30+ years of driving north Jersey and NYC boroughs, most of them in a truck, I've never caused an accident though I've been struck by inattentive or careless drivers. I learned to drive in a commercial truck that I had to back through a curved ally with inches to either side to park each night; I can back a trailer through identical conditions. There's only one scuff on the original rims on the truck I've driven for 18 years; that was from when someone else borrowed it. I loathe driving anything that doesn't have a clutch, I can float my shifts and find drifting an entertaining way to parallel park (not that I regularly do it, but it is fun.) I was taught from the beginning that driving is serious business, and I take pride in my abilities. Do I think my driving is above average? When I see the distracted and unfocused drivers I share the road with, the answer, sadly, is yes.
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