"No step backward !"

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Hello.
I noticed a few weeks ago that I have a potentially dangerous behaviour. To be explicit, when I'm crossing a road and notice a car coming toward me, I have only two choices : run to my direction or stay where I'm already ; I'm unable to think that I also can go back to safety.

What to do to avoid it ? Is it an aspie trait ?

Given the standard of driving in France (and the Hungarians are not much better) I would say that you have a problem. The easist solution is not to cross the road unless there is no traffic but you could always hope that the driver has a vehicle with brakes and steering in good condition.

Vanilla_Slice

I only go forward too. Can't say whether it's an Aspie thing.

I can relate to this. If there are no cars around, I can walk across the road towards the pavement and not feel nervous and I'm calm. However, when I am walking across the road and I see a car approaching, I run in the direction I am going - only going forward. I don't know if it's Aspie related though.

This happened to me a year or two back and has totally spooked me, the car was accelerating towards me deliberately. It was terrifying and I had exactly the same reaction - just ran forward.
I have been extremely careful crossing roads since as the car seemed to come out of nowhere (I guess I just wasn't paying attention).
Later I fantasised about taking the car out with an RPG.
Edit: I'm NT which may explain the fantasy revenge thing..or not

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I'm terrible on the road. I've almost been hit so many times.

Maybe this is part of executive dysfunction? But whatever it is, I have it. I can have a well-thought-out plan to do something, and everything will move along nicely until something unexpected or unanticipated comes along ... and then I tend to either freeze in "brainlock" or to just storm on ahead in spite of anything.

Animals do that too. I guess it's instinct.