Wat (wie) is back-seat driver - definitie

PASSENGER WHO EXCESSIVELY ATTEMPTS TO DIRECT, ADVISE, OR CRITICIZE THE OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE

Backseat driver; Back seat driver; Armchair quarterback; Back-seat driving

back-seat driver

also backseat driver (back-seat drivers)

If you refer to a passenger in a car as a back-seat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice.

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If you refer to someone, especially a politician, as a back-seat driver, you disapprove of them because they try to influence a situation that does not concern them.

They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.

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Back-seat driver

A backseat driver (also spelled back-seat driver) is a passenger in a vehicle who is not controlling the vehicle but who excessively comments on the driver's actions and decisions in an attempt to control the vehicle. A backseat driver may be uncomfortable with the skills of the driver, feel out of control since they are not driving the vehicle, or want to tutor the driver while they are at the wheel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-seat_driver

back-seat driver

¦ noun informal a passenger in a car who gives the driver unwanted advice.

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Back-seat driver

A backseat driver (also spelled back-seat driver) is a passenger in a vehicle who is not controlling the vehicle but who excessively comments on the driver's actions and decisions in an attempt to control the vehicle. A backseat driver may be uncomfortable with the skills of the driver, feel out of control since they are not driving the vehicle, or want to tutor the driver while they are at the wheel. Many comment on the speed of the vehicle, or give alternative directions.

Some backseat drivers exhibit this type of behavior simply because they feel the driver is taking risks they would not normally take, while others may have other reasons to be nervous, such as when the driver has a poor driving record. A survey of 2,000 British drivers in early 2018 found that 70% motorists found backseat driving an annoying habit and that life partners were those most likely to interfere. Although only 21% of motorists admitted to backseat driving, half said they have been in arguments due to interfering comments, and five percent admitted to accidentally jumping a red light during an argument with a backseat driver.

Use of the term extends beyond the literal and into the figurative; a "backseat driver" is someone who offers unsolicited advice, directions, or help in a situation where someone else is doing something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-seat driver

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1. Mr Willis explained: "He said Hefce had to be a back seat driver.

2. Straw praises ‘man of character‘ Jack Straw today insisted that the PM will not become a "back–seat driver" to his successor.

3. By stepping down as an MP, Mr Blair would avoid the charge of acting as a "back–seat driver" to Mr Brown, or even of undermining his friend and rival from the backbenches.

4. Blair‘s plan to be Gordon‘s ‘back seat driver‘ for next decade All three are regarded as Blairites who could be guaranteed to champion the Prime Minister‘s policies under a Gordon Brown leadership.

5. But in what one MP said was an attempt to set himself up as a ‘back seat driver‘ when he finally does depart Downing Street, Mr Blair announced a grandiose project called ‘Pathways to the Future‘ – designed to prepare the Government for the years ahead.