My experience
I was up in Inverness for a week once, about half a year after passing my test, staying with friends, and not sleeping nearly enough. As a result, when driving somewhere one morning, I was stopped at some red traffic lights, when the left hand filter light turned green. I mistook this for my light turning green, and went. As a result, a van nearly side-swiped me, which would have been it for me and 3 friends. Stupid.

I felt bad after it, but ultimately it has always made me be more careful about traffic lights, no matter how much other parts of my driving may slip.

But you get over it, the fear and scaredness anyway. And it should have a positive result in the end.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 23:17, Reply)