Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> *Clearly* you've never been in a car with my mother. ;-)
>>
>> My wife's somewhat like that too.  Or worse, she'll gasp and cringe 
>> when the guy a quarter mile ahead hits the brakes, like I'm not even 
>> looking out the window or something. Or she'll shout "Watch out!" when 
>> she sees someone walking thru a parking lot we're driving past.
> 
> My grandmother is like that. She generally won't let us drive on 
> motorways because it's too "dangerous".
> 
> Actually, most accidents happen at junctions. You've got people 
> starting, stopping, changing direction, and generally weaving around. On 
> a motorway, everybody's heading in the same direction.
> 
> Also, on lots of roads you get people, children and even small dogs 
> wandering across the road and getting mowed down. Generally doesn't 
> happen on motorways.
> 
> Admittedly what you *do* have on motorways is people who think they own 
> the road and it's OK to push other people off it. But they're a minority.
> 
> It's really quite distracting when every time anybody changes lane, the 
> women jumps out of her skin.
> 
> She also won't let anybody drive at more than about 40 MPH...

I once stopped the car and had my mother drive the rest of the way home 
- it was safer that way because I was not distracted by her panics.

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