Sentences with phrase «backseat driver»

Everybody gets frustrated by backseat drivers, even when they have good advice to offer.

But backseat drivers need to remember all the stuff they're not dealing with... because they're not actually driving.

It's the best kind of backseat driver.

While my friends, especially those who'd already had sons, braced themselves against disappointment should the delivery room doc announce, «It's a boy,» I felt like the perpetual backseat driver who freezes when handed the wheel.

In taxis and limousines he's a nonstop backseat driver.

Do backseat drivers... drive you crazy?

These postmodernist tomes proved auspicious and acclaimed, and, as David Cronenberg would discover with his 1996 adaptation of Crash, despite what backseat drivers said, filmable after all....

It may be built for sporty driving, but the LC 500h includes a host of driver - assist features that either provide a helping hand or serve as electronic backseat drivers, depending on your perspective.

What annoyed me more than idle - stop was the TLX's hyperactive forward collision warning system, which incessantly blinked the word «brake» at me like an overly nervous backseat driver whenever it felt I was following too closely or not braking soon enough for stopped cars ahead.

I'm still in control and have to stay alert, but the heightened awareness added by LSS + is like a non-vocal backseat driver.

The two - person parent - and - child karts are a particularly nice touch with twin steering wheels for backseat drivers, while the 270cc Senior Karts are guaranteed to get your pulse racing.

It nevertheless can't shut up with helpful reminders when you're exploring what is supposed to be a puzzling pyramid, offering more unasked - for advice than the most enthusiastic backseat driver.

We've all heard of backseat drivers, however, we're all much less likely to fess up to being backseat parents.

In an interview with ITV, Clegg said: «In politics you always have backseat drivers who sit there making endless comments about people who have to lead.»

«I'm not a backseat driver.»

The goals set for it by some backseat drivers were ahistorically lofty: as a test of the crucial importance of convention speeches in Canadian politics, please feel free to quote any convention speech ever delivered by anyone ever.

A gaffe about his opponent's race, allegations that he is the backseat driver from hell and, most recently, an indelible photograph of him in the middle of a wild party of teenagers — is Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler having the worst run...

Religion will either become the riding force or it will become as a backseat driver.

The perfect yes men for Wenger when he steps down and becomes a backseat driver at the club.

In other words, Wenger will still be calling the shots as a backseat driver kind of Manager, until the day he dies.

Salmond vehemently denied the claims, but the impression remained that he was attempting to be a backseat driver at a critical time in Sturgeon's leadership.

The former Labour leader also pledged that he will not be a «backseat driver» as he broke his recent broadcasting silence on the Today programme.

Scioli derided suggestions that Fernández will be a backseat driver.

But today's extracts from Mandelson's memoirs, which are being serialised in the Times, show that Blair kept such a close eye on Brown's fortunes that he came close to acting as a backseat driver.

• Not repeat Thatcher's mistake of behaving like a backseat driver.

«If I was Nicola Sturgeon I would be a bit worried that she's going to have a backseat driver looking over and directing her from the House of Commons in that sense,» he said.

It also comes with a wireless remote control, in case you have a backseat driver.

It even comes with a wireless remote so your backseat drivers can have a say in what station plays.

Herbie: Fully Loaded even has a couple of themes: the synthesis of car and driver (though turning an actual driver into a «backseat driver» is more than a little disconcerting) and feminist empowerment (Cheryl Hines's character scoffs about how NASCAR's been trying to court women for years).

From the teacher's perspective, they — we — are backseat drivers.

Too often, space becomes a backseat driver in the learning experience.

Pedestrian detection has advanced beyond your backseat driver yelling, «Watch!»

Even if you are not inclined to give the backseat drivers control over where the car is going, rear - seat passengers can view their own maps on the display.

Backseat drivers can input destinations, choose audio and video sources, and control many vehicle and climate functions while their driver focuses on the driving.

Whether you're behind the wheel, a backseat driver, or lucky enough to be riding shotgun, the spacious interior of the Accent offers comfort and refinement that's unique to its class, In fact, the EPA even upgraded the 4 - Door Accent to a compact sedan rating.

Available Chrysler KeySense features make this the perfect minivan for families with older kids who might be taking the car solo — you can set and lock certain safety features so you know they're protected, and even be a bit of a backseat driver by setting speed and volume limits.

with a 16.4 - inch display, RCA jacks, SD card, and HDMI inputs to bring a mini theater to your backseat drivers.

Opt for the available Dual - View Blu - ray Disc ™ Entertainment Center8 with a 16.4 - inch display, RCA jacks, SD card, and HDMI inputs to bring a mini theater to your backseat drivers.

She doesn't whine about the length of the trip or insist on taking a short cut sending you 100 miles out of your way — and she's never a backseat driver.

Gears of War is back with its fourth entry in the series, but this time things are a little different with developers People Can Fly, who are best known for Bulletstorm, at the helm, with Epic Games taking on the role of backseat driver, yelling and cursing at anything they deem wrong.

He went on to refer to lawyers who bring post-trial motions for ineffective assistance of counsel as «backseat drivers» who «have never been in the heat of battle» and are «criticizing lawyers that actually are real lawyers that do the work, the dirty work, the down in the trenches work.»

But if you draw the line up front, you can hopefully set the right the precedent, and minimize having a backseat driver as a client.

According to CNN, backseat drivers are rarely helpful and often prevent the driver from being decisive.