Aspies For Freedom

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My AS is self diagnosed and will remain so because of issues like this!  I have been driving for many years in the USA and very safely.  I have never had an accident.  I have always had a delay when asked left-right questions too!  I have spent a lot of effort compensating for any problem I might have, simply by driving very safely. Allowing proper following distances, driving for conditions, driving the average speed of the traffic, etc. are going to help keep anyone out of trouble and it has proved so with me.

I do have slower reaction times than many, was horrible in athletics at school!  Most of the effects I have trouble with are with social interaction, face recognition, gender dysphoria, etc.

I don't consider my AS condition as a disability.. It's just one more unique characteristic of myself, Like my left handedness, shyness, quietness, studiousness, high concentration abilities, etc.

I also believe AS and other conditions in the Autistic Spectrum are extremely variable in how they affect each individual.  This would make it unfair to use them as a reason to deny a license or raise insurance rates.  Testing should be the only determination. That way, the individual is not being categorized or stigmatized unfairly!  (Although I suppose testing methods themselves can be argued as discriminatory)

I think it is silly how they are making it more difficult for competent autistic people to drive (and other non life/health threatening conditions),yet there are morons on the road,who shouldn't even have a licence because they're racing,'cutting' other drivers up,driving the wrong way on motorways, racing through redlights and attacking other drivers...

Thanks--until reading this thread, I never made a connection between my driving avoidance and Asperger's.  I got my license at 16 (Mom made me), drove a couple of years, then owned a car for a couple of years about a decade later and pretty much haven't driven since. The last time I remember driving was about in the late-80s. I found driving and car maintenance stuff to be incredibly stressful. I keep getting my license renewed though because in the USA, it's such a big identity prover.  Plus, there's always that "Someday...." Basically, not having a car dictates that I can only live in certain places--bikable, walkable, public transportable cities.  But those are the places I like to live in, so no big deal. I do trades for rides like cooking meals, typing stuff up for people etc.  And I save SO MUCH money and get SO MUCH exercise! But when I tell people I don't drive because it scares me and I don't trust myself on the road, they find that bewildering.  Either that, or they admire me for being such a good environmentalist. :wink:

amazing...

I live in a country where it is necessary to have your own transport, because we don't have reliable and safe public transport. However, I drive a '77 VW Beetle bug and it's really cute! It's called Snoopy and it
takes me everywhere and it doesn't need much maintenance. I am having Snoopy refurbished at the moment. Will post a picture when it is done.

But.. NT people do laugh at me though for driving a VW bug, also get very impatient and always hoot at me, cause it's an old and slow car. Most people have Beemers and Mercs, but I can't purchase a car like that because I don't earn enough and the accompanying stress of the financial debt will make me have double whammy panic attacks daily!

And then.. I am not really after material possessions, so having a simple, but reliable car is good for me.

Karms, they can laugh at you for driving your car, and in a few weeks or months, you can laugh at them when they get their cars stolen or stripped because they had to have the bling bling thing going on, as for the classification, i hope they rectify it, the only way my behavior turns into a disorder is if i'm having an allergic reaction and ninja someone, and that's when they really REALLY annoy me.

I have a different experience than the crowd on this one - I've generally enjoyed driving (the traffic situation is getting worse ), had no prob with the licensing.

Normies love statistics. Their statistics claim that an unusual percentage of the people killed on the roads are under 25, so everyone in that age group should be made to jump through hurdles that not only do nothing to improve their driving, but are basically designed to milk more money out of them. Funny thing is, were I to take a video camera and film all the people I have seen violating the traffic laws (or just plain common sense), you will find that at least four out of five are well over the age of thirty. I was almost run over on the freaking sidewalk by a sixty-something once.

Statistics do not lie, but they sure can be made to fib a lot, so I would seriously recommend not declaring anything unless it is necessary. If they have not asked, it is not their concern. And it can easily be argued that an Aspie makes a safer driver because they actually pay attention to what the hell they are doing.

Yes, but normies love to abuse statistics, bending them in order to justify making a hundred million unnecessary, arbitrary, and strangling rules. The Aspies I know who love statistics read them for the purpose they were meant for.