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  1. perri
    14-Apr-2006

    Why do you not drive? Do you choose not to drive? You were generous of your time to give me some links that might give me some contact with older adults. Most seniors (and I’m not talking college senior) HAVE to give up driving because of physical impairment..and some live in metro areas like NYC where a car can be a detriment. People ask me often why I don’t drive…I have a number of theories that – if I could scrape up the $s to consult with a psychiatrist or psychologist and could prove or disprove. One of my biggest problems is having a very good friend who can provide me with a ride almost any time I really need one…but I do NOT like to ask for rides…and when I get a ride I feel it only right to put the friendship on a ledger…”your giving me a ride means I need to get your lunch, or buy the gas, or…whatever. That is not friendship… but I feel so idiotic not driving.

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  2. CC
    22-Jun-2006

    Hi there :- I read your posts on the FOD group on yahoo – I can completely empathize – it feels liie I was never meant to drive. I am a trainer and have no fear standing in front of a group of 200 strangers and speaking extempore but even the thought of driving would make my heart thump violently.

    This last month I decided to change all that and I rented a car (on my International Driver’s License) and a very good friend taught me step by step what I should be doing. I still can’t drive on the interstate and I panic that I wont see the signals and barrel headlong into another car and kill someone. I guess it’s only practive gradually moving from deserted streets to mid-morning traffic to heavy traffic that will help.

    I think for me its more of an irrational phobia than anything else. I keep telling myself – all these seemingly regular een average ppl can do it – why cant I ?

    There seems to be a problem with the text box when you try and leave you a comment.

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