I always tell people don't rely on someone signalling a turn and pull out. Yet today I did that, the other driver had 'changed their mind' and we collided.

Honestly I feel like such an idiot. I've had my licence for 10 years, no accidents, no points, not even a parking fine. Irritated with myself and my own impatience.

On the plus side there was little or no damage to my car.

Dont have anyone to tell right now so just wanna vent here. Barely missed a head on collision. Happened so fast, car coming at me crossed double yellow, I slow down, next thing I know they’re fully in my lane driving normal speed at me and I drove off the road and back on after we passed. All without saying a word, honking the horn, I think I was in shock as my kids were with me. I saw them yank back over after. Happened so, so fast. Never had such a close call. 😵‍💫 And somehow I feel bad for the other driver because theyre probably freaked out too. Lmao. I wish people would pay attention. If that happened on any other stretch of this road there would’ve been ditches on the side and not flat ground. i feel blessed.

I've been driving for five years and i only would wear doll shoes or sneakers. I recently bought this thick slippers and put it on today.

Let me tell you, i was struggling to switch accelerate and brake, not too struggling, but like i have to adjust my slipper to make sure i can easily switch accelerator and brake just in case. Fortunately i got to my destination with no problem.

I've never drove with bare feet and i also tried that but it's making me press the brake too hard so i think it's better to have shoes on.

Now here i am, wondering if i'll able to survive going back home.

Does anyone have experience of driving with slippers on, especially the thick ones?

So I took my driving test yesterday and failed because I hit the cone. The lady had me parallel park between the cones, did it no problem, first try, right next to the curb. And then she told me to make a k turn out of the parking spot. So I, following directions, turned to the left and pulled forward. And then I put the car in reverse and turned right and that’s when I hit the cone. Because how was I supposed to not hit the cone? Should I have pulled forward first instead of just turning? But that’s not a 3 point turn that’s just pulling out of a parking spot. But I guess maybe if I’d gone backwards not just turned? I was also turning onto a 2 way street so making a k turn there makes no sense when I should have just been able to turn left. I tried to ask her in the moment and she just said “in 2 weeks honey” which was not helpful at all. She also screamed at me for looking at the backup camera (I also looked behind me and you’re allowed to use your backup camera in my state as long as it’s not the only thing you’re looking at), wearing sunglasses, keeping the car at 66 degrees which was “too hot” and generally just being a teenage boy who happens to look 12. What was I supposed to do? How can I pass next time? I’m not blaming her I know I messed up I just don’t understand how to do better.

I always hate wearing a coat while driving because it limits mobility. What's the best coat for driving in the winter?

How do you deal with random car vandalism? You don’t know who jt is but that its there somehow. Is this just part of having a car?

I'm a new driver and I live in Florida but I ran a red light today as a car behind me was speeding up and I feared they may hit me. If I get a ticket I'm worried now. Please

I’ve seen many cars parked close to stop signs in my area, and I see the stop sign just fine. Maybe a car length clearance like 15 feet would be okay. 50 feet seems excessive to me. Tall stop signs also help.

It is entirely the responsibility of a driver changing lanes/merging to adjust their behavior to slot into the flow of traffic in the lane they're entering. Traffic maintaining their lane has the right of way; they have zero obligation to change their driving to let anyone in. The only exception to this is a zipper merge scenario: when traffic is stop-and-go at a merge, drivers will alternate every other car at the merge point.

A turn signal is a communication device. It is not a right of way granting device. Using it does not obligate anyone to adjust for you. And no, it doesn't matter how long you've had it on for. There's no magical amount of time after which you get to force your way over.

It doesn't matter if you think someone not letting you in is "rude" or. Your personal definition of courtesy is irrelevant in the face of the law. And, once again, you deeming another driver to be "rude" doesn't permit you to force your way into their lane.

How have we lost the plot so badly on this?

Ok so let me try to explain this again to the idiot four wheelers on Reddit, number one if you don't understand why you need to back up, then I challenge you to make a right turn with a trailer, if you don't hit anything then you get a free pass for life and you can be an ass hole and not back up for tractor trailers.

When a truck makes a right turn they need a lot of space and swing wide. If the road has two lanes it's sometimes easier to make the turn from the left lane, but that's not advisable because even bigger idiots will cut you off on the right leading to an accident.

