A Wisdom Archive on Meaning of Dreams about Driving

Some dream meanings…

Below are some of the available dream interpretations. Click on the blue hyperlinked word to get more related interpretations.


Driving - Work on energy and power. Looking for the desired destination.

Driving - To dream that you are driving a vehicle, signifies that you should be cautious with your money, in particular if you are planning on risking your money in gambling or the lottery. Cut down on your extravagant spending. To dream that someone else is driving you, denotes fortune and that you will profit from your superior knowledge and ingenuity. If you are driving from the passenger side of a car, then it suggests that you are trying to gain control of the path that your life is taking. You are beginning to make your own decisions. To dream that you are driving a cab or bus, symbolizes menial labour with little opportunities for advancement. To dream that you are driving a car in reverse, signifies that you will be unable to reach your career and financial goals that your career and financial goals that you have set for yourself will not be reached. To dream that you are driving drunk, indicates that your life is out of control. Some relationship or somebody is dominating you.

Driving - Desire to contriol life.

Driving - If you dream that you are driving a vehicle it is a sign that you should be careful to take no chances with your money, such as gambling, in the next two weeks or so. If someone else is doing the driving you will find yourself in luck, money wise. To dream of driving in the driving rain must be interpreted by using the condition of the rain, either murky or clear, to get a better meaning.

Driving - In most dreams points to the direction you are taking in life. If driving a car, the one who is driving (you or someone else) will be in control. If you are in the back seat some else may be controling your life, or some emotion is controlling your actions

Driving - You are on a a life or purpose journey and making progress getting there.

Drivers license - To see your driver''s license in your dream, suggests that you are facing identity crisis. To lose your driver''s license in your dream, indicates that you have lost your true identity. Perhaps you have lost the autonomy to move forward toward your goals.

Cab - Pleasant occupations and average income is denoted by a dream of riding in a cab alone; with others, scandal or gossip will plague your footsteps. Driving one may show you are in a dead end job, doing manual labor with no chance of advancement. It is warning you to find another occupation.

Stoplight - To see a stoplight in your dream, suggests that you feel you are being held back from pursuing your goals. You may also feel pressure to succeed or else be left behind. If the stoplight is green, then it indicates that you have been given a seal of approval to follow whatever path you have chosen or whatever decision you have made.

Accident - To dream that you are in an accident, signifies pent up guilt and you are sub-consciously punishing yourself over it. To dream of a car accident, symbolizes your emotional state. You may be harbouring deep anxieties and fears. Are you "driving" yourself too hard? This dream may tell you to slow down before you hit disaster. You need to rethink or re-plan your course of actions and set yourself on a better path. To dream that a loved one dies in an accident, indicates that something in your own Self that is no longer functional and is "dead". It is also symbolic of your own relationship with that person. Perhaps you need to let go of this relationship. Accident dreams may also represent your straightforward fears of being an actual, physical accident. You may be simply nervous about getting behind the wheel. This dream may be a clear warning to cautious of approaching vehicles.

Tacks - To see tacks in your dream, symbolizes annoyances in your life causing you to be very confrontational and quarrelsome. To dream that you are pushing or driving a tack, signifies that you will overcome your rivals.

Car accident - Be careful when driving.

Vehicle - If you dream of riding in a vehicle and someone else is driving, you will soon take a business trip at your bosses convenience. If you are riding in a vehicle where you or a member of your family are driving, then your trip will be for pleasure or personal business.

Cars - Relating to your feeling of security or lack of it in life. The type, color, condition, speed, power, direction of movement, and whose driving are all significant factors. These same factors apply to the truck. "In the drivers seat", taking control of the situation.

Cars - The driving force of your energy. If you''re driving, you feel in control of your life. Being a passenger means you''ve lost control of your life, possibly to the driver. A car crash resembles failure, or fear of failure.

Race car - To see a race car in your dream, symbolizes your hard driving and headstrong attitudes. It may also reflect your competitive nature and the need to win. Alternatively, the symbol may be a pun for your issues with race and ethnicity. To dream that you are driving a race car, represents your fast paced lifestyle. You may be jeopardizing your health with your reckless behaviour. To see race tracks in your dream, represents life in the fast lane for you. The tracks may be a metaphor for your quest to get ahead in life. Alternatively, you may feel that you are going in circles. Or that you have a set path of thinking and doing things and are unwilling to deviate from it.

