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I was wondering how many backroomers still 'drive' the car in which they are a passenger. Does your foot occasionally head instinctively for a non-existent brake pedal?
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Definitely, but only because, at times, it appears that the brake pedal belonging to the driver isn't working ;-)
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Only when absolutely necessary...like "I never take this corner at more than 15 mph mate" resulting in no lack of momentum from the driver, just "It's OK I have ABS."
I won't wake the swear filiter up with my response to that.
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Definitely but only because at times it appears that the brake pedal belonging to the driver isn't working ;-)
that is the constant complaint i get from SWMBO......it's the only thing that causes friction in the car
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My foot has occasionally leapt for the imaginary brake, but in general I either keep quiet unless I can say something genuinely useful. Usually limited to motorways when I might mention it if I've seen heavy braking ahead but I don't think the driver has.
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Yeah I think there are a number of people who probably do or have done, especially anyone who has gone out in a car with a learner driver!!
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Temporarily not a student, where did the time go???
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As a passenger. Mouth clamped shut, foot firmly planted on brake pedal. Surely we all are?.
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It's very rare for me to actually be a passenger but when I am I find myself looking out the sides at junctions to see when it's clear all the time. Have occasionally headed for a brake pedal as well. Not mean to imply any lack of trust in the driver simply a lack of my own ability to switch off and relax!
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When a passenger I can't help but observe the road as if I was driving, but keep my mouth shut unless I'm teaching a learner etc. I'd comment on the driving of a close friend but not someone I didn't know very well.
I was once being driven in a car at 120mph (according to TomTom reading - 130 on the speedo), in the rain, by a tired driver who kept poking his head out the window to wake himself up, in a 7 Series which I would've felt quite safe in if it wasn't for the tyres showing wire. I didn't say anything but I was nervous and tense the entire way.
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I was once being driven in a car at 120mph (according to TomTom reading - 130 on the speedo) in the rain by a tired driver who kept poking his head out the window to wake himself up in a 7 Series which I would've felt quite safe in if it wasn't for the tyres showing wire. I didn't say anything but I was nervous and tense the entire way.
Good Lord Pendulum,
I wouldn't have been able to help myself......it would have been slow down or i'm getting out...and i'm not exaggerating, i promise.
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I was once being driven in a car at 120mph (according to TomTom reading - 130 on the speedo) in the rain by a tired driver who kept poking his head out the window to wake himself up in a 7 Series which I would've felt quite safe in if it wasn't for the tyres showing wire. I didn't say anything but I was nervous and tense the entire way.
I wouldnt even have got in the car! You only get 1 life. If the driver was that careless about his life why would he worry about yours? Pure stupidity !
As for being a passenger I have spent many years as a passenger (co-driver/navigator) in rallly cars and am probably 1 of the most relaxed passengers you will get; if I trust the driver.
You think nothing of getting on a plane/ship/coach etc and trust those in charge of the vehicle? Whats wrong with a car? If you dont trust the driver dont get in the car surely? Most basic rule of life ?
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i am the worlds worst passenger,in fact theres dents in the bulkhead in the passenger floor of the wifes car and ive only been driven 4 times in it in 2 years :-(
i cant help it ive driven myself all these years and find it hard for other people to attain my own high standard (sorry not boasting here just stating my own misearable facts)
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"it would have been slow down or i'm getting out...and i'm not exaggerating, i promise."........
Wife of friend of my father - "If you don't slow down I'm getting out."
Friend of my father - "if you get out you'll break your neck!"
This was in a Jowett Javelin, rapid in its time.
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I think most people know pretty quickly if they can trust someone's driving or not - it's a gut instinct.
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'You can tell as soon as the person touches the wheel...' or words to that precise effect (William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch).
I am very seldom frightened by someone going fast. Never in fact. But a lot of other things scare the bejesus out of me, and it can be very, very difficult to keep quiet about them.
Most of all though, it can be very difficult to keep quiet about the driver being clumsy, taking the wrong line round corners, being in the wrong gear, being jerky, taking too long to get moving when the lights change and going too slowly anyway (this, very often). Mind you I find it quite difficult to keep quiet at the best of times. Rabbit rabbit rabbit... bore myself sometimes.
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It depends on who is driving.
I'm not a passenger very often, but when I am, it is usually my wife driving. I find that the most relaxing thing to do is to look out the side window at the scenery, and just trust her.
Pendulum's story reminded me of the occasion when I was a passenger in a BMW being driven at 130 mph on a motorway. The driver's style was rather competitive / aggressive. I requested that he slow down a bit. When he asked me if I was scared, I replied in the affirmative, and he did ease off. (He was banned a few months later.)
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