Annoying passenger traits

the_pen_turner

something similar was asked on newstalk earlier.

what things that passangers do drive you mad

iphone6

Changing the radio station or going at the heating/aircon controls

Cash_Q

Telling me when a car is coming when I'm reversing out of a parking space/driveway etc - I can see them, I know how to drive (passenger doesn't)

Leaning and craning their neck to check if another car is coming when in above situations - blocking my view

Wincing/jumping when a car ahead does something stupid like brake hard/cuts in, when I've already reacted accordingly

Shouting "dickhead" and getting stressed at other cars doing stupid things that really wouldn't be that shocking or novel if they were in the car as much as I am

Seth Brundle

Telling me to slow down

delly

Leaving the mirror exposed when the passenger side sun visor is flipped down. It catches the road markings as I fly by, a very simple, yet completely head wrecking thing.

Richmond Ultra

Falling asleep on a long journey.

JenovaProject

Not calling out pace notes while I pretend to be Colin McRae

Sneak

Telling me to wake up when I've drifted off for a sec. I'm only resting my eyes ffs.

Odyssey 2005

Cash_Q wrote: »

Telling me when a car is coming when I'm reversing out of a parking space/driveway etc - I can see them, I know how to drive (passenger doesn't)

Leaning and craning their neck to check if another car is coming when in above situations - blocking my view

Wincing/jumping when a car ahead does something stupid like brake hard/cuts in, when I've already reacted accordingly

Shouting "dickhead" and getting stressed at other cars doing stupid things that really wouldn't be that shocking or novel if they were in the car as much as I am

ARE you a taxi driver ?;)

EPAndlee

Feet on the dashboard

wrangler

EPAndlee wrote: »

Feet on the dashboard

Saw a story on the paper where a passenger in that position got their knees pushed into their face when the airbag exploded in a crash.

https://www.joe.ie/fitness-health/dashboard-car-accident-story-597886

I doubt you'd ever put your feet on the dashboard again after reading that.

Tzardine

I drive a motorbike 90% of the time and as it is Ireland this means that most of the time it is raining. As a result I am used to having to look through my visor with lots of water on it.

Consequentially I will often not put the wipers on in the car until they are really needed. I am not trying to be stingy, or save the wiper blades , I just dont really notice or get bothered by the small drops of water on the windscreen.

My wife has developed a habit of reaching over and flicking the wiper stalk when I am driving.

I am so close to punching her in the ovaries.

Cerco

Slamming the door.

backspin.

Leaning their knee over too close to the gear box and then I end up banging off their knee when changing gear.

stampydmonkey

The total lack of appreciation for one of my good farts

Dog walker 1234

Driving from the passenger seat. 'Mind that pothole', 'Careful, they could brake suddenly', ' Get ready, the lights are going to change' etc

It would make you want to strangle them!

whippet

Phantom brake pedal .. my missus has a great habit of hitting an imaginary break pedal

Mint Sauce

Left hand death grip on the handle, and right hand on the dash for every obstruction, junction, red light, and roundabout.

Glass fused light

Moving the aim passenger air vent off the corner of the window,

I dont care if you are too hot or too cold that's to defrost my window in the cold.

EPAndlee wrote: »

Feet on the dashboard

Airbag :eek::eek:^^ is a big no no for me, don't even cross your knees.

Ave Sodalis

Seth Brundle wrote:

Telling me to slow down

My granny is awful for this. She doesn't drive, nor has she ever. One day I was giving her a lift to the shop and the car was a bit slow to start. When it was started, I revved it a small bit to make sure it wasn't going to cut out on me again. Then I reversed out of the drive and started to drive off down our narrow country road. I looked over to see she had a death grip on the seat. I asked if she was okay, and she asked if I was in a hurry or something. When I pointed out I was actually going 20 mph (we were only about 2/300 metres down the road at this point, and the road is bendy) and if I went any slowed I'd stop, all I got was "hmmm". Nearly kicked her out there and then.

MyStubbleItches

As mentioned by a previous poster, while waiting to cross at a junction. Passenger leans forward in their seat to look for traffic from the left, completely blocking my view. I've sometimes (if there's no one behind me) just sat there looking at them, waiting for them to turn around to me to ask why I didn't go. Because I'm driving and I can't see with your big head in the way. Wife automatically pushes herself back in the seat these days as she's learned from years ago!

As a farmer I worked for as a teenager taught me about driving tractors and trailers on the road - 'Can't see, can't drive'.

Mint Sauce

Ave Sodalis wrote: »

My granny is awful for this. She doesn't drive, nor has she ever. One day I was giving her a lift to the shop and the car was a bit slow to start. When it was started, I revved it a small bit to make sure it wasn't going to cut out on me again. Then I reversed out of the drive and started to drive off down our narrow country road. I looked over to see she had a death grip on the seat. I asked if she was okay, and she asked if I was in a hurry or something. When I pointed out I was actually going 20 mph (we were only about 2/300 metres down the road at this point, and the road is bendy) and if I went any slowed I'd stop, all I got was "hmmm". Nearly kicked her out there and then.

My gran is the best passenger EVER! Would sit on with nearly anyone. The only complant that she has about my car is how low the seats are, and how difficult it is to get in and out. In her defence she is nearly 90, so will let her off.



Anyone one else who complants about the seats, gets the standard, but their factory, its the sports model, I am not getting a sensible car, etc etc.

Eric Cartman

Feet on dashboard / dirtying my door cards sitting obscure ways.

