Back seat driver

[okeydonkey]

My friend today was a passenger in my car. She kept saying I needed to go faster, needed to drive nearer the left, needed to overtake the bike, etc etc etc.
It made me quite angry that when I was waiting to over take a bike she commented and I said id prefer to over take when I felt ready. She must have realised I was annoyed.
AIBU to have said something. I'm now worrying that I'm a bad driver. I had two kids in the back.

Easy.

Dh has a tendency to try this shite. I just stop the car, and say 'when I want a driving lesson I will book one. With a QUALIFIED instructor of my choosing. Now shut up or get out. '

And refuse to drive till he has promised to button it. If he yelps that he is trying to help I say very firmly 'no, you are distracting the driver. And that is not helping'

Doc - that's perfect!

Your friend needs to learn

a) some manners
b) how to take the fucking bus

YANBU

I do this to dp

I do fear death might be imminent when I'm a passenger in his car and avoid it as much as possible. His reaction times and lane discipline are worrying.

Of course I am an astoundingly good driver

I don't criticise friends driving though. Mostly because I am so rarely in any of their cars. My closest friend whom I spend the most time with doesn't drive. Though I might be silently pressing an imaginary break pedal every now and then.

Ali - I don't drive and still push the imaginary break pedal when DH is driving.

And YANBU - she has legs she coulda used them