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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, speaking from experience,  sounds like your teen may never be a skilled driver and you should move somewhere with buses/trains/bike lanes/a street grid that’s walkable.

I am exactly like your teen, always have been, and I’m 40 with a masters degree in computer science (so, you know, reasonably “smart”). I think I’m missing the spatial awareness part of my brain. I do have a license, but I almost never drive and when I do I never go on highways. I’m very happy living in a walkable, transit-accessible neighborhood of DC.[/quote]

A couple of us in my family are on the autistic spectrum and hate driving. For us, it's the not having a theory of mind. We can't anticipate or figure out what other drivers are likely to do, can't tell if the other guy sees us, is likely to stop. Is preparing to merge, etc. Very frustrating and there seems to be no making it better. Huge fan of self driving cars. Let the algorithms figure out what the other dude is doing/is likely to do[/quote]

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