Scared of Driving

I am 18 years old, Currently living in Houston..I have been driving for the past 6 months and was on and off before that.. I have gotten into a lot of POTENTIAL car accidents... but I've been more than just fortunate to survive them.. just fifteen minutes ago I almost crashed into a car.. for the past three months I have been overcome with fear that I will get into an accident VERY VERY soon.. and a bad one, I could almost feel it.. today it nearly happened. Has anyone of u been through the same experiences? Can anyone help in anyway?

take the bus

Originally posted by PVS
take the bus

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(Did I do that right?)

i think it will suffice

Originally posted by alic88
I am 18 years old, Currently living in Houston..I have been driving for the past 6 months and was on and off before that.. I have gotten into a lot of POTENTIAL car accidents... but I've been more than just fortunate to survive them.. just fifteen minutes ago I almost crashed into a car.. for the past three months I have been overcome with fear that I will get into an accident VERY VERY soon.. and a bad one, I could almost feel it.. today it nearly happened. Has anyone of u been through the same experiences? Can anyone help in anyway?

quite clearly you are a shit driver that doesn't pay attention to whats going on around you

stay off the roads if you're that convinced you're going to crash...if not for your own well being then do it for the poor **** you'll inevitably plow into

It's funny - I was/am wonderful at road theory. Got my L's no problem.

I lived on a farm, a number of farm vehicles around to practice in. I did my first teat drive, panicked due to an innocent mistake and went straight through a fence. Good times.

After that I was fine - I got to grips with the feel of cars, got to understand reaction times, control and all that - essentially got confidence. The good thing here was that living on a farm there was lots of wide open spaces and empty track to practice in.

Essentially if you aren't ready don't force it. Wait till you have the confidence and the skill. Practice at quite times on quite streets, book driving lessons and whatever else. How ever if you are jumping, prone to over reaction or don't have a handle of the car then sooner or later there is a good chance something bad will happen - and on public roads it will likely be worse then just going through a couple of farm fences.

Originally posted by jaden101
quite clearly you are a shit driver that doesn't pay attention to whats going on around you

stay off the roads if you're that convinced you're going to crash...if not for your own well being then do it for the poor **** you'll inevitably plow into

the unabridged version of my response

Have u passed your test ?? you should take more lessions

It is rarer that you don’t get into an accident once in your life then not, be it your fault or not. I have been in about 4 or 5 but haven’t been in one in many years but many close ones though, just drive defensively and you will be much better and that means no taking on cell phone, eating and junk like that.

Remember the biggest killer in teens is car accidents, most think they can drive but are too busy messing around with friends that they get themselves killed and haven’t developed the skills that come over time.

Originally posted by alic88
I am 18 years old, Currently living in Houston..I have been driving for the past 6 months and was on and off before that.. I have gotten into a lot of POTENTIAL car accidents... but I've been more than just fortunate to survive them.. just fifteen minutes ago I almost crashed into a car.. for the past three months I have been overcome with fear that I will get into an accident VERY VERY soon.. and a bad one, I could almost feel it.. today it nearly happened. Has anyone of u been through the same experiences? Can anyone help in anyway?

Driving's not that scary, and making yourself paranoid about getting in an accident isn't going to help matters.

I've been in quite a few near-accidents because of people doing things like disregarding stopsigns/stoplights, making illegal turns, etc., but if you're a good driver you can usually avoid these things. The one accident I was in was because we were stopped and the idiot behind us wasn't paying attention and hit us. I don't worry about getting in accidents though (though admittedly I do get a bit nervous about people following behind too close) because I'm confident in my skills.

Quit worrying, pay attention to what you're doing, and get more practice. It's not scary at all, unless you're a shit driver who doesn't know what you're doing.

Drive the city courses on Gran Turismo for like 3 straight weeks. It sounds silly, but it will help you recognize scenarios at intersections that probably scare you. Also the scenery while driving in traffic. My friend, who hadn't driven in almost two decades, played the game for a month in addition to learning behind the wheel.

Only afterwards, don't try to hit the Square button when braking while you're on the real roads. And don't get lazy and substitute Mario Kart.

Take more classes...

Originally posted by botankus
Drive the city courses on Gran Turismo for like 3 straight weeks. It sounds silly, but it will help you recognize scenarios at intersections that probably scare you. Also the scenery while driving in traffic. My friend, who hadn't driven in almost two decades, played the game for a month in addition to learning behind the wheel.

Only afterwards, don't try to hit the Square button when braking while you're on the real roads. And don't get lazy and substitute Mario Kart.

And after playing GTA for hours and then going out driving in real life, don't try running down hookers to get money to pay for gas.

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I will strongly take your advice over this matter, I suppose it has a lot do with confidence or lack of it, I have to get the fear out of my mind.

and to jaden101: Thanks for those words, but I'd like you to be in a situation where u have driven all your life in a country where traffic concept is competely 180 degree opposite of the traffic rules in America, and then having to drive back and forth in usa and that other country. I am not trying to justify my bad driving... but you certainly dont have to be that harsh.

Dude, just relax. Here's a tip, just stick to the speed limit, and you will be all right.

Originally posted by Lana
And after playing GTA for hours and then going out driving in real life, don't try running down hookers to get money to pay for gas.

Start driving on dirt roads that are not very populated and then work yourself up to paved streets.

Originally posted by alic88

and to jaden101: Thanks for those words, but I'd like you to be in a situation where u have driven all your life in a country where traffic concept is competely 180 degree opposite of the traffic rules in America, and then having to drive back and forth in usa and that other country. I am not trying to justify my bad driving... but you certainly dont have to be that harsh.

if you lack that much confidence in your driving...you shouldn't drive...its not being harsh...but if you feel you're going to cause an accident because you aren't confident with driving then give some thought to the person you will inevitably have an accident with

could you live with yourself if you ended someones life because of your driving when you knew you really weren't fully prepared to be driving in the first place?

Hey, I flipped my car over on the express way, and I survived .........wasn't even wearing a seat belt..........wasn't required to at that time and look at me now........... 😖hifty: