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DRIVING

LibstheHobbit

hello!

I would like some advice from some autistic people. 

I'm 21 and I have been considering learning to drive but I am anxious about pretty much every part of driving. 

If you are autistic and can drive could you tell me about your experiences?

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  • About fifty years ago, I had lessons in a double decker bus for a PSV licence; it had very heavy stearing and a crash gear box... double declutch.

    My instructor had formally been with the army where he taught soldiers to drive tanks, His instructions were loudly barked commands using a somewhat limited vocabulary, usually along the lines of  $%&#@^£"!  etc.  It was hell, I did not become a bus driver.

    Some years later I bought an automatic car and found it a whole lot easier. I took my test in torrential rain so, like another poster here, I drove very slowly because of the prevailing conditions and passed easily.

    I now have an OAP bus pass and haven't driven for years, Bliss!

    Ben

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  • About fifty years ago, I had lessons in a double decker bus for a PSV licence; it had very heavy stearing and a crash gear box... double declutch.

    My instructor had formally been with the army where he taught soldiers to drive tanks, His instructions were loudly barked commands using a somewhat limited vocabulary, usually along the lines of  $%&#@^£"!  etc.  It was hell, I did not become a bus driver.

    Some years later I bought an automatic car and found it a whole lot easier. I took my test in torrential rain so, like another poster here, I drove very slowly because of the prevailing conditions and passed easily.

    I now have an OAP bus pass and haven't driven for years, Bliss!

    Ben

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