |
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pomme--*sigh* fine, be that way. tolstoyed--thanks! I have a hard time relaxing... I am probably one of the most stressed out people youd ever meet. My arms were locked and my knuckles felt numb from gripping the wheel so hard. First time going 55. :| Thanks again. :) |
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Driving is fun. I like to drive. I like many things, one time I saw a dog! it was so cool, dogs are cool, I went outside and saw a frigin dog!! OMG it was nuts, then I drove around and ran over it!!!!!!! THAT WAS THE CRAZY SHIT! just kidding. woooosle wooozie weeee! |
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hmm, getting high yould work :) no seriously, probably it is like that when you start driving, i know when i was starting people were telling ne im never going to be able to drive, two years after that i was racing cars hehe, so there :) it surely takes some effort on begining, but it becomes really pleasent after a year or so, so i wouldnt worry if i were you |
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Driving is very frightening. The first time I drove alone there was ice and the car flipped over and landed upside down... no firey explosion or anything... I got about a $6 ticket for "failure to control". |
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driving is the most amazing thing ever... I just love it... it's the most private time for me, and I just love driving and listening to music... I can think, and just enjoy my own company... I love it! |
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i was so damn scared when I first started, I would be terrified of driving on any street with even one other car, definately DO NOT listen to music and drive slow like others have said. backing out etc. takes a while to get used to but now its not hard for me at all. I also still drive slow, well the exact speed limit all the time, and I hate the highway, i cant stand going that fast, cuz if you make the slightest quick turn your pretty screwed (i suppose you can say the same for regular street driving but its often less severe and deadly) You'll get it, keep trying |
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Don't worry about getting your licence late, I didn't gte mine til I was well into eighteen and I had been doing drivers ed for THREE years at home. All my classmates drove home from school, I had fifteen year old friends who were driving.. sad to say the least. Finally got my licence but still no car or insurance. I drive occasionally, but it's always with someone else and like to pick up my bro from school or to church or the store. Nothing exciting. Only been on a freeway once. |
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"failure to control". heht thats a funny description, i hope nothing like that ever happens to me, i wouldnt want to drive after doing something like that. did you get hurt when it happened? |
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u'r only bout a month older than me, and i got my license in late may & i'm still scared to drive in a lotta places.. |
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just a little concussion and a lot of little cuts because the glass from all the windows exploded around me... nothing serious. |
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thank you, everyone. :) Luke (who was in the front seat while I was driving; my mom in the back seat) said that if I had been driving to Troy on a drivers liscence test, I would have passed. :) So thats good, but hes probably just trying to make me feel better. Im not too good at "manuverablility" :| Thank you, though. :) You are all a big help. :D |
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Troy? are you from Illinois? |
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Ohio. :) |
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