I keep telling everyone around me that i am a dangerous driver- my anxiety makes it very hard to focus on more than one thing when stressed and that is always when i miss things and have close calls. I don't mean minor close calls, i mean serious dangers like driving past a stopped streetcar, almost hitting pedestrians or bikes, turning prematurely at left hand turns etc. There have been at least 7+ times when i had scary close calls when driving, and it just isn't safe in my mind. I have seen all the same mistakes i have made done by other people, and have though 'how did they get their license', so i figure it is better to just stop rather than have ANOTHER shitty drive on the road. I waited until i was 21 to get my license because of my driving anxiety and in the year i have had my license it hasn't gotten better. So, i decided to stop driving rather than put myself and others at risk. 

However, i keep getting persuaded and pressured to drive people places and do errands that i need the car for. I am very frustrated that they cant see that i am uncomfortable and unsafe to be driving - i know i should be better at saying no but i am not. My parents are being very condescending and seem to have decided that i am being ridiculous and childish in not wanting to drive. The pressure to drive and jokes about how anxious i am about it are really getting to me. Why cant they just understand that i don't want to? I don't need a car for work or school, and i live in a city with transit, so why cant they let it go?