Soldato
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Hate people in the front passenger seat who have no spatial awareness and insist that I'm to close to something on the driver side, when in fact I'm miles away from it. 
Backseat Driver Hate Thread
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I had a GF like that. I calmly stopped on the side of the road and asked her to get out. Job done.
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Also have a mum that decides she needs to brake for me, thankfully she doesn't say much anymore. GF is alright as a passenger, even whilst on motorways which is surprising, however I once lined up for an overtake on a bus on an NSL country lane (conditions were textbook perfect) and I was very sternly and seriously told if I committed to the overtake I would be dumped then and there. She has since relaxed and doesn't mind an overtake lol.
Have one friend who actually needs someone to be a backseat driver however, his road awareness is terrible, doesn't grasp the concept of motorway lanes, fails to look right approaching a roundabout, and will plant his foot on occasions that are just not appropriate. For those wondering, yes, he does drive a VAG 1.9TDi.
Have one friend who actually needs someone to be a backseat driver however, his road awareness is terrible, doesn't grasp the concept of motorway lanes, fails to look right approaching a roundabout, and will plant his foot on occasions that are just not appropriate. For those wondering, yes, he does drive a VAG 1.9TDi.
When driving my mum around she never shuts up. 'your driving too fast' 'slow down' 'watch out for on coming cars' its as if I had a driving test or something. And now my parents make a joke of every time we go for a meal or something, it wasn't funny then and, its not ever going to be funny. One day I will snap i swear.
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I'm going to being driving my mum up to Scotland next week. There will be an hour long debate where she will try to justify why it's best just to drive only in the middle lane.
Kill her, now. Interestingly, what is the argument for these morons that think sitting in the middle lane is acceptable? (sorry to call your mother a moron, but well, y'know
).please beat your mother to death,
i'm sure ocuk motors will have a whip round to get you a decent lawyer for the above.
my other half also has a bad habit of slapping dashboards and other such outbursts of sheer terror in braking situations ie you approach a roundabout and if you don't start slamming the anchors on and dropping to a crawl at the 300 yard marker its a panic moment, god help me if I actually decide not to stop at a roundabout and continue when clear.
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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.
On the odd occasion when I've given my gfs dad a lift, he has this 'are you on brands hatch' line that I didn't really understand but I eventually twigged that he says it every time I go around a corner, and I'm not even really trying. Meh.
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!'
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!'
