Driving, Scariest. Thing. Ever.
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I was rushed by my parents to get my full license before I came to university. I'll have you know I wasn't so much sh*tting bricks at the end of the first lesson but I DO hate driving and here's the reason why. All throughout driving I was deemed "The Top Dog", constantly having my teacher go, WOW you're so good at this and on some occasions he even brought along other students just to show what they needed to do to get better. Then the test day came and I remember being so scared but decided "eff it, you've done excellent so far so this can't be so bad", then when I stoppped at a red traffic light (as you're meant to) a lorry, and I'm not making this up, ploughed into the back of me and really dented the back of my teacher's car, all within 5 mins of the test. As soon as I got out the driver of said lorry (who looked like he ate concrete and shat bullets) claimed I was in the wrong because there was no indication that I was going to stop...BULLCRAP!!! DID HE EVER READ WHAT YOU'RE MEANT TO DO AT A RED LIGHT!?!
Anyway the test was deemed void and I got a free re-test, which I failed and then took a third time where I passed (go me), but that's besides the point. I am so scarred now just because of not me driving, but everyone else on the roads. If people crash into you on a red light which I gave plenty of warning that I was stopping (ya know, slowing down incrementally), then who knows what arse-holes are out there.
Point is, driving is scary, but only because everyone else is a dick. If no-one else drove while I was driving, I'd be a-ok with it...in fact I'd go so far to say I'd enjoy it!
Anyway the test was deemed void and I got a free re-test, which I failed and then took a third time where I passed (go me), but that's besides the point. I am so scarred now just because of not me driving, but everyone else on the roads. If people crash into you on a red light which I gave plenty of warning that I was stopping (ya know, slowing down incrementally), then who knows what arse-holes are out there.
Point is, driving is scary, but only because everyone else is a dick. If no-one else drove while I was driving, I'd be a-ok with it...in fact I'd go so far to say I'd enjoy it!
The first time I drove on an open road, I was pretty intimidated by it. After a few months of practice though it isn't as bad. The scariest experience I've had driving though was when some idiot turned left on a red light while I had the right of way, and nearly rammed into the side of my dad's car.
Dude, I can totally relate. All I can say is with time it gets better. You get more confident and everything seems less scary. Remember sometimes being super cautious is a good thing.
i feel the same way.. driving scares the hell out of me.. but i crashed and totalled my dads car when i was 13.. 26 now and i still panic
Well, at least hypothetcially speaking you'd be past one of the most annoying parts of the game on insane mode.JourneyThroughHell said:
I think sometimes I am the scary driver; at least when icy roads are involved. I am careful when driving in such conditions and all, but compared to many other drivers, I am much more casual about it. I have slipped over ice countless times before, not necessarily carelessly but I just kinda go with the flow when it happens.
Needless to say, I have become quite the ice-drifter in Colorado. xD
Needless to say, I have become quite the ice-drifter in Colorado. xD
Driving is one of my favorite things ( in a good car anyway ), i was a bit nervous first time when i was driving in the city because i kept thinking how angry people would be if i dinted their car but it was all fine after a few hours. Riding motobikes my whole life also helped i suppose
aww i remeber that time...you want scary?ChaoticKraus said:
try rolling your car just as your suicidal friend tells you she think she brings bad luck
The first time I drove, I wasn't scared, but my mum was. I'd say the only time I've ever been the least bit scared in a vehicle I was controlling was when I was practicing stalls for my pilot's license, but even that wasn't too bad at all.
"NO NO NO NO NOOO, oh geez, oh man, this is not good, aw boy aw geez OK, OK I am doing this, OH SHIT nope nope I'm getting out of the car now" <-- me in the car
The OH SHIT was when I very nearly drove my dad's van into the side of a house by accelerating instead of braking. I still don't know which pedal is which. I think that scared my dad as much as me... he never finished teaching me to drive before he died, and now I have no excuse to get behind the wheel of one of those deathtraps.
Maybe I'll just make a lot of money and get to be driven around instead... that wouldn't be so bad.
The OH SHIT was when I very nearly drove my dad's van into the side of a house by accelerating instead of braking. I still don't know which pedal is which. I think that scared my dad as much as me... he never finished teaching me to drive before he died, and now I have no excuse to get behind the wheel of one of those deathtraps.
Maybe I'll just make a lot of money and get to be driven around instead... that wouldn't be so bad.
I wasn't too scared when I started driving back at 17, only time I've ever felt genuine terror was my first time on a motorway. Genuinley terrified the whole time I was there, normally i'm bumming along on a country road with my music on pretty loud, but on the motorway i'm sat there in dead silence hunched over the wheel.
I now avoid motorways wherever possible and if I can't, i'm always in the slow lane. D:
I now avoid motorways wherever possible and if I can't, i'm always in the slow lane. D:
I hate driving, its so boring, yet you have to keep alert. I wish my city had decent public transport
