I am car C. I don’t care if car D is pissed at me, because I have autism and driving is overwhelming for me. I’m being extra cautious because it takes me longer to process sensory input because I can’t filter out the irrelevant things. Plus, I always make sure to check the crosswalks. I as a pedestrian have come very close to being hit while crossing multiple times and it seems most other drivers don’t give a shit about pedestrians at all.
I’d gladly opt out of driving if it were reasonable to do so. Give us transit and proper bicycle infrastructure so I that don’t risk getting pancaked but some fuckwit driver with their nose in their phone.
Note that I’ve been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se.
I’m not quite sure how you got that from my original comment: “Note that I’ve been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se.”
Being cautious is correct. Being unpredictable because you’re driving abnormally is super dangerous.
The reason we have a driving system is so that everyone knows that to expect from everyone else. If you operate outside of that system you’re a danger to yourself and everyone else.
Assuming binary options of cautiousness (either you can be cautious or not) and only one being correct, ‘being cautious is correct’ is equivalent to NOT ‘being cautious is incorrect’. Which is what I said.
It’s not a binary option. It’s a spectrum. You need to be cautious while driving, which is correct. You CAN be TOO cautious, which is in itself incorrect.
I am car C. I don’t care if car D is pissed at me, because I have autism and driving is overwhelming for me. I’m being extra cautious because it takes me longer to process sensory input because I can’t filter out the irrelevant things. Plus, I always make sure to check the crosswalks. I as a pedestrian have come very close to being hit while crossing multiple times and it seems most other drivers don’t give a shit about pedestrians at all.
If you can’t drive don’t get behind the wheel
I’d gladly opt out of driving if it were reasonable to do so. Give us transit and proper bicycle infrastructure so I that don’t risk getting pancaked but some fuckwit driver with their nose in their phone.
Note that I’ve been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se.
It sounds like you’re disabled in this area, and it’s unfair that the world is not more accommodating.
“Change the world to accommodate my disability and I’ll quit being a hazard to people’s life, limb, and property” is not an acceptable attitude.
I’m not quite sure how you got that from my original comment: “Note that I’ve been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se.”
My bad, mistook your reply as being from the top level comment OP.
This is no excuse. If sensory issues make it difficult for you to drive correctly, then you should not be driving at all.
If you think being cautious is incorrect then you don’t know what driving incorrectly means.
Being cautious is correct. Being unpredictable because you’re driving abnormally is super dangerous.
The reason we have a driving system is so that everyone knows that to expect from everyone else. If you operate outside of that system you’re a danger to yourself and everyone else.
Literally what I said
No… It’s not
Assuming binary options of cautiousness (either you can be cautious or not) and only one being correct, ‘being cautious is correct’ is equivalent to NOT ‘being cautious is incorrect’. Which is what I said.
It’s not a binary option. It’s a spectrum. You need to be cautious while driving, which is correct. You CAN be TOO cautious, which is in itself incorrect.
Stop being a pedant.