Aspergers and Driving

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i get lost................

again and again......

where am i now? doh! (weewh! im home on my pc!)

Hi, im new lol
I drive and have been told that i drive well by friends,
have been driving since i was 12 as i used to race stock cars so i find that that helps

I drive pretty well, when not distracted. Got my Learners at 18 and my Restricted by 21. I still have my Restricted, I only drive myself and family (all have full licenses) and don't go out after dark, so I don't need my Full at the moment.

It took me a lot longer to learn than the average NT but once I learnt I just about better than any NT and have an excellent driving record.

i am a good safe driver although i do tend to look like im driving a grand prix car i get very nervous and avoid motorway driving though as i tend to prefer to stick to the routes i already know eg home town driving

I scored 100 percent on my first california drive test

It took me 3 or 4 tries to get my licence (I did fine once I took some beta blockers) and after passing the test I never drove again. That was 3 years ago. I just don't think I have the focus to be on the road, I don't want to kill someone.

I'm a good driver... have been driving about 45 mins commute (each way) every day for a year and a half now (in NJ that's no small feat for even most NT's)... I haven't gotten a single moving violation or gotten into an accident yet *knock on wood*, but I have been stopped once for speeding (30 mph in a 25 zone)... the cop let me go though, because it was in a detour where everyone else was going 40... he was just using me to turn his lights on...

Yes, I get lost all the time too, but it doesn't affect my driving skills. I find the best way to prevent getting lost is to look at the route on a map beforehand, and then make a list in sequence. Ex:

L on Oak
L on Elm
R on Pine (right after spruce)...


I once drove back and forth like 5 times when I didn't have a map. I couldn't remember the order of crossstreets, whether I was going west or east. I wasted over an hour.

Another time I was working for a festival, and I had to get some stuff from a hardware store that was only a few blocks away. When I got there, it was closed. So I started back, but somehow I ended up on an exit ramp to a bridge. By the time I realized, I couldn't escape, so I had to go over the bridge, into the downtown core - which is full of one-way streets -, and than back on site. When I told my supervisor that they were closed, he asked why I'd been gone for so long, and I had to explain.
I could tell many similar stories, but you get the picture.

Average driver, probably quite below average for my intelligence range. When "in the zone" a pretty good navigator.

Caused a three car pile-up within 6 months of my first car. Clean since.

Im 20 choose not to drive...

costs so much money here in nz rego warrent fuel gas petrol lol...maintenence car parking fees

I usually bus.. not ideal

and sometimes i want to drive but i guess there is a COST EXCUSE lol...

im thinkin about sooping up(pimpn up) a scooter lol... whippersnipper weed wacker machine into it (its been done before) or (the other day i thought fan electric cheaper... could a fan motor do it lol... hmm....

anyone use an alternative to the car.........?

I take pride in my ability to pilot my Jeep with skill and precision; I rather enjoy scenic drives, and will often drive down a lonely road just to see where it leads.

I do tend to make my passenger's terribly nervous though; I like driving fast, and I'm infamous for being able to get within an inch or so of other cars and obstacles. Recently I gave a few co-workers a ride back from a meeting in another building; the fellow who happened to be in the front passenger seat grabbed the jesus bar and spouted a very loud, "Jesus Christ!!" as I whipped the Jeep neatly into a compact spot between two non-compact cars. I just looked at him and innocently asked, "What?"

I hate having to share the roads with other drivers though, hate stop and go traffic, and hate stupidly designed roadways. I often get very frustrated and annoyed any time I need to drive in Seattle; generally speaking, I am of the very strong belief that the civil engineers who designed the Seattle roadways were low-grade morons who must have flunked the engineering college entrance exams.

I keep telling people that I'm going to get a PA system for my Jeep just so I can yell at people; I wonder how many people are going to be surprised when I actually get around do doing that?. I also want a Dixie air horn, just to be extra obnoxious.

Happily, I live in Issaquah, and my commute to work takes me to Redmond; it is a pleasant, scenic drive the whole way, even if traffic gets a bit choked sometimes.

I cannot do public transit; I have been known to yell at people for sitting next to me such that they come in contact with me.

Good fortune,

- Icarus wants to be a stunt driver...

I consider myself a very good driver. I got my license at 16.5 years old, and I've logged past 100,000mi since, both for work and pleasure.
I've only been involved in one accident, where a cabbie rear-ended my car.

well i just turned 27 and i finally got my license on thursday!! i sort of suck at it though. mainly when it comes to the rules about right-of-way & theres alot of traffic. i hate ambiguous situations. but im confident that i'll end up being a really good driver-i usually become really good at anything that i set my mind to do-except making friends, but, you know.

I hate the ambiguous situations too. I find tracing the driving route on a map ahead of time is a good idea, then you know where to change lanes, or if there are any weird intersections coming up, etc.
Welcome, BTW!