Good lords, I keep thinking you're older, for some reason.

I'm 20, so...do you assume I'm older than that?

O_o Actually, no, that's about right. I was just assuming you'd hit the minimum age for acquiring a learner's permit. ^^; Oops!

Heh, it's okay.

Good luck man! It's not hard to drive well.

If you've ever seen some idiots on the road, or made one tiny mistake that almost cost you...

It's hard, but common. Respect the road, follow its rules. Or die in a twisted metal wreck. :p

my point is it's not hard to pay attention and do it right, but there are many more people who refuse to do even that.

I do well in an emergency... my brain responds rather well to adrenaline. It's just the rest of the time that it's a problem, because it actually is difficult to pay attention every second and keep everything straight. From my roommate's input, I have to conclude that I'm not wired ideally for driving. Probably a reason I do not like it.

Also doesn't help that I've lousy depth perception after about 40', so it's nearly impossible to tell which lane a car on a cross street is in... but I remember reading that the human eyes are a bit close together to get better precision than that, so... :\

It doesn't help figure out what I'm doing wrong when most people are flat-out wrong about whether or not they're a good driver and why. Most everyone else thinks they're an above-average driver. I'm dead certain I am, and that terrifies me terribly. :(

I hope so, because it felt weird being on the wheel. I couldn't tell how far to the right I was.

I remember learning that by practice, and parking between the lines in a parking lot. Mostly, I just kept track of where I was in relation to the line nearest me. So I could stay in the lane without really being sure how much room I had on the far side of the car.

In Japan, my host mother had a wee doodad affixed to the bumper, sticking up in plain sight... for the same purpose. Kinda essential in terrain where you may be driving down to the centimeter for clearance. Thankfully, I live in a country with much wider roads. ^_^

Congrats! Now onto the autobahn!!!

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