Embankment - To dream that you are driving along an embankment, signifies the threat of trouble and unhappiness. To dream that you are riding a horse along an embankment, denotes that you will fearlessly meet and overcome all obstacles in your road to wealth and happiness. To dream that you are walking along an embankment, signifies your weary struggle for elevation and higher status.

Wagon - If you dream of driving a wagon loaded with hay shows a thrifty nature and an unwillingness to speculate on unsure ventures. Driving a wagon down hill will denote a situation that will arise shortly in a manner that is disgusting to you. If you drive a loaded wagon up hill you will see a successful completion of your present work and an improvement in all your affairs. To see a wagon standing empty and alone shows loss and dissatisfaction for you.

Vehicle - If you dream you are riding in a vehicle and someone else is driving you will soon take a business trip at your bosses convenience, but if you are riding in a vehicle where you or a member of your family are driving, then your trip will be for pleasure or personal business.

Automobile - You, your ego, your personality, your life and it''s direction. Who is driving? Where are you sitting? If you are in the driver''s seat then you are in control of (or wish to take control) of your life. If someone else is in the driver''s seat, they may be controlling your life. Are you riding on all four wheels? If not, something may be missing in your life. Are the tires flat? You may feel your life is going no where. Are there others with you? These may be unknown (or known but repressed) aspects of your personality. What color is the automobile? If it is red if may symbolize anger on your part.

Truck - To see a truck in your dream, implies that you are overworked. You may be taking on too many tasks and responsibilities and are weighing you down. On a side note, pregnant women often dream of trucks or driving trucks. This may be a metaphor of the load they are carrying or an expression of their changing bodies.

Crash - To dream that you are in a car crash, indicates that your beliefs, lifestyle, or goals are clashing with another''s. It may also represent a shocking situation or painful experience. Alternatively, car crashes may forewarn of your dangerous or careless driving habits. To dream that a plane crashes, signifies that you have set overly high and unrealistic goals for yourself and are in danger of having it come crashing down. Alternatively, your lack of confidence, self-defeating attitude and self-doubt toward the goals you have set for yourself is represented by the crashing airplane; you do not believe in your ability to attain those goals. Loss of power and uncertainty in achieving your goals are also signified.

Bus - Common carrier. Going with the flow. Someone else doing the driving.

Driveway - To see or drive up to a driveway in your dream, symbolizes an end to your journey. It also represents security and rest. Alternatively, it denotes your path toward achieving inner peace finding your spirituality.

Tacks - To dream of many small tacks show many small worries and aggravations from others. Driving a tack shows you will overcome adversaries. To mash your finger while driving a tack shows you will be hurt in the process of getting the better of your enemy.

Crash - Bringing to an end an emotion or fear that was causing stress in the person. Warning about driving habits.

Cars - To dream that you are driving a car, denotes your ambition, your drive and your ability to navigate from one stage of your life to another. Consider how smooth or rough the car ride is. Whether you are driving the car or a passenger, is indicative of your active role or passive role in your life. If you are in the backseat of the car, then it indicates that you are putting yourself down and are allowing others to take over. This may be a result of low self-esteem or low self-confidence. Overall, this dream symbol is an indication of your dependence and degree of control you have on your life. To see a parked car in your dream, suggests that you need to turn your efforts and energies elsewhere. You may be needlessly spending your energy in a fruitless endeavour. Alternatively, a parked car my symbolize your need to stop and enjoy life. To dream that you are almost hit by a car, suggests that your lifestyle, beliefs or goals may be in conflict with another''s. It may also be symbolic of a jolting experience or injured pride. *Please see Also Automobile.

Automobiles - Vehicles that you ride in usually reflect two things; the direction you are heading in life, and your body. (the thing you travel or "ride" through life in) This might vary if you are a mechanic or designer of vehicles. Unusually over exposure to a specific vehicle type may easily change the meaning. The condition of the vehicle might give you an idea of your health. Driving an old beat up car down a muddy road on a stormy night would be considered a pretty bad dream! However flying a Lear jet through blue skies with a song in your heart and the wind at your tail would be a rather good dream. :)

Breakdown - To dream that your vehicle breaks down, suggests that you may be pushing yourself too hard and going beyond your limits. You are in danger of driving yourself toward physical difficulties, hardships, and even illness. You need to take better care of yourself or re-evaluate your choices and alternatives.

Airliner - Similar to Bus...a common carrier. The passenger is "taken" by the circumstances toward a destination without doing the "driving" themselves. Unless one is flying their own airliner, it probably represents a sort of destiny of their current path toward some goals. NOT hands on, in other words. But since it is travelling through air, it might represent a spiritual direction or goal or purpose.

