Do you drive?

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I was 28 when I started driving and having been driving eversince. Sometimes I do like to get out and just drive around and look at the scenery as well as shopping and doing other things. I just couldn't get the hang of how to use the brake until I was forced to operated a forklift or get fired. It was about a year after I started operating a forklift that finally prepared me for my drivers test, because I had to learn how to brake and even use a clutch since I got stuck with those gas powered forklifts most of the time. Not only did I pass my drivers test but I operator forklifts just about the whole time I was employed at this one factory. Strange how things happen and I always believe that things happen for a reason and in this case it was a forklift.

Sadly, no. My sensory issues keep me from it.

Annoyingly, an ASD professional keep bugging me about how I should get a license as if I could do so easily. Going on about how other young "such utmost hf" and "more severe" people with AS can drive just fine and that therefore, I should be able to too.

Right. Who-the-hell-drives so what's it do with me? Congratulations to those young adults on experiencing mild sensory issues during driving/when sitting in a car, then. Sensory issues are different, everyone's different, urgh.

However, I want to get a license someday. Also, I'll very likely need to be able to drive and own a car to do the job I want to do after studying. That's going to be interesting. I am not willing to let that hold me back and allow someone to reject me for not (yet) being able to drive around to get to those (autistic) kids that I plan to work with.

I drive. I learned when I was about 22. The only thing about driving is that I can't drive really fast on the interstate. High speeds make me anxious. I stay in the slow lane on the highway and just let everyone pass me. (They drive 75+mph, I stay around 55-60mph.)

I kinda have to since both of my parents work and school is kinda far away. Hopefully I won't have to drive as much once I move on campus this fall. Although I plan on getting a bike and ride around campus, I'm still going to have my car in the parking garage. You know, just in case I somehow get talked into going to a party and people need a designated driver.

But driving is a little scary sometimes. I've already seen my fair share of crazy drivers and near-accidents in my two years of driving so far. Plus, my anxiety gets a little high when I see a police car anywhere near me on the road, even if I'm not doing anything wrong.

I don't know how to answer this. I have my license (though I didnt learn until I was 28) and very occasionally do drive ... but I get very anxious and stressed about it so usually choose not to. I walk almost everywhere.

No way. sensory overload would make it unsafe.

My dad's taken me out for one driving lesson so far. I didn't do too bad for the very first time behind the wheel. I loved it! Now I have to wait til I'm 16 to start driver's ed and take the test JUST to get my permit (well, that's Massachusetts for you ). I don't want to have to wait to get my license!! !

I only drive because I'm learning. I turn 18 in a couple weeks and up until a few days ago had planned on getting my license as normal. Sometimes I like driving - most times I hate it. If there's anything that absolutely overwhelms me to the max, it's driving. Too many things to remember.

I will keep my learner's permit indefinitely due to the cost of car insurance. I'm going away to college next fall and we get free bus fare, so why drive? It's a big city anyway.

I would be lost were I not able to drive. Taught myself how (on actual roads = eeek) many many years ago. Where I live you have to drive. That and I take the little car up into the bush where I go hiking with the dog, etc.

I was actually surprised to hear that Aspies struggle (some of them) with driving--in the car you're alone and cocooned from other people. And given the choice between mass transit vs car--no-brainer for me.

I am able to drive, but don't do so that much these days as public transport/walking in London is more convenient.

I don't drive. I've tried to learn to drive, and found it very hard to focus on everything I needed to focus on. I realize with practice this can get easier, but I am concerned about possible accidents while getting used to it, or possibly never getting used to it because of sensory overload, shutdowns, impulsiveness, and other neurological issues that leave me concluding that I am unlikely to be a safe or effective driver.

I primarily use public transportation when it's available to me. I first learned to use that when I was 11 or 12 years old and memorized many of the bus routes in the city I grew up in. While I can and do experience sensory overload on buses, the fact that I am not driving means that usually my worst risk is zoning out or shutting down to some extent and missing my stop.

Im not quite old enough to drive, but I have no plans of doing it beyond driver education (which my family is forcing me to take next year). In 2010 there were nearly 33000 deaths just in the United States from car accidents, plus a large number of injuries. Driving isnt particularly safe. Andeven if I could trust the other drivers not to smash into my car and kill me (which I cant) I doubt I would be able to drive well enough to even pull out of te driveway without hittin someone, since I tend to space ou a lot... Plus when you consider all of the costs involved (car payments, insurance, gas, repairs, etc) its pretty expenaive too. Taking a bus or walking would take a lot longer, but it would probably be safer and cheaper. And Im not one to hurry most of the time.

Huh, weird! I actually love driving.. it's pretty relaxing...

only thing I don't like is when I don't know exactly which way I need to go.. or if I'm in a very big city with lots of weird turns...

I refused to drive at first when I got old enough, but eventually came around after I started a band and had to haul equipment everywhere, and the guys' driving made me carsick. I was the last person in my class to get a license. Nowadays I drive to school because I have to (there's no bus routes anywhere near me and a bike would take me an hour and a half to get there), but I'm buying a bike and plan on riding that for errands and for fun. I hate to drive. I used to live in Austin TX and didn't own a car at that point, just rode the bus for long distances and rode a skateboard for more "local" trips (within 50-block radius). I'm an avid bike rider and pretty experienced riding those damn fixies in cities, I was a messenger and delivery girl for a while.