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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably anxiety. But, also it's impossible to get lost now that every phone has GPS. I think you should just leave her alone, and be more supportive. [/quote]

FWIW I don't think you can assume that just because GPS exists all people can use it to navigate. If you can't grasp what 400 yards looks like or remember left from right or can't translate either the visual or the auditory to the real road in front of you, forget it.

My niece didn't get a license until she was 21 and had surgery to remove a portion of her brain that causes her seizures. Turned out her spatial sense was very poor, possibly the surgery had some impact on visual processing, and after 3 accidents in a short period of time she said forget it and surrendered her license. Later the seizures returned so she couldn't have continued driving anyway. She uses Uber when needed but disability transit (she's beyond range of the bus routes where she lives) when possible (cheaper although very inflexible).

Anyone ever read an anthropology book Beyond Culture, written ages ago? In one chapter the author describes students he had who had odd processing quirks. One guy could never follow a map. But he had a weirdly pronounced memory for physical sensation so he learned to get regular places by physically memorizing the dips and bumps and turns on his route by driving a car with rigid suspension. [/quote]

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