I hear you!! On every single thing! I hate driving in the dark..... did you know I hate driving???!!Well I've chickened out of driving to Pontefract I'm getting the train instead
My friend drove me on the motorway the other week and she just went really slow when she wasn't sure where she was going. She just didn't care if she pissed anyone offwish I could be like that!
I realised I'd be driving back in the dark and it made me nervous
I'm with you on the driving in the dark. Majority of my route to work is dark country lanes. I really struggle to see when cars are coming towards me. I look to the left side slightly but then think I'm also steering that way so panic a bitI relate soooo much!! I literally panic if I have a new journey and will Google maps my route for weeks. I've had to do a fair few new journeys since my son has been playing football and it's always been fine and I manage it, but the fear never goes away. It definitely hasn't made it easier the more I've done it, which is so annoying.
I also hate driving in the dark. The worst is where there are no street lights and you have to use your main beam, I literally hate that. I get really panicky that people are flashing me or main beaming me, even though they aren't.
Parking, I am actually fine with. I can park between bays and don't tend to panic on that front.
I really feel for you, its awful and I know how an experience can put you off. Drivers seem so impatient just lately and it's getting worse. I don't understand the hurry. I was reading that alot of people from other countries are on the road now and drive to their standards. I honestly think anyone comimg to live here should be made to do a UK driving test. But that's just my opinion.I had an incident before Christmas, some bloke tailgated my car all the way to a roundabout and then started honking when I didn't immediately set off driving in half a second as I was still checking it was safe to go. I just froze and hit the break. Sat there for about 30 seconds as I couldn't work out when to go as I couldn't concentrate and panicking.
When I set off he followed me along the road honking for a bit, before turning into a side street.
I hate when people do this. It is not your job to police other peoples driving, you are not the Police or the DVLA. It only makes the person your are honking scared and they will drive worse.
The rest of the journey I was shaking and kept making mistakes. Since then I have lost confidence in myself, I am having to force myself to get into the car as I know that if I start making excuses to not drive I will stop driving.
Sorry to hear that. It's annoying when people do that. I find most people break the speed limit, too. I always stick to it, yet I constantly have cars catch up to me (which proves they're breaking the speed limit by some margin) and then tailgate, as though 60mph is too slow.I had an incident before Christmas, some bloke tailgated my car all the way to a roundabout and then started honking when I didn't immediately set off driving in half a second as I was still checking it was safe to go. I just froze and hit the break. Sat there for about 30 seconds as I couldn't work out when to go as I couldn't concentrate and panicking.
When I set off he followed me along the road honking for a bit, before turning into a side street.
I hate when people do this. It is not your job to police other peoples driving, you are not the Police or the DVLA. It only makes the person your are honking scared and they will drive worse.
The rest of the journey I was shaking and kept making mistakes. Since then I have lost confidence in myself, I am having to force myself to get into the car as I know that if I start making excuses to not drive I will stop driving.
I had an incident before Christmas, some bloke tailgated my car all the way to a roundabout and then started honking when I didn't immediately set off driving in half a second as I was still checking it was safe to go. I just froze and hit the break. Sat there for about 30 seconds as I couldn't work out when to go as I couldn't concentrate and panicking.
When I set off he followed me along the road honking for a bit, before turning into a side street.
I hate when people do this. It is not your job to police other peoples driving, you are not the Police or the DVLA. It only makes the person your are honking scared and they will drive worse.
The rest of the journey I was shaking and kept making mistakes. Since then I have lost confidence in myself, I am having to force myself to get into the car as I know that if I start making excuses to not drive I will stop driving.
That sounds like a great way to deal with dickheads.I'm really sorry you had such a crappy experience with that driver. You weren't in the wrong at all, he was, but it does a number on your confidence.
Maybe it'll cheer you up that my sister - she can be a bit petty - basically did what you did, but on purpose, just to give the tailgater a nice greeting: she braked and waited for a good minute before driving on and then letting him pass, at high speed. Little did he know he was driving straight into a speed trapBet he wished for more patience after.
This is me all the time. I always lower my speed on those occasions and feel like people tailgate me all the time. I mean if it's main beam darkness and bad weather, I'm not going 60mph pal.Drove up to the quantocks recently which always scares me as once broke down on a steep hill. Was so proud of myself for doing it. Had a few impatient people up my ass on the way back because I was doing 40 in a 60, but it was dark, an Amber weather warning, raining and I don't know the roads so wasn't prepared to do 60.
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