Is your wife a terrifying driver?

Drake · 09-19-2017, 06:44 PM

I'm pretty sure that if you had to take a driving test to keep your license, my wife would have lost hers long ago.

Am I the only one?

(For the record, I drive 99% of the time. It's literally only once or twice a year that I talk myself into it being okay to let my wife drive. Today was one of those days. I'm just happy to be alive.)

molson · 09-19-2017, 06:59 PM

I'm the bad driver in my relationship.

Drake · 09-19-2017, 07:14 PM

I've got a buddy in the same situation. His wife drives all the time because he scares even himself.

I don't remember my wife being a bad driver, but at some point in the last decade or so, she just completely lost the skill. I can pretty much count on any time she drives herself somewhere, there's going to be a "...and then I almost ran somebody off the road because I didn't see them in my blind spot..." story at the dinner table.

SirBlurton · 09-19-2017, 07:21 PM

What a horrible, judgmental and socially unacceptable question!
And also, yes.

Groundhog · 09-19-2017, 07:41 PM

I only got my license like a month ago at age 35, but the answer is still yes. Even when she was teaching me she would repeatedly tell me to break the road rules and I would have to instruct her why I'm not doing what ever crazy thing she was telling me to do.

tarcone · 09-19-2017, 07:44 PM

I hate riding in the car when my wife is driving. I have to be distracted to ride with her. A book or the ipad is with me when she drives.
SHe is directionally challenged. Has a hard time following the gps' directions. Is timid.

Ugh.

EagleFan · 09-19-2017, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

I'm the bad driver in my relationship.

Turn in your man card....

stevew · 09-19-2017, 08:05 PM

1. Stop signs are optional in any parking lot.
2. Drive in the center/near the center, cause other cars can move.
3. Randomly miss turns then overcorrect rapidly.

I'm terrified.

Eaglesfan27 · 09-19-2017, 08:45 PM

My wife is an excellent driver usually and is the preferred driver when we go into New York City.

Critch · 09-19-2017, 09:57 PM

I can't drive so my wife always drives, she's a good driver.

Some people were born to drive, some people were born to be driven.

Warhammer · 09-19-2017, 11:12 PM

The passenger compartment in my wife's car has a worn spot where the brake pedal would be.

TCY Junkie · 09-20-2017, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

The passenger compartment in my wife's car has a worn spot where the brake pedal would be.

The tough part is remembering to say stop stop stop stop a hundred times a seconds as yelling might scare and lead to worse.

BYU 14 · 09-20-2017, 06:51 AM

I couldn't tell you, I never let her drive when we go anywhere together. Why take the chance

Butter · 09-20-2017, 07:03 AM

My wife and I are equally good drivers, I think, but we also think that each other are equally bad at it.

We have similar habits of general aggressiveness that scare the other. Alas.

Fidatelo · 09-20-2017, 08:05 AM

My wife is a fine driver but a terrible passenger. Yes, I know the car before me is braking. My foot is hovering on the brake pedal, but I'm not hitting it yet because I can see the flow of traffic ahead, gauge all our speeds, and know there is a 99% chance I never need to press it. And if I do need to, I can, and I will. So relax.

JAG · 09-20-2017, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

I'm the bad driver in my relationship.

This. She's also amazing at finding parking spots on city streets.

JeeberD · 09-21-2017, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

My wife is a fine driver but a terrible passenger. Yes, I know the car before me is braking. My foot is hovering on the brake pedal, but I'm not hitting it yet because I can see the flow of traffic ahead, gauge all our speeds, and know there is a 99% chance I never need to press it. And if I do need to, I can, and I will. So relax.

This, 100%.

DanGarion · 09-27-2017, 06:36 PM

My wife is a great driver... Except for the fact she is so passive with the way she drives. She never takes the right of way in situations that really call for someone to be defensively aggressive.

Mind you I used to be a certified defensive driving trainer and had to do professional evaluations in a former life.

SteveM58 · 09-27-2017, 08:30 PM

My wife is a good (but fast) driver. I think its the Polyglas.

Sexist Ad? - Female Driving Scary - Tires (1960s) - YouTube

(Sorry...can't figure out how to embed this in the post.)

09-19-2017, 06:59 PM	#2
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I'm the bad driver in my relationship. Last edited by molson : 09-19-2017 at 07:00 PM.

09-19-2017, 07:41 PM	#5
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I only got my license like a month ago at age 35, but the answer is still yes. Even when she was teaching me she would repeatedly tell me to break the road rules and I would have to instruct her why I'm not doing what ever crazy thing she was telling me to do. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

09-19-2017, 07:44 PM	#6
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	I hate riding in the car when my wife is driving. I have to be distracted to ride with her. A book or the ipad is with me when she drives. SHe is directionally challenged. Has a hard time following the gps' directions. Is timid. Ugh. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

09-19-2017, 08:45 PM	#9
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	My wife is an excellent driver usually and is the preferred driver when we go into New York City. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

09-20-2017, 07:03 AM	#14
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	My wife and I are equally good drivers, I think, but we also think that each other are equally bad at it. We have similar habits of general aggressiveness that scare the other. Alas. __________________ My listening habits

09-19-2017, 07:14 PM	#3
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	I've got a buddy in the same situation. His wife drives all the time because he scares even himself. I don't remember my wife being a bad driver, but at some point in the last decade or so, she just completely lost the skill. I can pretty much count on any time she drives herself somewhere, there's going to be a "...and then I almost ran somebody off the road because I didn't see them in my blind spot..." story at the dinner table.

09-19-2017, 07:21 PM	#4
SirBlurton High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2007	What a horrible, judgmental and socially unacceptable question! And also, yes.

09-19-2017, 08:05 PM	#8
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	1. Stop signs are optional in any parking lot. 2. Drive in the center/near the center, cause other cars can move. 3. Randomly miss turns then overcorrect rapidly. I'm terrified.

09-19-2017, 09:57 PM	#10
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	I can't drive so my wife always drives, she's a good driver. Some people were born to drive, some people were born to be driven.

09-19-2017, 11:12 PM	#11
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	The passenger compartment in my wife's car has a worn spot where the brake pedal would be.

09-20-2017, 06:51 AM	#13
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	I couldn't tell you, I never let her drive when we go anywhere together. Why take the chance

09-20-2017, 08:05 AM	#15
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	My wife is a fine driver but a terrible passenger. Yes, I know the car before me is braking. My foot is hovering on the brake pedal, but I'm not hitting it yet because I can see the flow of traffic ahead, gauge all our speeds, and know there is a 99% chance I never need to press it. And if I do need to, I can, and I will. So relax. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime." Last edited by Fidatelo : 09-20-2017 at 08:06 AM.

09-27-2017, 06:36 PM	#18
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	My wife is a great driver... Except for the fact she is so passive with the way she drives. She never takes the right of way in situations that really call for someone to be defensively aggressive. Mind you I used to be a certified defensive driving trainer and had to do professional evaluations in a former life. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO! Last edited by DanGarion : 09-27-2017 at 06:38 PM.

09-27-2017, 08:30 PM	#19
SteveM58 Mascot Join Date: Jan 2017	My wife is a good (but fast) driver. I think its the Polyglas. Sexist Ad? - Female Driving Scary - Tires (1960s) - YouTube (Sorry...can't figure out how to embed this in the post.) Last edited by SteveM58 : 09-27-2017 at 08:32 PM.

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