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As a passenger in the car, whats the things a driver does that pisses you off, makes you uncomfortable, or terrifies you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Personally, I find it endlessly frustrating and even terrifying to be in the passenger seat with a driver who jumps in the car and immediately goes.. Then worries about Seatbelts/Radio/AC/Mirrors/Plugging in Phone/etc etc while driving.

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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You wouldn't want to ride with me, then.
I generally don't secure the seatbelt until I'm moving forward. Not sure why, but I've always done it.

I'll mess with the rearview mirror often, as my position in the seat may shift, and I can't stand it when the view in the mirror isn't centered.

As for the radio... I channel surf like mad. 40 presets and I'll scan through them all before deciding on something that I never stay on very long. My wife can, not, stand it. lol But, the radio controls are on the steering wheel, so doing so isn't a distraction.

In the past, when I drove any of my vehicles that had a manual transmission, I had a habit of rattling the gearshift at stoplights. People who rode with me didn't like that either.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My current car won’t start unless m wearing my seat belt.

You need to get a streaming audio service - you only need one playlist. No commercials. No blather. Just the music you requested. Surfing is no longer relevant

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh I do. I have quite a few Spotify playlists, including one that contains every track from every album I've ever owned, with a few hundred single tracks thrown in.
It's about 10k tracks in total, played on shuffle, and I still surf.
"Nope, not in the mood... Nope.. Next... Come on, give me something good... Nope... Ah, finally."

[–] Sleezy_Salesman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

So I'm a truck driver and I've found that music just can't keep my attention, I don't know if you'd be into it but audiobooks are the only way I can avoid doing this because I gotta know what happens next and if I switch it up I can't find out until later.

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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My brother once drove 60mph down a winding narrow mountain road one-handed while sipping tea. Cool story to tell now that i say it like that, but i can assure you it was not cool to be in the passenger seat at the time

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

Everything!

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Dies

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Puttimg their seatbelt on after they start driving. Driving the car with the driver begging center of the lane rather than the car being center of the lane.

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