I hear you about the driving thing - we were all there once! I think though, that rather than try and avoid those duties, you should think about improving your driving skills instead. Here's a couple of places to start:
Driver's Edge, while aimed at younger drivers, will help build the skills and situational awareness that you'll need to survive driving in and around downtown Detroit. Street Survival is another school that comes highly recommended.
Get in touch with your local Sports Car Club of America chapter and go autocrossing. There's no better venue to build driving skills at street speeds. You'll gain faster reflexes, and you'll know more about your car and how it handles at the limit.
Finally, when the snow starts to fall (and I recommend this ONLY AFTER YOU'VE DONE ONE OF THE ABOVE TWO THINGS), go to your local Wal-Mart parking lot late at night and try to get your car to slide. Learn what the limit of the car is in the snow in a non-threatening environment (i.e. without other cars or people to hit), and remember to drive under said limits on the street.
Don't be intimidated by driving in a city - once you get some seat time and experience it won't be a huge deal at all. But I definitely recommend some good professional instruction for building skills and confidence.
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Date: 2007-10-14 09:35 pm (UTC)Driver's Edge, while aimed at younger drivers, will help build the skills and situational awareness that you'll need to survive driving in and around downtown Detroit. Street Survival is another school that comes highly recommended.
Get in touch with your local Sports Car Club of America chapter and go autocrossing. There's no better venue to build driving skills at street speeds. You'll gain faster reflexes, and you'll know more about your car and how it handles at the limit.
Finally, when the snow starts to fall (and I recommend this ONLY AFTER YOU'VE DONE ONE OF THE ABOVE TWO THINGS), go to your local Wal-Mart parking lot late at night and try to get your car to slide. Learn what the limit of the car is in the snow in a non-threatening environment (i.e. without other cars or people to hit), and remember to drive under said limits on the street.
Don't be intimidated by driving in a city - once you get some seat time and experience it won't be a huge deal at all. But I definitely recommend some good professional instruction for building skills and confidence.
Good luck with the job thing!