I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
The act of driving is somewhat hypnotic. It's a social activity with tens of thousands of strangers, moving in unison. Where else can you get that?
I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
The act of driving is somewhat hypnotic. It's a social activity with tens of thousands of strangers, moving in unison. Where else can you get that?
Yeah you try to move in unison with Los Angeles drivers
I find driving safely in video games waaaay harder than in real life.
While true, driving in video games also doesn't ever try to emulate the experience of normal real driving
Some of the racing games of the 90's tried
Yeah but that's racing, not day to day driving with traffic laws and pedestrians and speed limits
I know but games like that were rare the first one I knew of was that Tokyo Bus driver game in Japan [it was kind of like a low key crazy taxi you had to run a route in X time and dump off and pick up passengers}
It depends on where I'm at if I find driving stressful or not. Am I on 95 in Miami or I4 going to Disney? Yeah, I'll be stressing out like crazy. Most other places, not so much.
I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
I've driven an hour and a half a day, 5 days a week, for probably at least 12 years now (and plenty of driving the decade before that). I probably have more experience driving than eating food at this point. The biggest problem with driving is how boring it usually is.
I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
The act of driving is somewhat hypnotic. It's a social activity with tens of thousands of strangers, moving in unison. Where else can you get that?
This was probably rhetorical, but aparrently I'm That Guy, bringing up concerts, sports events and protests
I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
The act of driving is somewhat hypnotic. It's a social activity with tens of thousands of strangers, moving in unison. Where else can you get that?
This was probably rhetorical, but aparrently I'm That Guy, bringing up concerts, sports events and protests
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I honestly can't understand the people who don't find driving stressful. Sure you're ensconced in a metal shell, but there's pedestrians, cyclists, and random debris to watch out for constantly in addition to keeping watch on literally every other driver because you have no idea how they're going to act at any given time or if they will obey the traffic laws you're making movements based upon. It's even worse on the freeways.
I've driven an hour and a half a day, 5 days a week, for probably at least 12 years now (and plenty of driving the decade before that). I probably have more experience driving than eating food at this point. The biggest problem with driving is how boring it usually is.
I drive 120 miles round trip 3x a week for dialysis.
Only a small part of the trip has any real traffic.
The trick I’ve found is to mentally break it up into chunks. Oh I’m at this point, I’m a quarter of the way. I’m at this other place, that’s the halfway mark. Etc.
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I only really get stressed out driving on the highway at night, anymore. Every so often it's like my brain remembers how fast the car is going and freaks out just a little
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I only get stressed in heavy traffic or heavy fog
Because I can’t trust other drivers and I can’t see what’s coming at me
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I only really get stressed out driving on the highway at night, anymore. Every so often it's like my brain remembers how fast the car is going and freaks out just a little
Yeah, the night driving gets me too.
Not so much the part of my brain that is saying "Dude, no human being was ever supposed to move this fast", but the other drivers who pass me like I'm standing still when I'm only doing 20 over the posted speed limit definitely stress me out just a bit.
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Also I love driving in a snowstorm despite the danger because I always feel like I’m in hyperspace
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
The worst part about driving at night is when you get blinded by oncoming headlights because they're not aimed down or are just plain too bright.
or they're right behind you and you can't even glance near your mirrors or else you're blinded
Check to see if your rear view mirror has a little tab on the bottom. Pull it forward and it does...something, but it drastically cuts the glare of any light to noticeable instead of blinding. I would use this when making the night trips back home after visiting parents, prior to my move out here.
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The act of driving is somewhat hypnotic. It's a social activity with tens of thousands of strangers, moving in unison. Where else can you get that?
While true, driving in video games also doesn't ever try to emulate the experience of normal real driving
Some of the racing games of the 90's tried
my niece turned ten the other day and both of my hips shattered spontaneously i aged so quickly
Yeah but that's racing, not day to day driving with traffic laws and pedestrians and speed limits
Yeah you try to move in unison with Los Angeles drivers
I know but games like that were rare the first one I knew of was that Tokyo Bus driver game in Japan [it was kind of like a low key crazy taxi you had to run a route in X time and dump off and pick up passengers}
Huh I found they brought it to the Dreamcast
And I tend to encounter considerably less missile fire on my normal day to day commute.
I've driven an hour and a half a day, 5 days a week, for probably at least 12 years now (and plenty of driving the decade before that). I probably have more experience driving than eating food at this point. The biggest problem with driving is how boring it usually is.
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This was probably rhetorical, but aparrently I'm That Guy, bringing up concerts, sports events and protests
The most well coordinated orgy in history, ...
The sooner he's done with this arc the better.
I drive 120 miles round trip 3x a week for dialysis.
Only a small part of the trip has any real traffic.
The trick I’ve found is to mentally break it up into chunks. Oh I’m at this point, I’m a quarter of the way. I’m at this other place, that’s the halfway mark. Etc.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Zack Morrison uses they/them pronouns fyi.
Isn't that what we said about hitball?
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Because I can’t trust other drivers and I can’t see what’s coming at me
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
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Yeah, the night driving gets me too.
Not so much the part of my brain that is saying "Dude, no human being was ever supposed to move this fast", but the other drivers who pass me like I'm standing still when I'm only doing 20 over the posted speed limit definitely stress me out just a bit.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
or they're right behind you and you can't even glance near your mirrors or else you're blinded
Goodbye to Halos
Check to see if your rear view mirror has a little tab on the bottom. Pull it forward and it does...something, but it drastically cuts the glare of any light to noticeable instead of blinding. I would use this when making the night trips back home after visiting parents, prior to my move out here.
No? I liked hitball, it was just a bit long in the tooth.
I hate this arc.
Whoa.
What the actual hell