<p>So yesterday was the second time I drove by myself. I decided to take the interstate coming back from the grocery store (because it cuts off ten minutes and is safer/wider than the backroads. XD- Also doesn't have tractors and horses travelling on it. <em>facepalm</em>)</p>
<p>And it was kind of weird.... But I wasn't nervous at all... and I really found it kind of cool.</p>
<p>So what are your experiences driving by yourself? =D</p>
<p>'11.</p>
<p>I like driving by myself because I can actually drive the way I want to since my parents always control how fast I go or if I make a mistake. It gets kind of annoying after a while, so I find it much more relaxing if I drive by myself. I don’t have a car unfortunately, so my parents take both of their cars to work, and my sister takes hers up to college (which is BS, I don’t know why she got a car and I didn’t, but whatever).</p>
<p>you won’t think about it after a month. i don’t even realize when im driving sometimes</p>
<p>When I am driving, my twin sister is almost always in the car with me. We share a car and go to different high schools and she’s a better driver than me so she’s usually the one who’s driving. I don’t do well by myself.</p>
<p>Since I started driving by myself, I’ve gotten in an accident, run out of gas in the middle of an intersection, and gotten a speeding ticket. And nobody believed me when I told them that being easily distracted was a Real Problem. D:</p>
<p>But my epic failures aside, yeah, you get used to it? I mean, you’ve been riding in cars your entire life (or so I’m assuming); it’s basically the same thing except … you’re … controlling the vehicle. Haha.</p>
<p>i was pretttty excited when i drove alone for the first time.
i was like “WHOOO IM FUREE IM FUREE” -_-</p>
<p>on my permit though… i accidently drove myself onto a random freeway, crashed the car into another car on the 2nd day [but the guy was nice and let me go without the ‘whose your insurance company’ crap], and ran over many many curbs.</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>I totally agree with the parent nagging.</p>
<p>It is so much easier to drive without my mother yelling at me. When she starts commenting, I start making more mistakes (because I too am easily distracted.)</p>
<p>I won’t even drive with the radio on. I can’t.</p>
<p>driving alone is when i can usually put on loud amazing music and think deep about my life. its sort of like meditation for me.</p>
<p>My first couple times driving alone were weird, since I expected my dad to be beside me monitoring my every move. So needless to say I was nervous.</p>
<p>After a while though you really enjoy it, it’s the perfect alone time, just you, some good music and the road.</p>
<p>Edit: ^ Agreed.</p>
<p>Well I definitely drive better now, than when I did when I first got my license in November.</p>
<p>There’s one for reason for that: when I had my permit I ALWAYS drove with my dad (my mom was paranoid and refused to be in a car with me). Anyway my dad is a big and scary black guy :] so when he yells, you really can’t help but shut up and listen. Before I started driving by myself I always got more nervous when he started pointing out mistakes and yelling at me to slow down lol. Nowadays I’m a pro, mostly cause I don’t have to deal with the criticism and I’m less scared of my dad going off on me :)</p>
<p>I hate driving in any mid to high traffic situations. On the back roads, though, I don’t mind it.</p>
<p>When I still had my learner’s, I hated driving because my nervousness when my parents were with me made me mess up frequently.</p>
<p>The first time I drove by myself, I actually started laughing in this strange euphoria…like an insane person, because I realized driving was about 100x easier without my parents there watching me do it.</p>
<p>I still hate driving period in high traffic situations. I remember the time I went all the way to Walmart to get my dad a Christmas present…It was Christmas Eve…Oh god the traffic, I almost had an anxiety attack.</p>
<p>And I live in a rural area. I can’t imagine driving in a city…><</p>
<p>driving alone feels like your car is an extension of your body and you’re driving a giant robot. whereas when you drive with other people it feels like you’re sitting in a building.</p>
<p>i love driving alone.</p>
<p>It’s fun for like, uh, the first month.</p>
<p>I’m to the point now where I hate driving and I don’t go places unless it’s absolutely neccesary.</p>
<p>The only true great thing about driving alone is that it’s the only time that you can talk to yourself and be completely assured that no one will hear you.</p>