I don't enjoy driving anymore?

i will overcome this problem..but i know that life throws you a curve and it seems like things hit you all at once...but now that i reflect on this situation all i have to do is relax as i still have a good record..very few people follow all the traffic rules 100%..even the police are big offenders of the traffic rules..but they have perks...but they get tickets too when they are off duty..i know that for a fact..and they too get involved into accidents and they have families and wives and lovers too..lol..stress is one of their problems too..as they are judged on a higher plain..just ask them..lol

thannks for the kind words..yes,,, meds can make you feel different..but i don't drink and drive and i even quit smoking over 22 years ago..but saying that when i was a younger person i would not think anything of driving while i had been drinking and i never got caught drunk driving or even driving impaired..but i was just darn lucky in a few cases..but also years ago the cops were more lenient on drinking and driving and unless it was not real obvious that you were impaired most cops would look the other way..or give you a very big break..but not anymore...i used to get "warning" tickets...something i don't see too much of anymore as when the police (especially the state police) pull you over you have a ticket...i drove thousands a miles a week without a problem...but sometimes after retirement you change your feelings about things..like you say "you don't stop driving" but we become more focused as we are not living in the same world it was when we first started to drive..i have a 96 year old uncle and he still drives and he claims he never got a traffic ticket in his life...as he always talks his way out of them..lol..maybe so as he was in politics most of his life.."keep on trucking"

Will all due respect here, why are you encouraging someone on medications that are effecting their preception to drive a car? Bay xx

How do you know its from meds? Can't it be just a thing, when you think you can't do it, you can't. And yes, i say to him: "drive!". Not only because he has probably more years driving than most of all. Meds have effects of course. But i said to drive when and where is less traffic. If you read again, maybe it would help. How do you know isn't something in his mind that is making this? I know people that takes anti-depression and for being less stressed pills and they still drive. Then we might say that half of the world would never drive because they were in that kind of pills... This should be a doctor to decide, if it is the pills having some kind of effect or it isn't the pills. You presume it's pills, i presume both.

thanks,, my 96 year old uncle still drives..to church and see family and friends. he drove in 1933 to Chicago Worlds Fair in his 1929 Whippet.. so if my fathers brother can still drive..why should i not? my dad also did not like to drive for various reason..but a phobia can be overcome with faith and using your God given talents ..thanks for the vote of confidence

I am going to my doctor tomorrow and i think that i have an idea what my problem is but i will share this with my doctor as i am older then he is and we talk on a common level of sense and you are right...)drive slowly for fun_( but these youong cops they got are so ticket quota happy that they want job security by writing up every little thing to give them points..but this is to be expected

when i was 25 years old and drove for a living..at least one thousand or two thousand on the road a week...every week..i got a lot of points and had to go to a traffic "ref" and he could have taken my lincense then as I had twelve points..mostly speeding..but he did not..but i will never forget the comment he made..he said the worst offenders witht the most points were "police" officers...these officers when they were off duty had a "lead" foot and disregarded alot of safety rules as they wre used tro driving in their squad car..police are supposed to follow the same rules as civilian when they are not in pursuit..but some police do not and get used to driving this way...i always remembered this..but that being said..I will stay "focused" more when I get behind a wheel of a car or a truck..that is the key to survival...plus I have a tendecy to drive slower and I know that a lot of faster driver resent someone who follows the speed limint or goes five miles slower...even in bad weather...but that is there problem..tail gaters i have learned to ignore...drive for conditions.

Your very right about the police officers, they do tend to ignore things when they are off duty. It happens a lot where I live, they come flying past us, or don't use signals. And they wonder why they are so disliked at times. Hehe I was just happy to hear that you recognized there might be a problem, thats a first in correcting it. I hope you don't think I was dicouraging you from driving. I came off like that too someone else, so if I did to you, I apologise. Bay xx

it is just a combination of things that bother me...i am a slow considerate driver but there are so many people who cut us off and pull in front of me but the police only see people who are running YELLOW lights and go five miles or so over the speed limit...i quess its frustrating...but sooner or later we all are going to get a ticket or have some kind of accident...just drive defensively

yes, i have had a few accidents myself..its was not always my fault but you suffer the consequences of the accident...yes, I will not give up my driving...i will get back on the horse and ride again after being thrown off...lol...its is just something that we all must face at any age. thanks for the kind words.

yes, just like i got a few bad wives but i got back ...well i got remarried and now i am happily married 22 years..but i did not let a few bad experiences spoil it for the rest of my life..sometimes we forget this..thanks for the nice post.. i still drive..but i focus on my driving..as now I focus my wife more

you sound like a wise person..thanks for your input..after i got my ticket i say a young man in a new car and he got hit in the back of his car (tailgater_)) and he was pushed into another car..so he had damage in the front and in the rear...but his car was driveable..my wife said it was better to get a ticket for going through a yellow light then get hit like that guy..maybe so..maybe so.... i try to drive the speed limint or a few miles under and in some areas the people are in such a hurry and they just get right on your donkey...so i just slow up a little more and don't let them intimidate me....am i wrong?

the funny part is i used to drive a lot..and all on strange roads..but now that I am retired i kind of lost the same feeling i had before...i just have to stay focused more and bite the bullet..our little town of Monroe, Michigan is getting just as bad as the bigger cities arouond us..people are in such a hurry that they don't seem to want to give anybody a break and will cut you off in a heartbeat.. so i will have to bite the bullet and learn to drive more defensive...thanks for the kind words...i feel sorry for your husband as I used to drive every week from southeastern Monroe to Chicago..and i enjoyed it..at one time..all toll roads..but the side roads are the ones that get me in trouble now..lol..people drive like differently..and now with the holidays? well..i will stay more focused...Good luck to your husband..even some of my truck driving friends and firemen friends tell me the people don't pull over for them...and they have lights flashing and sirens on..so its not just the average driver..when you see an emergency..get in the other lane..or you will get a ticket..its now our state waw..thanks for the kind words.

When you drive you have to stay focused on the road and the other traffic. The last accident I got into a driver t-boned me in New York and he was talking on his cell phone but nobody was given a ticket as the police did not see the accident. Looking back it could have been me as I was not a familar road and the t raffic was heavy but the accident left a lasting impression on me..also I was involved in a lot of driving over the years and I know it can happen in a fraction of a second and "most" accidents happen withing 25 miles of our homes...but since I retired I don't drive the "old" familiar roads i used to drive to and from work..so I have to stay more "focused" on the roads and my wife never wants to drive on roads that she is not familiar with..I don't blame her..but sometimes I force her to drive as I don't want her to depend on me because I may not always be her for her or there may be a case where she has to drive if I go into for medical treatment...one thing that my wife refuses to learn is to read a map...this sounds like a simple thing..but at 55 she refuses to learn how to read a map...maybe she will someday but this is vital when you are in an area that you are not familiar with...thanks for the positive input..its a jungle out there..lol

its fun to drive when you got your mind focused on the road and not over tired or drunk on pills or booze...then it is against the law..methinks..but age has something to do with it too...have fun...i have never been in a hostel but i have been in a dorm..and lived in a tent for awhile at camp..even a couple of nights in jail..but never in a hostel...

i do better if i drive alone and focus on my driving. if i have a passenger i tend to be distraced..sorry..i am also suffering from depression/anxiety after retiring..i probably always had this but it did get worse with more time to think about stuff ..too much..well, i just try to focus more and relax and listen to music i enjoy...i like Roger Whittaker..and some others..it relaxes me..but not the news..lol