Who likes driving?

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Eh... I don't thing I'm able to drive, I often find even bus journies sensory overwhelming at times :/

I was very nervous about learning to drive and failed the driving test so many times that I am surprised they let me keep taking it ( I never tell that ). I was scared but the more I drove the easier it became. I am super careful when I drive but not too slow. Sometimes I get too stressed to drive but other times I love it. I am glad that I didn't give up.

Me neither (my parents never let me get a license). I am thinking of taking driving lessons in the suburbs in the future, where it's less stressful, just so that I have the skill in case I ever need to or choose to work in a rural area. I refuse to drive in the city, though. I don't bike in the city, either.

I think this one is a major cultural difference, for the majority of the US, and a large portion of Canada, a car is a necessity, and car culture has grown out of that. For other portions of our membership, you won't see the same cultural forces.

I enjoy racing cars(takes place in a very controled and repetitive enviroment), I don't really like driving on the road, highways are OK and I am usually pretty good in my home city becouse I have very little thinking to do as I know it all already. I just don't function well driving outside my own area/comfort zone and thats not very safe so I avoid those things. The few times I do drive its always to go to the same 2 or 3 places useing the same routes, thats it.

I am glad I have my permit and the independance that it creates and encourge all who don't have it to try, its a right to try all they can do is not pass you. That said if my dad quit paying the insurance for me I would likely let it lapse as I don't really need or want to drive and could maybe teach my mom to tow the car trailer, beleave it or not a task I am OK doing and rarely find too overwhelming, again on routes I know really well. The real motivation for getting my permit was so I could enter the local fall fair demolition derby.

Yeah, same here. And like with everything else no matter how many driving lessons I was given, it came down to me having to teach myself. There were a whole bunch of paved housing tract streets where we lived. Just the streets, no houses yet. So I practiced on those for hours and hours every day for a couple of months or more. Then failed a few tests. Then practiced more. Then finally passed.

Thanks.

It sounds like you have a very interesting job.

There is one show that I suspect you don't get in your area called Texas Country Reporter that is pretty good. A thirty minute show typically has three segments from different places in Texas. It is pretty good. See http://www.texascountryreporter.com/.

i like driving but not when the roads are busy. i get very irritable. my definition of, for instance, tail-gating, is probably broader than the average. It's all the same personal space problems I have with walking on sidewalks. People too close, people appearing when I do not expect, people erratically changing direction.

Yes, this is also the case for me. Comfortable driving the routes that I know and will take them even if they are less efficient than a more direct route that I have not driven very much before. If I have to drive to a completely new destination, I will type the address into google maps. I will then use google street view to go through the entire drive as a digital preview of the actual drive. Driving in new area without having viewed it in streetview ahead of time is highly stressful for me. Dangerous too. My driving is unsafe if I am anxious and disoriented.

Actually making video clips of local festivals for a travel blog site is just a hobby, not an actual job. I started the project because I wanted to go to the festivals but felt awkward going alone without some kind of purpose. It worked.

I've bookmarked the Texas Country Reporter website. So far the first and only time I've ever been in Texas was a couple of weeks ago on my way back to the Midwest from California on I-40, going from New Mexico to Oklahoma City. Amarillo looked like a very pretty city and I made a mental note to run back down there to look at it in more depth sometime.

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Amarillo is the only city I know with a monument to an atom -- The Helium Monument.

If you make it to Amarillo, one good place to visit is Palo Duro Canyon just south of Amarillo. See http://www.palodurocanyon.com/.

From June through August, they also have a musical show called Texas in Palo Duro Canyon. See http://www.texas-show.com/home.html

One thing that was very nice a bit over 100 miles to the northeast of Amarillo was the Lipscomb Dance Platform. Lipscomb, Texas is the county seat of Lipscomb County even though the population of Lipscomb is quite small. One Saturday a month from June through September, they would host an old time dance in Lipscomb. See http://www.livestockweekly.com/papers/02/07/25/whldance.asp for an article about it. Most towns don't see their population expand 15 to 20 times once a month because of a dance. It's too bad they stopped holding the event.

Here are some photos from Lipscomb: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massenar/2602724197/

Love driving. Just getting back into wrenching after a brief hiatus. After looking for the past 5 years I finally found a Jeep Cherokee that I could afford, and wasn't a falling apart wreck.

Jeep - Where the road ends, the fun begins!

The Texas Show near Palo Duro Canyon looks very unique and interesting. I might be going through that area in early August, on my way to visit family in Arizona. I've bookmarked the websites for tickets. Thanks!

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I like to drive ok, if there's not much traffic. I stay off the highways here in town when it's busy, if I can. Too much stimulus. I love cars though. The thing is, I have motion sickness, So I have to drive most of the time.

I have always liked it, and I also like motorcycle riding. Traffic is annoying when it gets slow & rude, but nothing I can't cope with. Long-distance driving is probably more tiresome now at age mid-40s than it was when I was 18 or 20, but I still like it a lot. I commute back & forth from Dallas to Los Angeles (21 hours), and I do tend to not want to drive a long distance for a few weeks after each trip. Otherwise I'll drive anytime anyplace under any conditions (except fog & ice).

Charles

I like driving my bicycle. Not sure if that can be called driving.

The only time i will ever consider a car, its when im so old i cant use by bicycle anymore.

Really dont like being stuck in a car just sitting there. Dont like that one bit.

I like driving out in the country but it's too expensive to do all the time. When I lived on the west coast I liked driving into the mountains to hike. The drive is half the fun. Of course I like to enjoy the scenery some which means I don't always drive at or above the speed limit like everyone else. Oh well. I pull over frequently to let the people who are in such a hurry pass.

I also chase thunderstorms occasionally here in Michigan which most people think is insane. It's rare that I encounter anything with near the power as something you'd see out in the plains so it's safe for the most part. The biggest danger is driving where water is collecting on the road while trying to punch through an area of heavy rain. If you hit an area of water while going to fast you can hydroplane. The other danger is fallen branches getting in your way. That and potholes are a big risk that you have to watch closely for. I did have a tire blowout once from one I didn't see because it was covered with a puddle.