My wife say’s I make her nervous when she’s driving. She say’s she feels like she’s on her driving test and feels like she’s under scrutiny when I’m the passenger. I’ve asked the lads and they’ve said the same about their other halves. Is it because we’re professionals or is it an ego thing, in that we think we’re (and we should do in my opinion) better than everyone else on the road? Personally I think I spot hazards and potential hazards/danger way before she does and just can’t contain myself so feel the need to say so. Most of the time I reckon I know what the driver infront is gonna do before they do. Is this what seperates us from those mere mortals?
Yes.
Regards. John.
My wife reminds me of an agency driver I dread Friday’s 
I have always told the wife that her driving improves immeasurably after I’ve had six pints plus on a Saturday night.
I don’t let our lass drive unless I’m desperate, I sit next to her feeling like I want to throw up n shes a rally driver smashing through the gear box. in here defence she has a clean licence and no accidents in 12 years of driving.
To be fair my missus is a bloody good driver. All my doing you understand. She’s 5’0" and used to park our (then) Laguna estate better than most men could park a Focus.
My other half drives my Vectra like she stole it 
Tells me I’m a wuss and that the car responds well to being driven hard (which I have to admit it does).
She’s a 57 year old Accounts Practitioner.
Yikes
And, no she doesn’t drive her own car like that. 
Socketset:
My other half drives my Vectra like she stole itTells me I’m a wuss and that the car responds well to being driven hard (which I have to admit it does).
She’s a 57 year old Accounts Practitioner.
Yikes
And, no she doesn’t drive her own car like that.
I hear ya brother. I call mine Sterling Moss. Lead footed for sure. She’d provably give Lewis Hamilton a run for his money.
My mr’s like to get nice and close to the car in front and I say things like ‘can’t you count to two ?’ and orf we go with a bleeding sulking turn and a 5 mile gap in front of us 
She corners like someone else is paying for the tyres and I sit there watching the fuel consumption going up. But mustn’t grumble.
Surprisingly she’s got better, but it’s taken a while.
When she first past gordon bleeding bennet. She had her car before me, so of course she’d drive. I could cycle to uni but not to my parent’s house.
Sweet mercy I’d never seen anything like it. Rubber burning stops at traffic lights, bouncing off kerbs, blaming other people (okay that never changed).
It only got worse when I started driving trucks
as a passenger I always like to watch the proceeding through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars - try it its brilliant.
Tony Saprano:
My wife say’s I make her nervous when she’s driving. She say’s she feels like she’s on her driving test and feels like she’s under scrutiny when I’m the passenger. I’ve asked the lads and they’ve said the same about their other halves. Is it because we’re professionals or is it an ego thing, in that we think we’re (and we should do in my opinion) better than everyone else on the road? Personally I think I spot hazards and potential hazards/danger way before she does and just can’t contain myself so feel the need to say so. Most of the time I reckon I know what the driver infront is gonna do before they do. Is this what seperates us from those mere mortals?
In a nutshell, yes.
I always feel vulnerable in a wagon. I can’t brake, accelerate or swerve out of trouble. All I can do is anticipate trouble before it happens. My car passengers think I have a spider sense or something, but I think it’s a result of wagon driving.
Captain Caveman 76:
Tony Saprano:
My wife say’s I make her nervous when she’s driving. She say’s she feels like she’s on her driving test and feels like she’s under scrutiny when I’m the passenger. I’ve asked the lads and they’ve said the same about their other halves. Is it because we’re professionals or is it an ego thing, in that we think we’re (and we should do in my opinion) better than everyone else on the road? Personally I think I spot hazards and potential hazards/danger way before she does and just can’t contain myself so feel the need to say so. Most of the time I reckon I know what the driver infront is gonna do before they do. Is this what seperates us from those mere mortals?In a nutshell, yes.
I always feel vulnerable in a wagon. I can’t brake, accelerate or swerve out of trouble. All I can do is anticipate trouble before it happens. My car passengers think I have a spider sense or something, but I think it’s a result of wagon driving.
This guy has it in a nutshell, but for me, it’s a little worst. (If i don’t have to ferry the wife and kids about, shes learning to drive atm) I’m out on the bike, by day 40ton wagon by night 400kg pocket rocket. I have and I expect many others, have the best of 2 worlds, you ■■■■ up your going to kill someone and/or your not going to pick yourself up of the tarmac. She’s just to nervous for me to let her take me out in the car. We Don’t have a expensive car, just a £100 ■■■■■■■■
Mine is an absolute nightmare behind the wheel. Always having road rage out of non events. She’s one of those that floors it before a roundabout because the bloke to the left dared to pull out when she was half a mile away. Next comes the big emergency stop and 5 seconds on the horn. She hates me driving, I do crazy things like 30 round town and let everyone get on with it, pulling out in front etc doesn’t faze me. I can spot a ■■■■ take from a ■■■■ up. I can keep quiet when she drives, until she starts driving like a ■■■■ then it’s a row. Likewise when I drive, it’s ok until she reaches for the horn, usually for a non event. She doesn’t see my point of view that if I hit the horn like she does, I’d have 7 fights a day, no solenoid in the wheel and high blood pressure
Tony Saprano:
My wife say’s I make her nervous when she’s driving. She say’s she feels like she’s on her driving test and feels like she’s under scrutiny when I’m the passenger. I’ve asked the lads and they’ve said the same about their other halves. Is it because we’re professionals or is it an ego thing, in that we think we’re (and we should do in my opinion) better than everyone else on the road? Personally I think I spot hazards and potential hazards/danger way before she does and just can’t contain myself so feel the need to say so. Most of the time I reckon I know what the driver infront is gonna do before they do. Is this what seperates us from those mere mortals?
Absolutely!
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old 67:
Yes.
Regards. John.
+1
Except I’m Gary.
Yep, Mrs Sonflower refuses to drive if I’m in the car.
She keeps telling me I will criticise her driving as I’m an ADI… Thing is, I don’t!
Cheers
Paul
Guess I’m lucky. My missus is a good driver so I let her carry on. I do enough driving at work.
Mind I did teach her everything she knows!
She keeps over to the right on sliproads to give room to trucks on the inside, she gets past trucks quickly not sitting admiring the trailer wheels, things like that.
Mind she’s not perfect. She did ask years ago if my wagon had the cat’s whiskers spray flaps on to ’ keep the tyres clean’!
Mines a loon and scares the crap outa me, but then she’s Greek.
Lane control doesn’t compute, she has a fuse about a millionth of an inch long and no patience whatsoever behind the wheel, it can be like a theme park white knuckle ride.
Juddian:
it can be like a theme park white knuckle ride.
Rikki asked to keep the ■■■■■■ inuendo’s to a minimum mate! 