I actually drove today, felt v. edgy , opened the door of the Clio with a kitchen towel to avoid the inevitible static shock! OH in passenger seat, he is not the most patient of people. A short trip to supermarket , parking etc. and then back home on dual carriageway. It wasn't too bad, I'm finding that where we live now to the previous 'out in the sticks' there is no warm up period, it's busy from the onset. plus I can't seem to get a handle on the wretched Clio.
I'm going to have to change my thinking re this. Tomorrow out will come the hand book and I will have to learn to love the thing. I've been ignoring it. I've no sense of direction either, so this is going to need some work. Even OH who is a v. experienced driver found it a bit hairy on the 'wrong' side of the road to begin with.
I realise that this is a little different scenario to most, but it all boils down to the same thing, we had some sort of experience which put us off driving, whether motorway or country road or just how we were feeling at the time.
If you were going to the corner shop and you didn't feel great, you'd brush it off, the fact that you feel less than great in charge of a vehicle, well that could be 'dangerous'. Different scenario. And most panickers are caring people. Apologies for the sermon.