Driving?

[anja]

So I can start learning to drive but I don't really get all the hype. Do you enjoy driving or do you not want to learn?

 

[Sander]

Well I'd love to be able to take driving lessons tbh.
You have to see that I'm quite obsessed with cars, as finding them interesting. Interesting how the concept works and finding them beautiful.
The problem is that I don't have any money and being 17 and an aspie it really is hard to find a suitable job where people want/need you.

 

[Andy R]

I'm an advanced driver and advanced motorcyclist

 

[artfull dodger]

I hold a class A CDL license, meaning I can drive commerical semi truck. As an Aspie, I enjoy driving, nobody but me and the road. If I find a route that was to stressfull due to traffic conditions, The next time I would take a different route. If I got overloaded to the point of meltdown or shutdown, I would crank up the music loud and find the first rest stop for some down time, either in the sleeper or just out of the truck. Mike

 

[Flinty]

I didn't learn to drive to learn to drive. I learned to drive because people in these parts don't know what to do if you use something else as identification. It's been over a decade since I last drove and I don't mind in the slightest.

 

[Vexx3]

I do enjoy driving, though I feel that being able to go where you need to go without having to rely on someone else for transportation is the best part about it.

 

[Fox]

The only reason I am pressured to drive is because I live in a rural area and while I do enjoy walking some distances are just too far. Especially at night.

Now, does that mean I want to learn? Heck no. I don't have the visual spatial capacity to drive well. It's too much multitasking. I don't like to drive.

 

[Warwick C]

For me I have to keep driving to maintain my confidence. I also have slight co-ordination issues, which don't help with a manual. I'm OK once I am moving. I also have to remeber the choke settings(manual choke) as well while it is cold.

 

[artfull dodger]

Yes it can be quite stressfull getting ones license. The DOT test for my CDL license was very very stressfull. After I passed and my class was dismissed from the school I attended to get that license, I took myself to the hobby shop to look at less stressfull stuff before a meltdown happened. I have issues with my vision as well, but I manage and can still pass the biyearly physical exam to keep my commercial license. Mike

 

[wyverary]

In which country do you reside? Here in the States, you can either get your learners' permit for a period time and then do a "good faith" assessment and take a driving test, which in most places basically amounts to taking the car around the block and they hand you a brand-spankin'-new license with few to no questions asked. Or, you can take classes from certified companies that cost some money but then the insurance companies give you breaks which save you money in the long term...the tests they give are harder, but at least you know you've got the basic skills, and your insurance bill is much lower.

Personally, I don't know what I would do without a car and a license. I live in a fairly rural area, and what passes for "public transportation" even in the nearby metropolitan areas is pretty much bunk. So I would say it depends where you are at, and are you able to get to where you need without a car. I know that if I lived in an area with better public transport, I would not even bother with driving.

 

[Warwick C]

I prefer to walk, any thing over 40 minutes one way then I drive. For me it is about using the time productively.

 

[artfull dodger]

The one test I went thru the agony of taking and passing was for my motorcycle endorsement. While I dont ride a true motorcycle, I ride a 250cc motor scooter made by Honda called a Helix. As an Aspie, the solitude while riding is absolutly wonderfull, only the sound of the wind and the wind on me. I dont ride with short sleeves as that would be to much wind (touching) on me. I also have a windshield that keeps the wind and bugs off my face. There is no radio, just the quiet sound of the engine, which is much quieter than a normal motorcycle, its only 1 cylinder and liquid cooled which makes it even quieter. I find I can do my best recoverys from a meltdown or shutdown by just going for a ride out in the country. I would say getting thru the rough part of the tests is worth it in the long term of the freedom and independance of having your own way around. Mike

 

[aspie1w]

i enjoy to drive sometimes others wish do not drive at all, i learned to drive but was hard because just could not dominate an manual gearbox so just in automatic ones, i learned or reviewed the driving stuffs in a citroen ZX red, there crashed 1 time and did errors driving, and now my si8ster got a car of that brand and same color lol will get a lot of memories driving her car

 

[Warwick C]

I think for me, it is the multi tasking that is my problem, with driving.

 

[Kari Suttle]

I don't like driving. To this day, in my early twenties, i can't drive well enough to be trusted at the wheel of a car. I don't have good visual-spatial ability, to the point that in lessons with my dad i would nearly sideswipe parked cars because i couldn't judge the distance between me and the parked car. I couldn't park beside the curb well, either, for the same reason. I also can't judge the pressure i'm putting on the gas pedal, so i can't maintain speed well either.

 

[Fox]

I hit a car while trying to park during a driving lesson. I wasnt able to gauge where I had to turn to pull into the space. It's one of the last times I got behind the wheel.

 

[Warwick C]

I prefer drive in parking to parallel parking my self

 

[tim1982]

Ive tried driving. But I don't like it. Gives me panic attacks and I really don't want to pay for the insurance, car payments, gas, etc.

 

[artfull dodger]

Here is what my wife and I ride most of the year unless its to cold, pouring rain or obviously snowing. Both are from Honda, mine is the red one, its a 1986 Honda Helix, 250cc, fully automatic transmission. Hers is a 2003 Honda Reflex, 250cc, fully automatic transmission. They each get around 60-70 miles per gallon depending on air temp and wind/driving conditions. I can really get in the zone when riding out in the country away from the stress of city traffic. I have to up my game when riding in the city, lots to deal with there. As you can see I am proud to be an Aspie, as can be seen on the back of my bike. Mike

 

[Sander]

Here is what my wife and I ride most of the year unless its to cold, pouring rain or obviously snowing. Both are from Honda, mine is the red one, its a 1986 Honda Helix, 250cc, fully automatic transmission. Hers is a 2003 Honda Reflex, 250cc, fully automatic transmission. They each get around 60-70 miles per gallon depending on air temp and wind/driving conditions. I can really get in the zone when riding out in the country away from the stress of city traffic. I have to up my game when riding in the city, lots to deal with there. As you can see I am proud to be an Aspie, as can be seen on the back of my bike. Mike

Nice bikes you got there Mike! I'm sure they are great to drive!