re: is your wife/gf a good driver?

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is your wife/gf a good driver?

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Not at all. She has the attention span of a goldfish unless a Hallmark or Hallmark like movie is on. Has no idea where her tires or bumpers are when making lane changes, turns, or parking. Has to be the DJ and control carplay, but refuses to use Siri, so constantly staring at the head unit while picking through either 90's rap, 2000's boy bands, or british sounding guys who are a genre I would call John Mayerish. She hits curbs, runs with a tire on the white or on the shoulder, drives through the yard, has hit my truck pulling into the garage, and has no idea she does it. Has literally asked why no grass grows in spots or why she constantly has flats/punctures/wheel rash.

All that said she may be a worse navigator. Has no clue what is left and what is right and will say turn left up here in metro freeway traffic, and after you make your way across five lanes asks if you're going to get over or not because the turn is in a quarter mile. That could be fixed if she would have navigation on carplay, but then it interrupts the music that her and my teenager are belting out, so navigation needs to be muted and she'll let you know when you need to do something. She also likes to grab the "Oh shite bar" and nervously let me know someone an 1/8th a mile in front of me is stopped... as I am slowing down for the same redlight.

She is a lot of things, and most of those are good , but she is neither a good driver or passenger.

I’d like to say she isn’t but I’m the one that taught her to drive. So I’ll just say she could be better. She gets her and the kids safely from the house to wherever she’s going. It is the general sense of direction and lack of attention to surroundings that gets her. That and not knowing how to use technology effectively to get out of a jam.

The question is - are you a good passenger when your wife/gf is driving?

My wife drives like an old person.

She had to rush me to the ER once, and she still drove like a maw-maw going to the hospital…..Once I regained all my senses, I gave her the biggest fussing of my life.

Don't take the bait.

Shes a very good driver. Just irks the shite out of me when she stops for a yellow light. Shes almost too safe!

Surprisingly yes, even though she didn't drive when she was younger and I taught her as an adult (manual and automatic).
My (somewhat arbitrary) condition for a good driver is whether or not I'm silently going nuts with fear in the passenger seat. I'm mostly very comfortable when she's driving.

Several years ago we were driving separate cars on I95 through Providence RI. I was behind her and she threw a tie rod. She got the car over beautifully and safely. I was and am still impressed and proud. That move went a long way toward my trusting her driving.

In her early days of driving (and still learning) a manual transmission, we were spending the winter on Treasure Island, FL, which is a barrier island. Large drawbridges separate the Island from the mainland and traffic backs up on the (moderately steep) uphill when the drawbridge is up. The fear on her face was palpable getting ready to start uphill from a dead stop. (Dick move, but I was dying with laughter). I told her just mash the gas and come off the clutch, and stay calm. She did fine, but I enjoyed it.

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know how "The Intimidator" died?

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know how sarcasm works?

Yes, she is a good driver, but I drive most of the time no matter what. She prefers to look. On the rare occasions when I'm not driving, no matter who is driving, it kind of makes me nervous, not because they are a poor driver, but just because I'm not in control. Didn't used to be that way.