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I don't understand the "driving sucks, regardless of circumstances" mentality. Automobiles increase quality of life, along with practical range. "My wife does

by jstrate 13y ago

I don't understand the "driving sucks, regardless of circumstances" mentality. Automobiles increase quality of life, along with practical range. "My wife doesn't even have a license anymore. It's incredibly liberating." Really? "I seriously wanted to kill people." Really?

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cesarbs 13y ago
I have a hard time driving, altough I've been driving for a number of years now. My "mentality" is really just due to a personal problem. I understand there are a lot of people who find driving easy and enjoy it. But driving for me is a HUGE mental burden. I can't understand how people don't feel overwhelmed having to monitor 1 rear view mirror and 2 side mirrors + controlling speed + keeping eyes on the road + checking blind spots + paying attention to what's happening around and to traffic signs and lights. And from my perspective, people who add a stick shift to all that are just insane (moving to America and driving automatics made driving immensely easier for me). The feeling I have is that cars should be driven by giant spiders with eyes pointed to all directions and many limbs for controlling everything. The thing that prevents me from being a bad driver is putting a huge amount of mental effort so as to do everything right. Otherwise I'll probably start hitting every car in front of me and on my sides, and running over people and stuff. By the time I get out of the car at my destination, I'm usually exhausted and stressed. I've recently moved to the US, and while driving here is much better than in Brazil (where cities are a massive chaos), there are some elements which add a lot to that "driving mental burden" of mine, such as right turns on red (I'd rather wait for the light to go green, but people behind me get mad if I do so). So yeah, for me, driving sucks and I find it liberating when I don't need to do it.

by jstrate 13y ago

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cesarbs 13y ago

I have a hard time driving, altough I've been driving for a number of years now. My "mentality" is really just due to a personal problem. I understand there are a lot of people who find driving easy and enjoy it. But driving for me is a HUGE mental burden. I can't understand how people don't feel overwhelmed having to monitor 1 rear view mirror and 2 side mirrors + controlling speed + keeping eyes on the road + checking blind spots + paying attention to what's happening around and to traffic signs and lights. And from my perspective, people who add a stick shift to all that are just insane (moving to America and driving automatics made driving immensely easier for me). The feeling I have is that cars should be driven by giant spiders with eyes pointed to all directions and many limbs for controlling everything. The thing that prevents me from being a bad driver is putting a huge amount of mental effort so as to do everything right. Otherwise I'll probably start hitting every car in front of me and on my sides, and running over people and stuff. By the time I get out of the car at my destination, I'm usually exhausted and stressed. I've recently moved to the US, and while driving here is much better than in Brazil (where cities are a massive chaos), there are some elements which add a lot to that "driving mental burden" of mine, such as right turns on red (I'd rather wait for the light to go green, but people behind me get mad if I do so). So yeah, for me, driving sucks and I find it liberating when I don't need to do it.