-stage whisper- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[lielac]

I'm reading the Ontario Driver's Handbook online right now, because the test for getting your G1 learner's permit is just an eye test and written exam and then it's legal for me to get behind the wheel and have mom baby me through learning the ropes, but aaaaaaaaaa cars are only somewhat smaller than a adult Triceratops and might be hollow but are still a couple tons of metal going decently fast and I do not know if I can be trusted to not panic behind the wheel of a large moving vehicle

but like

gonna try

already have a key to the car, I got that just so I can get into the car without asking for a key

and it's just a written test, I know road signs by osmosis and really just need to bone up on specific rules and regulations around driving

it'd be interesting to know if the eye test would come back "you don't technically need glasses to drive", but I wouldn't get behind the wheel without my glasses unless I absolutely had to just because blurry vision is distracting oh hey cat (there's a cat on my lap and arm now)

anyway aaaaaaaaa

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[somnulencelogencia]

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[lielac]

pffft thanks

You can do!

[amairylle]

Good luck! I believe in you!

The other thing that you might find helpful (idk i didn't learn to drive until I was 23) was I went and got private lessons? But we found out when I tried to drive at 16 that my mom has zero chill and couldn't really teach me without making us both panic. We found the guy in my town who does traffic school for the city courts (he also does driver's ed) and I think I had three one hour lessons from him and he was really good at actually explaining how to do things like stay in your lane rather than just telling me to stay in my lane, and that helped a lot with the panic.

Re: You can do!

[lielac]

Ontario has a thing for accrediting driver's schools, such that if you go to a 40-hour course at an approved place you only have to wait 8 months between passing the written test for your G1 and attempting a road test to pass into G2. (And then you always have to wait a year between getting G2 and testing into being fully licensed.) I'm also going to start out real small with my mom in the passenger's seat while I very carefully get the feel of the car in a big parking lot by our house when it's empty, before I go anywhere near a driving instructor who's less aware of the fact that I find cars Somewhat Anxiety-Inducing.

Re: You can do!

[amairylle]

That sounds like a good plan too! And I'm glad that your mom is understanding about your anxiety. My luck was less good on that front. But I hope that it goes well, and cars become less anxiety inducing!