I JUST CANNOT DRIVE! | ADHD Information
driving manual cars is much cooler. i say learn to drive a manual b/c younever know when that will be the only thing that is available to you. plus, i
find that driving a manual helps me to be a bit more alert because you have
to do something with your other hand. if i could only get a 6-speed manual
car....i guess Driving is my forte so to speak.... Took the test once at 15 and been driving ever since, stick, auto.. its all the same, I do tend to get lost in the feeling though, had lots of speeding tickets. Guess I think I have to make my driving like the rest of my life... fast and furious! lol
[QUOTE=chjones]get the automatic.
in ten years time there will be no more manual cars being made anyway and all that struggle for what????
good luck.
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No way they will stop making manuals! There are too many people like me who will drive nothing else. And ask anyone who prefers a sports car or off the road vehicle.
Scatty...you just may want to trade in your manual for a automatic or just sit in your car practicing the shifting so you get really comfortable with it. I taught my neice and nephew how to drive a stick (manual) in a parking lot. Can you just go to one and practice??
SS, I think 2 years and 5 tests are pretty 'standard' haha Seriously, I started trying to get my license @16 and didn't get it until I was 18. First time I took the driving portion, I drove right into someone's flower garden in their yard. Needless to say,the instructor drove back and I failed eventually, I did receive my license to the dismay of many
drive a standard now, and prefer it. I got more tickets driving an automatic. It was easier to go too fastSS, As someone who never learned to drive(fine motor movement co-ordination very poor) I envy anyone who can... so i will say this keep it up, Keep Trying!
CH's ideas are brilliant and seem practical to me. Well done getting this far and good luck with it for the month ahead.
Thanks guys! It is just slo depressing havin to waste all that money on it. My lessons are £22 each!
I will keep trying, luckily I know someone who does Automatic lessons, so will ask him and take it from there! I just want my independance, not to rely on my BF to pick me up all the time. I am too much of a responsability, excluding the driving!
.IMac38943.8565277778Get an automatic, get the driving part down right, then practice with the manual if you want to race someone! Don't torture yourself needlessly, driving is cheaper than cabbys. Save the money for another automatic!Sarah I didn't get mine till I was 26!!
I took drastic measures by my standards and stopped having any sugar at all and by some miracle I passed. I concentrate soooo much better when I'm sugar free. Maybe that's worth a go for a few weeks?
I have learned how to drive when I was 26 years old. I don't know my left or right, it took a long time to understand how big is the car, which button does what.Trying to scan the road without looking other things around. And I didn't know I have add at the time so there was no meds for me...I only knew I should drink coffee before lessons...My husband were absolutely great when he was teaching me, but he was amazed that I have that kind of difficulties. Actually that was the thing that made me go to a doctor and got my diagnosis.
Automatic is the best way to go. At least you don't think about shifts. I always play music and I can not drive without singing. Especially if I am alone, if I don't sing along with the song I find myself on other lanes, getting fingers from other drivers. When it's pms time I try not to drive because all the dangereous moments happens that week. But if I have to, I drink coffee before I get into the car. It helps a lot.
It was really hard to learn but now I enjoy driving very much.
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It really comes with time and practice. I've been driving manual and failed the first test (not because any of my fault mind you) and have gotten into a few close calls and totaled one car in the first year of driving. Fastforward 10 years later, I drive manual (was cheaper than automatic) and I can now almost read behind the wheel (at stop lights mainly), take out and put in CDs from the book on CD box, follow a map...
Funny thing is all my childhood I used to have terrible recurring nightmares that I could not learn how to drive.
Best of luck on the test and automatic does sound like it's a better option for you and well worth the extra money
Sarah, honey, my advice--take a lesson on an automatic and see how you do. Just try one.
I (don't have ADD) learned on a stick shift, and it was hard as he**. As soon as I could, I switched to an automatic and cursed my dad for making me learn on that beasty little stick! Probably burned out the clutch pretty good too learning. An automatic practically drives itself, and if it's causing you that much grief, it ain't worth it! I will drive nothing but automatic!!