Vehicle - You, your ego, your personality, your life and it''s direction. Who is driving? Where are you sitting? If you are in the driver''s seat then you are in control of (or wish to take control) of your life. If someone else is in the driver''s seat, they may be controlling your life. Are you riding on all four wheels? If not, something may be missing in your life. Are the tires flat? You may feel your life is going no where. Are there others with you? These may be unknown (or known but repressed) aspects of your personality. What color is the automobile? If it is red if may symbolize anger on your part.

Cars - Your reputation will be soiled if you dream of buying a car. You may owe someone money if you dream of selling a car.

Cars - Cruising along, going somewhere, a journey. Out of control: Not in control of circumstances or of one self

Vehicle - To dream that you are riding in a vehicle (car, boat, trains, etc.), denotes that you are in control of your life or that others are exerting power over you depending on who is in the driver''s seat. To dream that you are thrown from a vehicle, symbolizes hasty and unpleasant news.

Journey - Dreaming about traveling in various vehicles represents your path in life, and it may reflect some of our fear and anticipation.

Truck - Relating to employment or job. Work vehicle.

Garage - The area related to a feeling of security (vehicle).

Ambulance - An emergency, but not necessarily in a literal sense. Pay attention to the situation at hand, in the dream as well as in your waking life. A vehicle for healing, such as a part of you that has been neglected. A need to pay attention to your health. Unhealthy situations that require healing.

Brakes - Brakes are a warning dream, and more so if you dream that you braked a vehicle and the brakes failed. Failing brakes are a warning not to accept a new offer that you have just been presented with, as there are well hidden snags that can harm more that help. The action of braking itself is an idiom telling you to ''put the brakes on'', whether it is business or love, or even some impetuous act that could cause you legal trouble. You should also check your brakes on your personal vehicle.

Park - If you dream of a public park, a new lover will soon enter your life. You may have made a minor mistake at work if you dream of being lost in a park. If you dream of parking a vehicle, you need to evaluate the current relationships in your life, one of them is not working out well.

Accelerator - A properly functioning accelerator, gas pedal, or throttle on a motor vehicle indicates you will achieve your goals by your own efforts.

Firetruck - Most often vehicles symbolize the dreamer. A large vehicle may suggest abundant emotions or aspects of your psyche. Fire often symbolizes passion, anger, greed.

Camper - A person who leaves their worries behind. Do you worry too much? Also it is a covering for your vehicle, your ego. Are you covering up something within yourself or from someone else? You may be dwelling on a situation and it is time to move forward.

Vehicles - Transportation. Movement. Looking for a medium to get where you want to be.

Dump truck - To see or drive a dump truck in your dream, suggests that you need to get rid of the burden that you have been carrying around with you. This dream symbol may be related to some major change.

Boys - Any dream that you have that features boys in any activity is a good omen and bodes well for the dreamer in whatever he/she is undertaking at the present time. Of course, if the boys are injured, or otherwise beset, then you must take the dream to mean an ill omen. Brakes: Brakes are a warning dream, and more so if you dream that you braked a vehicle and the brakes failed. Failing brakes are a warning not to accept a new offer that you have just been presented with, as there are well hidden snags that can harm more that help. The action of braking itself is an idiom telling you to ''put the brakes on'', whether it is business or love, or even some impetuous act that could cause you legal trouble. You should also check your brakes on your personal vehicle.

Ride - To dream that you are riding an animal or vehicle, symbolizes the path and direction of your life. Alternatively, it may indicate that you are going along with another''s plans and ideas. In particular, to dream that you are riding a bicycle, motorcycle, or horse symbolizes the rhythm of some sexual act.

Axle - Disaster is predicted by a dream of breaking an axle on any kind of vehicle. To dream of mending an axle or fitting a new one is a sign of improvement in conditions.

Accident - An accident dream would normally fall under the category of a warning from your subconscious mind telling you to steer clear of whatever was involved in the dream accident, no matter what it is. Many lives have been saved by heeding such a dream. If the dream involves a car then you should endeavor to walk as much as possible, but use extra caution when you are approached by a vehicle. Take a different flight at least two days later if an airplane, watch out for WHATEVER is involved. If the dream is about a sea accident and you do not plan to travel by ship or boat, then this is an omen having to do with love affairs. If the accident involves an archaic, outdated, mode of travel then it will pertain to business reversals.