u/CorruptionCrumb

I’m a little stressed about going to school again, my highschool experience was awful, but I also know that I’ve grown quite a bit since then. It’s only been a year but now I got into a fashion design course! It starts in September and I want to prepare myself as much as I can so please share any advice or any good/bad experiences you have in the comments.

So I got my drivers license back in October/November ish. I took driver’s ed to get it, and my instructor was an awesome teacher, I still think about the advice he gave me but I’ve been really hesitant on the road lately. Basically, on my way to and from work, it’s a straight road. There’s only a couple turns I go on, and I’ve memorized it all. My only issues occur, when I go somewhere I usually don’t go. Specifically in towns where there’s a lot of cars, and traffic lights. My brain KNOWS the information, but sometimes I feel like I come to a blank, and I start to second guess the information I know. This one example has been in the back of my head for a week now: I was at a 4 way intersection with a traffic light and I was trying to turn right. I’ve gone down this route a couple times before and almost always there’s an advanced green (turns out sometimes it’s just a normal green light) . Suddenly, the light turned green and there’s no little arrow for me to follow. Looking back in the situation, I KNOW what the right thing to do was, yield to oncomming traffic and wait till it’s clear to go but for some stupid reason I start rolling forward and just go when a car gives me space (they honk at me and I feel guilty but I was already turning, for some reason I just committed to it) I just feel like an idiot, there’s only a few times something dumb like this has happened to me, but I worry that a cop is gonna see me do something like this and I really don’t want to have a bad habit of it happening.

I’ve been trying to improve, but it’s hard. I do have a new rule for myself, especially when turning: if I hesitate once, I should wait for whatever cars to pass and then decide whether it’s safe or not. Although, this rule isn’t foolproof, what if there’s a car behind me and they get mad at me for waiting so long? It’s been helpful especially because I’m still learning how little time it takes to pull out and get up to speed limit, but again, sometimes my mind focuses on everyone else around me judging me if I’m doing the correct thing or not. Does anyone have similar struggles? Or any advice? I know I’m not a dangerous driver, but continuing making mistakes could cost me a lot one day.