u/Suitable_Penalty_759

I’ve been driving since the end of June now and still have my p plate on (only had one on and it’s honestly disintegrating from the rain and the window wiper destroying it) I feel confident and always have been (parents forced me to put it on) but I’ve came to learn how much more people are kinder on the roads, how do I get over that and become “like everyone else” as I never had it the first couple weeks and people would be horrible, overtake, honk, and I’ve not had that since. Maybe since I’ve been driving more the experience is different and I don’t deal with that? I don’t know, when I think of it in like am I maybe not as confident as I thought or am I just comfortable being in a safety net.

I totally forgot about this until I was on snap today and realised he was in my “snap stories” and that we have nearly been friends for 2years, maybe he wasn’t aware on how snap worked and added me back but I find this funny! Anyone else? (Sorry random flair!! Can’t find discussion)

Yesterday I was driving to work and I already find driving 50 and above a nerve wracking with my car as I’m still not used to it, I’ve been gaining the courage and was finally getting more calmer and better with the higher speeds in such a different car that id learned in.

On a 50mph road, a lady out running when approaching the roundabout one car was in front of me and id slowed to around 20 as it was clear for us both to continue going, i had seen the lady cross one side of the road and stop in the middle and id figured surely she’s not that stupid to run out between moving cars but she done exactly that causing me to harshly break, this was not near any paths or point for her to cross Safely, it really startled me because id never had something so stupid like this happen in my driving experience, is this something I need to get used to? Expect people on foot to be entitled and careless? After the ordeal I still had a little more to go to work and I was shaking the whole time and basically in freeze.
The drive home from work that day I was so anxious because of this woman being so dangerous that I fear now situations like this will happen every time I drive.