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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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  • Have every license possible and over the years I have been getting progressively worse handling the social anxiety part due to hazard perceptions . I just try and keep driving to a minimum and plan as much as i can . When i passed the PCV test i was so nervous sweat was running off me like water but the examiner said "he would not of passed me if he felt unsafe"  , I tried to do coach work but 40+ pairs of eyes in your rear view mirror gives me shivers so i never drove them . But it can be done Thumbsup 

  • in reply to Symoon

    During a period of desperation I got interviewed for a job driving a big pink stretch limousine. The interview took the form of a long drive though the centre of a busy town with a nasty right turn junction. They offered me the job, JUST as I realised I could not handle driving a bunch of inebriated women about, psychologically speaking...

  • in reply to I Sperg

    so close but yet so far

  • in reply to aidie

    Because...

  • in reply to I Sperg

    yet not try again --- it seems u are close to a driving career

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