How do I get over the fear of driving?

[Neversoft]

So I never thought I would bother with driving, but I think it's high time I considered it. Too many of my friends are moving away, and I need some way of still seeing them easily before I enter depression. But I'm terrified of driving and it's not something I can easily get over, I crash literally everything. And the road is so scary, I live in a hyper busy place, and there's all these people in their precious metal machines going here, there and everywhere... it's so much responsibility, and I don't trust myself. What can I do about this? Is it one of those things that kind of just goes away once you actually start learning, or is driving really not as hard as it seems, or what? What's the knack? Someone help me.

[scottish]

http://fearofdriving.net/

http://www.fear-of-driving.org/

http://www.driving-phobia.co.uk/

Theres literally thousands of questions regarding this on answers.yahoo.com aswell.

Reading 'em might be a good start.

[Neversoft]

The only website I read is HabboxForum.

[shiver]

i think u just need to take the plunge. u will become more confident over time, and it will be rewarding in ur case! xxx

if u wanna make things easier u could also drive an automatic?

[Charlie]

I didn't have a fear of driving but I was scared because I thought I'd crash and all this stuff but once I started learning how to drive, it wasn't that bad and I started to get more confident. You've got someone in the car with you, they've got pedals as well so the chances of crashing are slim because they can brake and what not to stop things like that and they won't be like 'okay, we're going to drive around this busy area' they'll take you somewhere quiet so you can get use to it all so you'll be away from things to crash into anyway.

So, I'd suggest just going for it and seeing how you go.