Yes, Officer, I did see the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.

I didn't even learn to drive until I was in my early 20s, because I was terrified of it, and I'm still not completely comfortable with it if I don't know where I'm going, though I'm working on that.

If I'm driving in areas that I'm comfortable with, or if I do know where I'm headed, then "Yes, Officer, I did see the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you." applies to me very well. I have a habit of going above the speed limit, and often having to remind myself to slow down. Or I rush, and sometimes am not the most polite driver. I try to keep myself toned down, and drive safety and politely, but sometimes I just.. don't. >_>

I'm usually always hyper aware of what's around me, though, even when I'm rushing.

Still, in retrospect it's probably good that I'm not always super comfortable when I'm driving. Keeps from me speeding more than I normally do.
 
The title sounds like the making of a bad pickup line lol
 
I'm not sure if "nervous" would be the right word exactly,/* but I'm definitely rather cautious (sometimes nearly to a fault) when I'm actually the one driving. I won't speed (too much, anyway), and making turns or merging into traffic? Pfft. That always puts me on edge slightly.

I don't even remember when I got my license, I just remember it being a few years after I got my permit. Getting rear ended by a logging truck at a stoplight (I was still learning stick shift and I stalled when I went to start moving again, and he wasn't paying attention - there's a reason I won't drive stick now) not too long after I got my permit kind of put me off getting my license for a long while.

...At least me being cautious has let me avoid getting ticketed so far. :D And if it stays that way, then good.
 
got my permit about 5 months ago.

i'm a very cautious driver, i never go over the speeding limit or do anything that would get me pulled over. if someone is going slow i don't do anything, i just wait until they go somewhere else or something.

sometimes i have to drive in the morning to go to school which is fine, but when i have to go back there's a ot more traffic and that makes me really anxious. whenever that happens my arms get really tense, and i never notice until i get out of the car.

i don't drive very often so i'm far from experienced. the first month my car turned off once when the stoplight turned green (stick shift... sigh) and i couldn't turn it on because i got so nervous i kept messing up, but i've gotten better at that.
 
Ever since I got into an accident back in May, I've been a safer than ever driver. I only speed if the rest of traffic is going above the speed limit and nothing more. I also keep a good distance from the car in front of me that way I do have time to get on my breaks beforehand to be more preventative of an accident.
 
Normal people would probably consider my driving dangerous because I drive single-handed 99% of the time and sometimes I will multitask looking at my phone while driving, which I know is an absolute no-no. I don't do much of the latter when I'm with someone else since I'm responsible for another life aside from mine. But generally, everything else, I'm a perfect driver.
 
I'm a pretty calm and safe driver, despite the fact that I get really annoyed at other drivers on the road and tend to comment how people do stupid things behind the wheel, or aren't going the speed limit, or are swerving around like they're drunk or aren't paying attention, and whatnot. I don't really speed too much, except when I'm on the highway when I tend to go about 65ish. I do switch lanes A LOT too. I don't like being behind a car that I can't see around, and I don't like being behind cars that aren't going the speed limit. My friends and my brothers tell me that they feel pretty safe when I'm driving, so I think I'm a good driver all around.

I drive with one hand, and I drive with my left foot on the seat and my knee usually rests on the driver's door. Sometimes I rest my elbow on the window and make a fist and put my temple there because it's comfortable. I always drive without shoes. As soon as I get in the car, my shoes come off and I drive barefoot or with socks on.

That's all I can really think of with how I drive.

Took me three tries to get my license. I failed the test twice. The first time I failed at parallel parking and that was literally the first thing I had to do on the test, and if you fail that, it's an automatic fail. I hit the cone so that was an auto fail and I didn't get another try (as opposed to hitting the curb, or not parking close enough to the curb, and getting another shot). The second try I went to a different testing center, and it was a course at the DMV and I failed because I went too fast through the course, but I didn't know how fast to go and never bothered to ask. There wasn't any speed limit signs, so I assumed 25mph was good enough since that's the speed limit for most residential streets in my state. My last try, I went back to that same DMV and asked the instructor what the speed limit I should be doing was, and he told me and I passed.
 
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