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Old 07-16-12 | 09:23 PM
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Is it normal...

...to feel that driving a car is weird or unsafe after you commute by bike for a while?

I spent nearly the entire school year either driving a bus or a bicycle. The few times I was finally able to take the car to work again in rainy weather, it was a completely bizarre experience.

Being used to the bus, I felt too low in the car, and being so low, I felt like I should be going slowly like I was on the bike.

There was a claustrophobic effect because it seemed like I was boxed in by the other cars: I couldn't see around them, or over them, and my own car blocked a lot of my view around me with only tiny mirrors on the sides (instead of the 6 I'm used to, or being able to just look around on my bike).

Traffic lights were mildly more annoying for some reason.

The car turned oddly because I had no tactile feedback from handlebars, and no 40ft behind me- the short back end of the car felt like it was sliding or something.

I just wondered if anyone else experienced something similar, although perhaps not as drastic. I love my bike, and driving the bus, but I really sort of disliked my trip in the car. Riding as a passenger is still normal.
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