Madao
Established Member
I don't know if this type of post is appropriate for this forum, but I don't really have anyone I can discuss it with without fear of being judged.
I'm in my 30s and have always wanted to drive for the freedom, go places I normally couldn't and just to make life easier in general. I passed my theory and practical both first time around. I learned in a Mercedes and I feel at times the car basically drove itself.
After I passed I got put on the insurance of a family members car, an aging 2004 honda civic. I went out once in it with said family member who was constantly questioning my ability to drive and in turn I began to question my own ability. I tried to go out a few more times after that on my own early in the morning when there wasn't many cars, but had a bad experience with a woman on a phone behind me who almost crashed into the back of me and she was making it out like I was at fault giving me the middle finger etc. I just stopped after that and now it's been over a year since I've been in the car. It was such an important part of me gaining my independence, but now I don't know how to get back into it. One other thing was how uh... different it is to drive an older car. I felt really safe in the Mercedes.
Should I get more lessons to ease back into it? I'm not even sure if that would help because I'm fine when the instructors there it's when I'm driving on my own that the real fear seems to come into play. I'm just not sure what the best way forward is.
I'm in my 30s and have always wanted to drive for the freedom, go places I normally couldn't and just to make life easier in general. I passed my theory and practical both first time around. I learned in a Mercedes and I feel at times the car basically drove itself.
After I passed I got put on the insurance of a family members car, an aging 2004 honda civic. I went out once in it with said family member who was constantly questioning my ability to drive and in turn I began to question my own ability. I tried to go out a few more times after that on my own early in the morning when there wasn't many cars, but had a bad experience with a woman on a phone behind me who almost crashed into the back of me and she was making it out like I was at fault giving me the middle finger etc. I just stopped after that and now it's been over a year since I've been in the car. It was such an important part of me gaining my independence, but now I don't know how to get back into it. One other thing was how uh... different it is to drive an older car. I felt really safe in the Mercedes.
Should I get more lessons to ease back into it? I'm not even sure if that would help because I'm fine when the instructors there it's when I'm driving on my own that the real fear seems to come into play. I'm just not sure what the best way forward is.