Backseat Driver Hate Thread

[Grimley]

If I ever have my old man in the car he is like that.

He means well, but it is annoying.

You're not alone, mine is like that too. He thinks he's still teaching me to drive after 27 years it unnerves me sometimes but other times I think 'whatever'

 

[DogsBody]

My favourite backseat driver moment happened 8 years ago a few weeks after I passed my test.
Was on the A406 and my mum was in the passengers seat, I was in the middle lane and the lights went green and both lanes starting moving.

My mum grabbed the side of the door and shouted 'Deep you're rolling backwards!'

I looked at her, shook my head and said 'no Mum my handbrake is on, they're moving forward!'

To be fair I was parking my car in Asda one day when the car next to me statrted to move, I had my handbrake on and I thought it had failed for a brief second, my GF found that hilarious

 

[Skilid]

My passengers know to shut the **** up otherwise they walk.

Apart from my mother

 

[HangTime]

My mum grabbed the side of the door and shouted 'Deep you're rolling backwards!'

That is definitely not a line one wants a mother to utter.

I don't think I'm too bad a passenger as I've learnt to bite my tongue about most things where I don't perceive there to be an imminent danger. I think there are two types of 'advice' that passengers can offer:

1) Advising on general driving matters e.g. move back in from the outside lane when there are cars behind, park a bit closer to the kerb, 'go after this car' when at a junction, switch your indicators/full beams etc
2) Alerting the driver to dangers they appear not to be aware of such as passenger side kerb, or if there is a problem ahead and they haven't adjusted speed just appear to to be going to drive straight into the back of something (bearing in mind she normally brakes very gently and early when pulling up to a junction or whatever).

So basically I never really do #1 anymore as it usually results in an argument with my wife, #2 puts her in a huff as well but I justify that by saying I'm not going to let us have an accident

 

[One]

My 2 year old keeps telling me "both hands" as I generally use one hand when travelling along straight roads, don't know where she's picked it up from though, must teach them young at nursery these days.

Only time I use two hand is if I'm driving fast and steering actually requires more than a finger or two to hold in place.

 

[Imy]

As a front seat passenger, my brother used to lean forward at junctions to check for cars coming as if he was the one driving. Kept getting in my way!