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Originally Posted by Innerzone
On depth perception, I avoid parallel parking if at all possible. Having lived where it's not common for soooo many years didn't help. No practice. I check parking pretty often too. Funny thing is, it's only the slow close-up stuff that gives trouble. On the road it's no problem at all -- I'm freakishly good at perceiving the slightest slow down ahead of me and am a fanatic about being centered in the lane. You'll never see me wandering, short-cutting a curve or swinging out to make a turn!
"Available space" brought to mind a funny. On my driver's test ( long ago), there was a box truck parked and a car coming from other direction. For a split second, I thought I should just stay put because that would be what the tester would expect. But I knew there actually was sufficient space and went for it. And there was. But the tester didn't like that(!) Lol.
I get lost a lot too and panic (magnitude based on where I'm supposed to be going). But if overtaken by it, I pull over if possible. I'm not big on driving at night anymore (and with rain? nothankyou!) and avoid it. Nothing's ever happened, it just makes me uncomfortable.
I don't know about the dx resulting in revocation, but pretty sure I recall a question about if one had a mental illness (though it might have said "condition") that could potentially effect driving. I answered "no", because I don't think it's any of their damn business and my record speaks for itself. I don't think it's an unusual question of apps. Unusual, no, but wrong, yes. Imo. Strongly. There are plenty of terrible drivers out there w/o dxs, you know?!  The vast majority! I think it's sheer predjudice and ignorance. How about some common sense, people?! Let's assess one's license on one's actual record!
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I just panic randomly, not because I'm lost. I panic that I am going to run into a barrier wall, a car, or I can't tell where the lines on the road are. I can't tell if cars are coming right at me or in another lane. My depth perception is terrible, always has been, but gets worse as I get older it seems. Also in the dark I can't see the road properly which is terrifying at times. I can't tell if it is curving or turning or going straight.
Also blinking and flashing or glaring lights set off over stimulation, which adds to my night driving problems at night.
Where I live we have to parallel park and I do okay except our neighbor always parks right up too close so when I come home to pull in it gets scary. I keep wanting to put a note on their car saying "The person who lives next door has terrible depth perception. It would be in your best interest not to park too close." LOL