I got my license when I was a little past 16, but I had a terrible time learning how to drive prior to getting it. I didn't realize what my problem was back then (I'm newly diagnosed). I had a lot of problems concentrating. I was trying to learn on a manual, and with all of the shifting, trying to obey the traffic laws, learning to watch the other traffic, keep the car on the road, etc., it was just too much! I switched to an automatic, and found it much easier to learn. It was one less thing to remember. I had my license within a week! I learned how to drive a manual much later, and have owned and enjoyed driving several since that time!get the automatic.in ten years time there will be no more manual cars being made anyway and all that struggle for what????
good luck.
Hi thanks for your advice.
Is that true? Has it actually been confirmed no manual cars will be made in 10 years? I think I might have to, its safer for someone like me anyway!
no no no ---- sorry scatty sarah that was just my opinion. i shoulda phrased it better, here we go: "i reckon that no manual cars'll be made in ten years anyways"
Oh cool. I just wondered, I think you have a point though! Do you drive? If so, how many tests did you take? Man? or Auto? i passed my test first time - manual (after two weeks of lessons just to make you feel worse - but i had been driving illegally for a while). i am a traveller i love to move and i love all forms of transport. i passed my bike test first time too (after three days of instruction) - it's just my metier. although i will admit i don't think i am a particularly GOOD driver the way some people are -
and really wanted to take my flying licence but just WAY too expensive and you need to do 40 hours every year just to keep it --- so if you don't have a plane.... how?
i don't have a problem with driving. i am barely conscious half the time i am driving and find it very relaxing - i do it on pure automatic. no road rage here (well occasionally i give the finger to a particularly rude git). sometimes i am so automatic that i don't end up going where i intended but end up outside a place i usually drive to...
i should be a lorry driver!
i don't what you can do to help you. get into a mantra - don't rush things. sing it - if need be in your head when he gives you the instruction to turn right, don't panic - think slowly: right look in mirror (breathe 2, 3) indicate (breathe 2, 3) change down (breathe 2, 3) look over shoulder (breathe 2, 3) if all clear make the turn (breathe 2, 3).
put it to a song or something if you think it will help you stop panicking. that is - if panicking is the problem?????
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OK, I have been learning for nearly 2years. I just find it so hard to concentrate and to do all these things at once.
My theory runs out in 4weeks, which means I will have to resit (another £50)
I am learning manual, but really starting to think AUTOMATIC may be easier, at least I could focus on the road more than changing gears every 2seconds.
Only prob is...I have a manual car!
I am nearly ready to take my test, my 5th one! Should I learn automatic now, sell my manual car and buy an Automatic. Or should I just keep failing miserably with manual????????? Please help me. I just cannot concentrate, nobody understands but you guys! I have 4 weeks to fit it all in eeek!
Do you know anything about how a manual transmission really works? I remember when I was learning to drive nobody would explain this to me. Once I learned how the machine actually works, it was a snap.
I'll try to explain briefly. The engine of a car has to run continuously in order to function. However, in spite of this requirement, it is often necessary to stop the car. The solution is to disengage the engine from the wheels so that it may continue to run while the wheels are stopped.
How is this done? The wheels are connected to the engine through two rotating clutch plates (imagine two pie plates, like so, ---][--- )that are pressed together very tightly. When you press down on the clutch pedal, these plates are pulled apart so that the engine is no longer connected to the wheels, allowing you to stop without killing the engine.
When you want to start moving again, you must release the clutch pedal in such a manner that the clutch plates rub together while you get up to speed. Lift up on the pedal until you feel the clutch point, that is, the point when the two plates are just barely coming together. With the pedal, you are controlling the amount of force with which the plates are touching each other while they rotate.
If you take your foot off the clutch quickly, you are basically slamming the two plates together and asking the car to go from 0 to 30 mph instantly, which it can't do, so the engine stops. Conversely, If you let the plates rub together too long, than you will wear out your clutch plates rather more quickly than it needs to. (It's an expensive repair job to replace the clutch.) So ideally, you want to find the clutch pedal speed action that will bring your car up to the speed of your engine in the shortest time without putting strain on it.
Learn to find the clutch point, and work from there. At first it's probably better to release the pedal more slowly than necessary until you can get a feel for what you can get away with.