> > > Why? If I aim at the center of the road
> > > five car lengths ahead, *I*, in the driver's
> > > seat, will be in the center of the road,
> > > surely enough...
> >
> > Don't aim at the center of the road. Aim at
> > the center of your lane. Try thinking of your
> > lane as the only road out there. In the
> > driver's seat, you need to be over the track
> > where the left wheels roll. You can see the
> > track on most roads. Or keep yourself just to
> > the left of the oil streak down the middle of
> > your lane.
>
> I just realized that I wrote "center of the road" when I meant "center of the lane". Oops.
>
> Nonetheless, what I said still applies: when I try to stare ahead at the center of the *lane*, that makes it so that the driver's seat is perfectly centered--but the rest of the car is off to the right-hand side.
>
> -- codeman"yes, I get words mixed up sometimes; it's really a problem with 'left' and 'right' {g}"38

Have you ever thought that maybe you just worry about it too much? Try to just have some fun while you're driving and enjoy yourself. Don't look straight down at the hood of the car and get worried about your lane position, because you're not supposed to look that close. You should be scanning the road ahead of you, not the yellow line whizzing past you. Set out to just have a good time and experience something new, rather than getting anxious about it.

By the way, how good are you at riding a bike? If the answer is "not good", then you should be starting there.

~Kathleen