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flotsam2

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20. Gettin' there...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 27, 2021, 11:15 PM

Oct 2021

For the summer I did just very few medical trips and a half dozen visits to my brother and sister in law (a 52 mile round trip). After the first snow (in New Hampshire) I won't drive 'til spring because neuropathy in my feet-in an emergency I can't really tell on which pedal my feet are on...or if my feet are any pedal at all. I'll register and have my car inspected next month, but I'm not sure if I'll ever drive again... Relatively young (68 next month) but I'd rather choose to hang up my cleats than make an error and hurt someone.

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I'm now in my 70s and driving makes me more anxious than it used to. [View all] raccoon Oct 2021 OP

Yes, I feel more anxious driving. gademocrat7 Oct 2021 #1

You are EXACTLY correct!! polmaven Oct 2021 #4

Drivers are much more aggressive, turn signals are obsolete and everyone drives a 50-ft. LoisB Oct 2021 #10

I gave up driving entirely a few years ago Glorfindel Oct 2021 #2

I started to slow down in my mid 60s. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #3

Lol!! polmaven Oct 2021 #6

What nerve! Lydiarose Nov 2021 #22

I haven't driven in nearly 20 months. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #5

Do get that cataract taken care of as soon as you realistically can. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #24

I can relate. Keep getting out there. It helps. Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #7

It Faux pas Oct 2021 #8

same here..its a 20 mile rt to get milk. When it snows I have to be plowed out of the.. samnsara Oct 2021 #13

I just know I wanna die in my sleep like my grandpa... ret5hd Oct 2021 #9

... UpInArms Oct 2021 #11

LMAO Lydiarose Nov 2021 #23

Love it! Lydiarose Nov 2021 #25

same here! In fact I wont even go into town unless i ride in with hubby. We live 15 miles from town samnsara Oct 2021 #12

Me either. When will we get those autonomous cars? raccoon Oct 2021 #14

I guess it depends where you are. I am not more anxious, but what I see is more drivers JohnSJ Oct 2021 #15

I quit driving a few years ago,,,, KarenS Oct 2021 #16

In the last year, when the roads got busy again happybird Oct 2021 #17

Earlier in the pandemic I noticed some pretty wild driving that I ascribed to the fact that the Martin68 Oct 2021 #18

How is your upper arm strength? Lars39 Oct 2021 #19

Gettin' there... flotsam2 Oct 2021 #20

I'm more anxious too, but it is not about me. Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #21