Thread: Driving in dreams

I'm actually a really good driver in my dreams, but I generally don't like to even drive, only if I have to.
Usually it just becomes the exact same thing as walking in dreams, I just think where I want to go and how fast, and the car will follow.

But yea generally if I want to go somewhere I just get a ride with some random DC already in a car.

My sister and I used to have dreams of being in the car and it all of a sudden rolling down the driveway and we end up having to drive it. It was always a scary and stressful kind of dream.

I have yet to drive in a lucid dream, it's definitely something I'd like to try though.

Actually I absolutely agree, LucasPotter.
I seldom dream of riding a vehicle but they pretty much always cause problems. I always lose control over the vehicle or suddenly 'realize' that I'm not even driving it and no one is in the driver seat. Always thought that's because I don't really like driving in real life.

There are a few specific roads I always seem to be driving on in dreams. One is a really long, scary overpass that goes over an ocean and it's terrifying! It's slightly different looking sometimes but the idea's the same. Come to think of it, a lot of them are scary overpasses. I'm also frequently lost when I'm driving in dreams. I've never driven in a lucid dream, I'll have to try that out sometime.

Whenever I dream of driving, the car is always speeding out of control -- racing through stop lights, etc. I'm terrified and can't make it slow down, yet whenever I pass by a police car, they completely ignore me. I don't drive in waking life because I'm too afraid of the possibility of making a mistake and getting someone killed. So quite obviously my dreams are an extension of that fear.

That's funny how everyone has bad driving experiences in non lucid dreams. When I was little I was have nightmares where I'd be stuck in the car and the car is slowly rolling away from my family while they just wave goodbye.

Now I don't like to drive in dreams, and when I do drive it's usually like something urgent came up and I can't just run there so I take the car, but I always have no problem with the car, and never give a shit about parking since the matter is pretty urgent and I'm usually stealing the car anyway.

I rarely dream of driving myself. Usually if I must travel, it is on some kind of public transportation. A ship, a subway, an elevator, etc. However, I also dream a lot of traveling by foot or by horse, the old fashioned way.

A consistent thing for me is that the brakes hardly work and I find myself not being able to stop where I want to and ending up stopping further on, sometimes I may crash into something but it's never severe, I've usually slowed right down with the weak brakes by then.

I actually had a string of driving dreams a few months back. Each and every one of them I would be driving and then I would have to break because there was a car stopped in front of me and I would press as hard as I could on the breaks and it just wouldn't work. I know what you are talking about lol.

Ugh I hate driving dreams. I've had a handful and the car is always too hard to control. Imagine a race car game where your controller's buttons are just a little old and stick when you press them so controlling the car is hard to near impossible. I'm a very good driver in waking life so being so out of control driving in my dream is always frustrating. It's kind of silly how I never think to just get out of the car.

Im a pretty good driver in my normal dreams.Even though i've only driven twice in my life.My last dream I was driving in was on this freeway where I was signalling,and slowing down for people.Pretty boring stuff..

Driving is pretty normal in my dreams. I never have any mishaps or malfunctions, but I don't think I use the wheel, stick, pedals or anything else either. I just travel along a road in my car.