Is your Wife a "back seat driver "

[jetboatperformance]

In the 6 years on the road prior to JBP traveling California daily I literally drove a half million miles . I am a good driver BUT the wife I dearly love is a Backseat driver

 

[BIGRED9158]

In 6 years on the road traveling California daily I literally drove a half million miles . I am a good driver BUT the wife I dearly love is a Backseat driver

Haha last week we were driving she was complaining about how I was driving i pulled over got out of the car Walked to her side and said her you go you drive princess it was the longest walk back home ever

 

[Mandelon]

My wife is usually the passenger but is always bracing for impact. Putting her feet up or down, and hanging on. I've never even been close to a wreck with her in the car. Get your damn feet off the dash! When the airbag goes off your legs are going with it.

She will also help me drive from the backseat if that is an option.

20 years ago she was more fun in the backseat.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Haha last week we were driving she was complaining about how I was driving i pulled over got out of the car Walked to her side and said her you go you drive princess it was the longest walk back home ever

Yore still yung. Should have invested in the remote kill switch before playing that game.

 

[BIGRED9158]

Yore still yung. Should have invested in the remote kill switch before playing that game.

Joke was on her I had the key fob it beeped all the way home for her

 

[Sleek-Jet]

My wife is usually the passenger but is always bracing for impact. Putting her feet up or down, and hanging on. I've never even been close to a wreck with her in the car. Get your damn feet off the dash! When the airbag goes off your legs are going with it.

She will also help me drive from the backseat if that is an option.

20 years ago she was more fun in the backseat.

Totally can sympathize. My wife is always grabbing for the door/oh shit handle and gasping at the slightest hint of brake lights.

Or better yet any car that even inches towards the line between lanes.

And either I'm "hauling ass" or "driving like an old man".

We've actually got in screaming arguments over the behaviour. LOL.

 

[Ziggy]

Maybe I should just not say anything.

 

[Shlbyntro]

thats what single cab pickups are for

 

[Nordie]

My wife never complains about my driving, mostly because she can play on her phone or read her kindle. She hates driving...it's nice though she's not backseat driving. If she ever tried to pull that stunt I'd remind her about whose been in an accident and whom has never been in an accident.

 

[Instigator]

I keep telling my wife that if I need her help I will surely ask for it and if she insists on helping on her own I am going to paint the passenger side of the windshield fucking black. The usual reply is " OK, fine. But I'm gonna laugh my ass off when you get in a wreck. To which I reply, " I have driven 10 to 20 times the miles you do every day in way more situations than you do on any day all by myself and without your help or having any wrecks for more than 40 years so I think I will be just fine."
She usually comes back again and says " OK, fine. And then I tell her " Thank you, and the next time we have to drive a standard transmission I will extend the same courtesy to you as well. "
That usually shuts her up or she says "Fuck off!"
Because she can't drive a standard transmission to save her ass.
Lol

 

[musicFunsun]

Maybe I should just not say anything.

Smartest post in this thread

 

[JDKRXW]

My wife is usually the passenger but is always bracing for impact.

Mine is 1000% all of this.

 

[Sandlord]

Yes,
her backseat driving has probably saved me from being in about a dozen accidents.
coincidently, the only time there has been a close-call, was when she was in the car.

 

[Sharky]

My wife says nothing when I drive. . . .

When she is driving, it's a different story. I'm usually putting my foot through the floor board on the imaginary brake pedal or clenching up my butt cheeks waiting for the air bags to go off. Some times, I think I have sucked the passenger seat frame up through my ass.

I don't say anything while she is driving, that just makes matters even worse. Clench up the cheeks, say a prayer and try to remember if I made the insurance policy payments.

 

[caribbean20]

aren’t they all

 

[TrollerDave]

My wife is usually the passenger but is always bracing for impact. Putting her feet up or down, and hanging on. I've never even been close to a wreck with her in the car. Get your damn feet off the dash! When the airbag goes off your legs are going with it.

She will also help me drive from the backseat if that is an option.

20 years ago she was more fun in the backseat.