Leaning forward to get something obscuring the left wing mirror

Turning on seat heaters no bother but turning them off when you let them out - not a chance

Leaving empty food packaging in my pockets behind seats

Anyone who reaches over to beep the horn because they saw somebody they know

Leaving bags etc... in view when leaving the car with no consideration for my windows getting put in

Passengers insisting on doing tge google maps / nav bit , always forget to tell you to turn

colm_mcm

Tissues left in door handles

Heroditas

People who hold onto the grab handle when I'm driving. It means their arm is just in my peripheral vision and it's really distracting.
Apart from the fact you'd swear they're going to fall out of the car at any second... :rolleyes:

dmc17

Hogging the armrest :mad:

Atlantic Dawn

Touching the interior windows and leaving smudge marks.
Opening the window when the AC is on, you need to explain to them like they were a child how a fridge works.
Eating and/or leaving rubbish in the car after them.
Changing the radio or adjusting the volume, my car my tunes.
Putting the seat fully back to go asleep on a journey.
Opening the glove compartment to have a nose at stuff I have stored, why?

backspin.

Someone once stuck chewing gum in the slot on the door where you keep CDs and things. I still don't know who did it but there will be a violent confrontation if I ever do.

Owryan

More one specific person. There is no ashtray in my car, and I have a no smoking rule, yet someone I would give lifts to on a semi regular basis always asks if they can have a fag. It's usually in their hand with the lighter out when they ask.

whiskeyman

Folks who on long drives don't at least offer to throw you a few quid for petrol.
Some don't even say thanks!
I'd be happy if you even bought me a choc ice when we stopped you tight fecker!

bottlebrush

Having a go at me for not using the indicator when I'm driving on a lonely country road and I'm the only car on the road - nobody behind me or in front of me or anywhere around for miles. I mean what's the point when there's nobody to see it!

Henry Ford III

Getting drunk and then falling asleep at the start of a long journey.

I haven't forgotten

job seeker

The usual flicking, tapping, twisting and pressing of radio and/or heater controls..

People smoking in my car is awful though .. I used to smoke myself. But after been off them for over 6 months. You realise how awful it stinks out the interior.

flyingsnail

Waving / indicating to other drivers on side roads that they can pull out in front of me, WTF you are not the one driving. :mad:

And no, you are not getting in the car with that melting ice cream

Tzardine

People that draw / write on the windows when they are foggy.

People that put stuff in your boot and are not careful. ex. Lashing suitcases in the boot and lumping the boot lip out of it.

Using the reading light at night. Distracting as feck.

And slightly OT , but when your other half uses the car and all of the washer fluid. Fill it back up god dam it.

my3cents

Passengers that open the glove box and minutely examine the contents.

BuboBubo

My mother in law (R.I.P. a lovely lady) used to give Mr Bubo "driving lessons" on every journey. Him driving, her in front passenger seat, me behind her (no room behind him, the lanky beast that he is).

"Turn here, slow down, keep in, there's someone behind you. Brakes! Brakes! Go easy, no no no no... , stop! Stop! STOP!!!. Indicator. Go left, left LEFT.. no right...Sorry.. right. There's no one there now... Go ahead. No Stop, woah.. woah..."

The woman never drove in her life...

Glass fused light

BuboBubo wrote: »

My mother in law (R.I.P. a lovely lady) used to give Mr Bubo "driving lessons" on every journey. Him driving, her in front passenger seat, me behind her (no room behind him, the lanky beast that he is).

"Turn here, slow down, keep in, there's someone behind you. Brakes! Brakes! Go easy, no no no no... , stop! Stop! STOP!!!. Indicator. Go left, left LEFT.. no right...Sorry.. right. There's no one there now... Go ahead. No Stop, woah.. woah..."

The woman never drove in her life...

Well she did but it appears he may have recovered from the madness.

Peatys

Bracing for impact when i don't break fast enough for them

my3cents

Peatys wrote: »

Bracing for impact when i don't break fast enough for them

It does beg the question what idiot designed cars with forward facing passenger seats :mad:

jelutong

Cerco wrote: »

Slamming the door.

And the boot more so.

JustJoe7240

Owryan wrote: »

More one specific person. There is no ashtray in my car, and I have a no smoking rule, yet someone I would give lifts to on a semi regular basis always asks if they can have a fag. It's usually in their hand with the lighter out when they ask.

Do you let them? F*ck that, different if you were a smoker yourself.

julyjane

"Why are you going this way I would have gone that way?"

and while not saying I'm going fast, passive aggressive comments like "are you in a hurry?"

people who readjust the volume just to put it on an even number or multiple of 5.

Blahfool

Pressing the imaginary brake pedal. Grrr.

Owryan

JustJoe7240 wrote: »

Do you let them? F*ck that, different if you were a smoker yourself.

Nope, but never stops them asking.

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my3cents

julyjane wrote: »

"Why are you going this way I would have gone that way?"

and while not saying I'm going fast, passive aggressive comments like "are you in a hurry?"

people who readjust the volume just to put it on an even number or multiple of 5.

My wife has a set way of driving into town. It just isn't worth my while if I'm driving to go a different way

Sam Quentin

When they can't clip the bloody seatbelt in, like c'mon they're a universal clip that you have used 100s of times....

When they say "LEFT LEFT IT'S THIS LEFT".. Like jaysizzzz creeeest I've been indicating all of 10secs are you deaf, and then when I actually get to the turn spot.. "YEAH YEAH THIS ONE" ... ok ok don't they know I'm a smooth, comfy braker, do they think I have to press a parachute brake button!?!?

tcawley29

People who bang the door off walls/other doors/bollards

my3cents

tcawley29 wrote: »

People who bang the door off walls/other doors/bollards

And people that open the door when its windy and just let it go and then are surprised when the wind takes it and the hinges nearly rip off the door pillars :mad:

Cash_Q

Odyssey 2005 wrote:

ARE you a taxi driver ?

Maybe my husband sees me as his 😂