Something that really annoys me when driving

[Nyoibo]

If I have a passenger, usually it's someone who doesn't drive themselves, and when we get to an intersection, they just HAVE to check the traffic on their side, by turning around and blocking the window and mirror, I DON'T FUCKING CARE IF YOU CAN SEE THE CARS COMING!!! I'm the one driving, I'm the one who needs to see them, not you, sit in your damn seat and let me drive, you don't even know how damn it and you telling me I'm clear doesn't cut it, you have no clue how to judge how fast the car is coming and you don't know how fast my car accelerates, I'll decide if I'm clear on that side..

[powerboy]

My grandma does that. She knowes how to drive and yet, when I am driving she is trying to be helpful. But damn, I am the one that judges it. I know if I can make it or not.

[Cats]

I do it sometimes, but only when it's actually going to be HELPFUL. One area we cut through to get to the highway is a dangerous intersection (it's labeled as such), and from one direction, if you have a passenger, it is helpful if they can tell you if someone is comming since they've got a little better of a view (since said passenger actually blocks your view slightly compared to if you didn't have one).

Taking a lef out of downtown sometimes is a nightmare, and on occasion you have room to make a turn but must jump on the opportunity. If driver looks on their side and passenger on theirs, it helps to take that opportunity when it's there but small. Driver gets to judge if they actually WANT to take it, but even so, in busy areas like that, it doesn't hurt to have another pair of eyes, so long as driver doesn't mind the help.

But yeah, I know what you mean. My mom does it with my dad, and I occasionally do it with my best friend, but we only do it when it really is going to be helpful and when they're not going to mind. We're in the cars so much we kind of know how fast their car can move and if they feel safe making it, so it kind of works, FOR US. Some people don't like it, I know. In some parts of my town though, it sometimes can be of help to have an extra pair of eyes.

[DrFaroohk]

I'm the worst back seat driver there is, but I try to limit it to specific situations, like when the guy in front of us stops in the road and puts on his blinker, and my wife will just keep on truckin', as if she's going to keep plowing through at 55 whether or not he's stopped in the road or not.

At that point I would rather say "Uh, car in the road in front of us..." and have her say "Yeah, I know" than be face down in a ditch thinking to myself "I wish I'd have said something!"