My wife is a bracer too. Scares the crap out of me cause it’s think she seeing something I don’t.

My wife when I drive

Me when my wife drives

And yet she has me do most of the driving.

 

[poncho]

Old joke, dog in the living room window has saved us from a thousand homicides with the barking, that used to be my Wife, I think she realized she would be the cause of the accident.

I would literally scream at her as I'm trying to figure out what I need to avoid. I tell her riding motorcycles on the street taught me to see what's going on 2 blocks ahead what she sees now I already processed a block back.

In my Vette I can't shake her, makes zero sense.

 

[Badchoices03]

I drive many miles around SoCal, Arizona, Las Vegas, etc for work…I have been in one at fault accident 30 years ago when I was a teenager and have had one moving violation for rolling a stop sign…my wife has had a few accidents and has been ticketed a couple of times for following too closely…yet she holds on for dear life and in general is always telling me how to drive…smh

 

[Gramps]

my wife INVENTED back seat driving

 

[4Waters]

I drive to and from work, drive a ambulance code 3 (past job) and now drive a 10 wheel dump truck in Los Angeles traffic all day without a single close call, as soon as she is in the car I will have had 100 near accidents before I pull out of the driveway

 

[Javajoe]

My wife says nothing when I drive. . . .

When she is driving, it's a different story. I'm usually putting my foot through the floor board on the imaginary brake pedal or clenching up my butt cheeks waiting for the air bags to go off. Some times, I think I have sucked the passenger seat frame up through my ass.

I don't say anything while she is driving, that just makes matters even worse. Clench up the cheeks, say a prayer and try to remember if I made the insurance policy payments.

Totally the same. I normally just stare at the floor board as we get on the fwy doing 100 crossing all the lanes to get in the car pool. Her Model 3 makes that experience even more scary. She drives like we’re late wherever we are going.

 

[MPHSystems]

My wife is like that, she’s always telling me how to drive. She’s saying stupid stuff like: “keep the car on the ground” Or “don’t jump that” or don’t go up that”. I think she should just stay at the RV sometimes.

 

[TomD]

So bad I have threatened to leave her on the side of the road several times.

 

[DarkJuJu]

after 34 years I cant tell you 4G/5G coverage while traveling has saved my marriage (maybe/probably )

 

[Deckin Around]

anyone else’s wife wear out the passenger floor mat thinking she has some magic drivers ed brake pedal on her side?

 

[Ziggy]

after 34 years I cant tell you 4G/5G coverage while traveling has saved my marriage (maybe/probably )

It's made mine worse since her attention isn't out the windows anymore. She'll see something out of the corner of her eye and freak out......that was just a car in the lane next to us my dear.
Also, as said by @poncho , most anything she may warn me about I've already seen/processed.

 

[Desert Whaler]

Had a girlfriend chirping in my ear on the way to the river one time towing. . . she wanted to stop for a pee break around the imperial sand dunes. I said, "Cool, and we can switch spots since you seem to want to drive so much" . . . she shut up the rest of the way.

 

[TPC]

We were on St Anthony Dunes just North side of the Super Bowls.
We parked for a drink and spotters appeared on the top of the dune never looked down to see if was clear below.

Read that: never looked to see if the area was clear of people.

They gave the all clear to the rider on a paddle-tire equipped motorcycle and I calmly said to the wife start the Can Am and get moving. I saw what was coming
Ali responded with a lecture about me being a back seat driver as the motorcyclist landed inches away.

If we had been in the 4 seat Can Am,,,

 

[DrunkenSailor]

That sharp intake of breath.... she doesn't do it much anymore as I have made fun of her mercilessly for it. Dealing with her going into mini labor in the passenger seat is way better than letting her drive. Jesus... Her tires are square with all the flat spots from her locking up the brakes.... My kids don't want to go to Disneyland anymore because the ride to the park is more exciting than the rides when they get there.

 

[2Driver]

One of my favs

 

[rivermobster]

In the 6 years on the road prior to JBP traveling California daily I literally drove a half million miles . I am a good driver BUT the wife I dearly love is a Backseat driver

HA!

