My big city driving experiences haven’t been too traumatic. I should take out the extra insurance at the rental counter, but I always heard that was a ripoff, so I never do. Most times when I’m driving in a big city, I’m in a rental car, so it’s not like I have to worry about wrecking my own vehicle when I’m out learning the local traffic patterns.
Not that I lacked the courage, but I did just take a cab and let someone else drive when I was in New York City. I’ve gotten behind the wheel in Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and a few others. As a North Dakotan, it’s kind of inevitable that I’ve had do some driving in Minneapolis and Denver. The driving skills have had to step it up a notch since I’ve gotten older.
I got my driver’s license, so I guess everything worked out okay.
