I've had bad anxieties all of my life. I'm 26, didn't start driving until this year.

I had to turn right to an intersection to make it work. It was a red light, and there weren't a lot of cars on the road (relatively speaking).

I only saw a bus a few blocks back. There was a blind spot from the parked cars, but I thought I rightly assessed that I could turn.

When I was already halfway there to the left turn lane, I hear a honk. I saw just a glimpse of the car, but I thought it was far enough and I was close enough to the lane that she'd just let me go. It was also just her and I in that area. So I committed to making the turn.

Then her car zoomed past me. I wasn't quick enough to stop. My car scratched the back of her car.

I rolled my window down prepared to talk to her. I was prepared to defend myself, but I honestly don't know if I even have the right to. She didn't make eye contact with me. When she assessed that there wasn't any damage, she went back to her car and with her hands waved at me as if to say, "Forget it". She was very angry, but she wasn't confrontational.

I just feel stupid. I just started driving April 2020 and bought my first car then. I'm so disappointed and ashamed of myself for this mistake. I know of two other people who started driving as well and they seem to be doing so much better than I am even though I am a lot older (26).