Send me $10k by noon tomorrow, or I'm texting this thread to Rhonda.

I'm rich! Woohoo!!!


P. S. I'm in Avilla Beach right now!

 

[Cdog]

Yes. Her idea of "safe" driving is being a timid pussy that gets in line like a cunt and waits for the dumb shit in front to make up their mind. Or driving a Audi Q7 behind a delivery or gardening truck because she's not confident enough to go around and merge back into traffic,


That's not me kid.......


Opposites attract.. LOL!

 

[jetboatperformance]

My favorite passive comment is " A cop would write you a ticket for that if he saw you" (California rolling stop) Or "you didnt signal"

 

[MPHSystems]

So bad I have threatened to leave her on the side of the road several times.

I’ve actually gotten out of the car and taken an Uber home. Left her with the keys.

 

[17 10 Flat]

Yes receive all sorts of help, kinda. Clutching, pushing imaginary brakes yelling.
Although when she drives if a car taps it's brakes 200 feet ahead she literally stands the car on it's nose. If I mention maybe get your depth perception checked....that doesn't go well.

 

[Your ad here]

Yes. Her idea of "safe" driving is being a timid pussy that gets in line like a cunt and waits for the dumb shit in front to make up their mind. Or driving a Audi Q7 behind a delivery or gardening truck because she's not confident enough to go around and merge back into traffic,


That's not me kid.......


Opposites attract.. LOL!

In fairness the drivers in your area are out for the kill and always driving the wrong way. 1 wrong move and its destruction.

 

[Your ad here]

I've been lucky. Most of the time whoever's is riding with me falls asleep. I don't know if it's the bouncing and sound of the diesel engine, 4wd 7.3, that rocks them to sleep or if they get exhausted from listening to the nonsense that comes out my mouth.

 

[Justsomeguy]

Yeah....ziggy has it right.

 

[endobear]

Yep. Drives me nuts.
She does keep her yap shut when we are in the rzr and back when we had a sandrail and jeep.
She mostly keeps quiet when I'm towing.
Except she thinks we can tow and park anywhere a car can go.

 

[DaytonaBabe]

I'll stop as soon as he stops driving my truck like it is his CTS. A 2500HD doesn't stop like a car. Stop tailgating, dummy!

 

[Your ad here]

Yep. Drives me nuts.
She does keep her yap shut when we are in the rzr and back when we had a sandrail and jeep.
She mostly keeps quiet when I'm towing.
Except she thinks we can tow and park anywhere a car can go.

That was always annoying. I want Starbucks, okay find one. So we get to Starbucks and I just keep going. You passed it, where am I going to park with a 35' trailer attached to the truck for a drink you take a picture of to post then only take 2 sips from it? and it adds an hour to the drive. Silence... I didn't wear my seatbelt incase I had to abandon the truck.

 

[jetboatperformance]

From Nationwide Insurance blog : https://blog.nationwide.com/vehicle/vehicle-safety/are-you-backseat-driver/

 

[CoolCruzin]

I think I would crash with out her back seat driving. That’s what she says.

 

[Desert Whaler]

When Pops rides shotgun, he still checks the passenger side view mirror every time I make a lane change.
I keep my yap shut & never say a word . . . he's 90, so he gets a pass.
Still cracks me up . . . must be the 'Dad Thing'.

 

[havasuhusker]

And either I'm "hauling ass" or "driving like an old man".

My wife to a Tee!

 

[pixrthis]

My wife tells me I wouldn’t like to be passenger with me driving, she’s 100% correct. I don’t like it when she’s driving but try hard not to say anything, sometimes I fail.

 

[Havasu Surfer]

Funny how they can be such hypocrites. I just let her drive the majority of the time and then I order a drink. Thanks for being the DD babe.

 

[MPHSystems]

RE Cycle
RE Use
RE New
RE Think

 

[240Hallett]

RE Cycle
RE Use
RE New
RE Think

Apparently, the greenies didn’t think that one out very well!

 

[DWC]

She’s an occasional lurker so..