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Backseat drivers
How do you deal with backseat drivers? My mom and my boyfriend are the absolute worst! With my mom, I tend to get really nervous when she starts up and it greatly affects my driving. And when my boyfriend does it, it just makes me upset to where I just pull over and let him drive.
And I know most of you are going to say talk to them but we all know that doesn't work. I've talked to my mom about it plenty of times and she stop for about 30 seconds until she sees a red light and says something like, "Make sure you don't run that!!" Yeah okay mom, like I don't see the red like AND all the other cars stopped in front of it.
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Don't drive people around. If you have to listen to your cd player or something.
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DeadPoetics idea is really good for dealing with your boyfriends backstreet driving habits.
For your mom however, I think you might just have to deal with it. My mom has done this to me since the day I started driving, and her father still does it to her. I'd work on tuning her out. Or just plain saying "well it'd be a lot easier to concentrate on my driving if you weren't distracting me" or just turn up the radio everytime she speaks. Another idea is any time she drives you anywhere, correct her driving. It might be a little easier because you're fresh from your test so you haven't fallen into bad habits as she may have- make sure she keeps her two hands on the wheel, remind her to check her rearview mirrors, the three second stop at stop sign rules, etc. She may want to strangle you, but it will get your point across.
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Well, as you've already taken the mature route and tried to talk to them, here's something a bit catty you can try:
Next time they do that, pull over and ask them to open the door. Tell them to get out and start walking. Obviously, they're going to tell you you're being crazy, so then just say something like, "Well, since you don't want to walk, you're stuck with me driving. In MY car. If you don't like the way I drive, walk. If You don't want to walk, then stop complaining." That should shut them up nicely. ;)
Good luck!
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