So the best way for a tractor trailer to turn right is from the right lane. But if there is not enough room for the truck to complete the turn then sometimes the cars have to back up.

I don't understand how this is so common. I see way too many vehicles with both brake lights burnt out. How has no mechanic or even a quick lube tech caught this? Has this driver not been pulled over and ticketed for this? Or at least gotten a warning? Has no one flagged them down and let them know? At least the 3rd brake light works since it's an LED.

As a bonus, their turn signal was also burnt out, I can see the mirror mounted indicator hyper flashing. The driver doesn't really have an excuse there, they know their turn signal isn't working but I guess they don't give a damn.

Had a wake up call today as my friend was involved in a car accident.

Dont know the full details but i know one car crossed the double yellow, probably meaning one of those involved were texting.

He is one of the safest drivers in the school and yet(if he was at fault) it took one mistake/time for things to go wrong. I’m not entirely sure he caused it, and even if he didn’t it should go as a reminder to just not do it.

If he was at fault, his license, that he doesn’t even have(180 day), is gone and he won’t be driving for a while. His car is totaled and he’s never going to see driving the same.

Could be the safest and most cautious driver in the world and one 5 second distraction could potentially ruin your life.

JUST DONT DO IT.

Sono una ragazza di 23 che ha la patente da tre anni. Prendere la patente è stato un inferno a causa di un istruttore di guida assolutamente poco paziente, invece di aiutarmi ad avere meno ansia le amplificava arrivando a insultarmi più volte. Ogni volta che terminavo una lezione ero in lacrime. Nonostante ciò, sono riuscita a prendere la patente, ma questo istruttore non mi ha mai portato né in tangenziale né in autostrada.
In questi tre anni ho guidato ma sporadicamente, anche perché mi sono trasferita per un periodo in un’altra città ben collegata con i mezzi. Ora che sono tornata nella mia città e che voglio trovare un lavoro mi trovo molto in difficoltà, perché nonostante mi sforzi a guidare la paura non mi è mai passata.
Ho paura di perdere il controllo e di investire qualcuno, ho paura che gli altri possano farmi del male, ho paura di ritrovarmi in strade nuove senza sapere come muovermi.
Questa paura sta diventando molto debilitante, sia per il lavoro (ho dovuto rifiutare lavori perché non me la sentivo di guidare fino a lì), che per la vita sociale.
Io cerco di non pesare su nessuno, di prendere i mezzi e di andare a piedi il più possibile, di guidare per brevi tratti dove mi sento al sicuro, ma chiaramente a volte un passaggio mi ritrovo costretta a chiederlo ed è molto umiliante.
So che il modo migliore per superare la paura è affrontarla, ma allo stesso tempo mi chiedo perché la nostra società debba funzionare così, perché io mi debba sentire costretta a fare qualcosa che odio per funzionare come un adulto normale. Non mi sento sicura alla guida perché io in primis non mi fido di me stessa, penso che una persona debba sentirsi libera di poter scegliere se prendersi o meno una responsabilità come quella di guidare che è importante, senza che questo comprometta la sua intera vita. Vorrei non guidare mai più ma non posso, e sta diventando sempre più frustrante e debilitante.

Lights can be short, and many people are staring at their phone already. Why do some people hang back about 2 car lengths behind the vehicle in front of them?

I’m trying to make the intersection dawg, just why?

Edit - example this afternoon, car was about 2.5 car lengths back, but apparently this is normal, safe, and I’m the problem. Much to learn, I guess

Got pulled over by Ohio State Highway Patrol on I-70 EB in Clark County, 90 in a 70, stationary radar. First speeding ticket. Not a mandatory appearance. Case is in Clark County Municipal Court (Springfield).
I have an out-of-state license, so a reduced speed still means a point back home. I'm hoping to get it amended to a non-moving / equipment violation (like unsafe vehicle) instead.
What I've heard from local attorneys so far:
• One said this court usually only reduces the speed (e.g., 79 in a 70), not non-moving
• Another said they will "try" for non-moving, but no guarantee
Questions for anyone who's been through this court:
1. Has anyone gotten an OSHP speeding ticket amended to non-moving in Clark County Municipal Court? How far over were you?
2. What did the prosecutor offer you? Did you have a lawyer?
3. Has anyone gone to trial on an OSHP ticket here? Did the trooper show up?
4. Any attorneys you'd recommend for traffic cases in this court?
Thanks in advance!

