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I am car C. I don't care if car D is pissed at me, because I have autism and driving is overwhelming for me. I'm being extra cautious because it takes me longer to process sensory input because I can't filter out the irrelevant things. Plus, I always make sure to check the crosswalks. I as a pedestrian have come very close to being hit while crossing multiple times and it seems most other drivers don't give a shit about pedestrians at all.
If you can't drive don't get behind the wheel
I'd gladly opt out of driving if it were reasonable to do so. Give us transit and proper bicycle infrastructure so I that don't risk getting pancaked but some fuckwit driver with their nose in their phone.
Note that I've been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se.
It sounds like you're disabled in this area, and it's unfair that the world is not more accommodating.
"Change the world to accommodate my disability and I'll quit being a hazard to people's life, limb, and property" is not an acceptable attitude.
I'm not quite sure how you got that from my original comment: "Note that I’ve been driving for over a quarter century without collision or moving violation, so not so much a skill issue per se."
My bad, mistook your reply as being from the top level comment OP.