How can I politely tell my parents that they drive like stuff?

[carolcat]

"Excuse me, could you politely LOOK AT THE loving ROAD, WE ALMOST DIED"

i wish i could say this to my mom, she's constantly playing some "mobile points rewards" app whenever she's driving through cities and constantly almost hits cars, veers into the middle, or almost hits the curb

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[Trymos]

i wish i could say this to my mom, she's constantly playing some "mobile points rewards" app whenever she's driving through cities and constantly almost hits cars, veers into the middle, or almost hits the curb

android device manager (or icloud) > lock device right before you go in a car trip with her.

[Pastrey Crust]

And another thing, when it comes to intersections without traffic lights, you're supposed to slow down (40km/h or 60km/h max, depends on the road) when you get to the intersection itself and then continue if no one goes by. My parents don't slow down an flash their lights or honk the horn when getting close to it. They're going to destroy the front someday.

[sir dooble]

I was driving on a route (two-way road with one lane each) where the limit is 80km/h. I was going at 90km/h because pressure from my mom to speed up, and people were PASSING me.

You need to grow a spine and drive how you want to drive. Nevermind how your mom drives in her car, when you're driving you choose how to drive.
If it's too slow for your mom, too bad. She can drive faster next time she has the wheel.

You shouldn't give into backseat driving, particularly when it's making you nervous. A nervous driver isn't a good driver.

[Red Spy]

Hit them with your car

[Blocky943]

i wish i could say this to my mom, she's constantly playing some "mobile points rewards" app whenever she's driving through cities and constantly almost hits cars, veers into the middle, or almost hits the curb

what the forget
is that not illegal

[Pastrey Crust]

You need to grow a spine and drive how you want to drive. Nevermind how your mom drives in her car, when you're driving you choose how to drive.
If it's too slow for your mom, too bad. She can drive faster next time she has the wheel.

You shouldn't give into backseat driving, particularly when it's making you nervous. A nervous driver isn't a good driver.

She can't drive for medical reasons. I'd never voluntairily drive her without giving her a loving muzzle and blindfold.

Arguing with her is an infinite loop. I want to tell her she drives like stuff and should never give advice but with passive aggression.

[Red Spy]

Don't drive her anywhere

[Pastrey Crust]

That's sadly not an option. She has to be accompanied by an adult when leaving the house and I'm the only one with enough free time to do it.

[Red Spy]

What's wrong with her?

[Dragonslayer182]

"Oi I could steer with my richard and operate the gas with my bare arse and still drive better than you twats"

[The Resonte!]

the other cars will do it for you

in a sense

[Rally]

Get in the front seat, wait for them to hit 160mph on the busiest highway in town, and then yank the wheel.

[Nonnel]

Speed limits here are quite high. And people make them even higher.

I was driving on a route (two-way road with one lane each) where the limit is 80km/h. I was going at 90km/h because pressure from my mom to speed up, and people were PASSING me.

That's really not that far above the speed limit. If people were passing you still, it sounds like it is the same as it is here. Going 5 or 10mph over the speed limit is just the usual

[C-Zech Chrome Ind.]

Tell them that they drive like stuff and repeat to them what they said to you about crossing the road carefully when you were four.  Tell them that you're doing the same to them, I don't know.  Be creative. 

When they are deliberately putting the lives of other people in danger, including their own, you have to be the parent.  Make them explain to you what their reasons are for driving so terribly, and proceed to apply the same logic to another situation to get across the point of how silly they sound.  You need to shove down their throat the proper way to drive, their survival is more important than their feelings.

Don't let them manipulate you, don't let them interrupt your sentences, don't let them turn the argument around on you.  Your will should be made out of iron.  Your yes is yes and your no is no, and your word is final.

If they still don't want to listen, then that's fine.  You did all you could, so if one or both of them gets hospitalized and tries to pin the blame on you, just repeat back to them all the points they gave you.  They can care for themselves.

My father was too loyal to his mother.  He died because of her insolence, don't make the same mistake.