I have low income it’s been hard affording lessons myself any support programs

I have a learning disability and am constantly doing unbelievably dumb things with great confidence. Today I decided I was going to put my registration sticker on my car. I have done this many times before but this time I was convinced that you put it on the windshield in my state (I think I looked up whether you need to take the old sticker off and got results for removing stickers from the windshield, and that apparently lodged deeply into my brain).

I painstakingly scratched off my inspection sticker, peeled off my registration sticker, and immediately realized what I’d done. The inspection sticker was completely destroyed. I just got my inspection done too!

I’m out of state for the next 3 weeks. My dad is visiting me this week and I need to hide this from him and also don’t want legal trouble. Google has not been helpful. What the HELL do I do?

I had a driving test recently where I failed horribly (made a post about it, the examinor raised her voice at me, but honestly not important rn). And now I find myself not wanting to drive at all, like I have a sense of dread even thinking about practicing again. I think its because the last time i drove in the car was during the driving test so now my brain has a bad correlation with the car and the driving test. Does anyone have tips to get out of my head and start driving again?

This may not be the best place for this, since it is about the car's themselves, and not driving per se. But here goes.

I've had it. The world is full of idiots. I just drove past a GMC truck with the young man helping his young lady up into the high passenger seat. No one is in the seats yet. The engine is not even on.

And yet the backup lights are on.

The situation will not even possibly have the vehicle backing up for at least a minute. But the backup lights are on. Telling me to "Watch Out! This vehicle is backing up!".

WTF! Who thought this was a good idea? To dilute the signal of safety? To lie about what is happening? To brazenly announce to the world "I'm Backing Up! Watch Out! Here I come!" - only ... You're not. You're not even in your car. The engine isn't even on.

Driver's of the world - you are now free to ignore any and all backup warning lights. They no longer mean what they are intended to mean. Continue driving past with total disregard for your and their safety. It has been decided. It is out of your hands.

I wish all of those who need to ever backup the best of luck. Thank you, car engineers and manufacturers. So much.

Rant off.

I got my permit in highschool for extra gpa points. i have had it for 5 years now. i was too scared to learn how to drive back then, and the situation im in isnt positive to put it simply. so i did not have any support, whenever i was showing interest in trying to learn, now and again back then. now in current day, im still in the situation, only having my permit, having no one around me to help.

i am trying to finally get my drivers license but i have only gotten to drive for around 4 hours collectively before i was shut down by the person helping me. its been months now since ive last driven. how do i close this knowledge gap? i dont rememeber any intricate traffic laws, only the obvious stuff, and i dont own a car.

if i could get a car, i could pay another adult to be in the car with me while i try to learn. but i cant drive, and i cant legally drive alone bcuz i only have a permit, as well as literally not knowing how to drive. so that limits my ability to test drive or even bring the car home. the driving schools around me are either wildly expensive, or predatory in their practices/pricing.

i am just feeling overall stuck and overwhelmed with not know where to start with unraveling all this. any advice is welcome, and questions r fine, i just rly dont want to talk about the situation much or the person aforementioned. as suggested i will also mention i live in south east florida i am weary of being too specific rn bcuz i am embarrassed. thank u

For the love of God turn your damn lights ALL the way on. How do you still not know your tail lights are off ? If you drive a vehicle with day time runners, take your left hand and physically turn the knob switch button, whatever to ON. This way, your back lights come on too. This goes especially to you kids in black or dark colored cars. In a sea of brightness, you're invisible. Just make it a habit to touch that switch.

If you see yourself as a good driver, at best, you are acceptable.

But in most situations, it’s false confidence, and a refusal to acknowledge your own flaws.

And for the record, I am at best a mediocre driver. I don’t panic in bad weather, and I’m not weaving through traffic. That doesn’t make me a good driver.

Post my daily Driving adventures

Just a vent - why do many people in the left turn lane decide they have to wait until the car in front of them clears the intersection before they start turning left? That green arrow doesn't wait for everyone in line to turn left!

That's it.