red light, yellow light, green-a-light go!
I pride myself on being a good driver. I always use my turn signals, I keep a safe distance from the car in front of me and I only send text messages with my cell phone when I’m driving slower than 35 mph. I am such a good driver that in my almost 20 years of driving, I have never even been pulled over by a police officer - which is probably a good thing because I’m pretty sure I’d end up crying.
Maybe you didn’t need to know that last part.
But my point is… I’m a good driver. In fact, I am so good that long ago I figured out that the green light means go and the red light means stop.
But that doesn’t stop a couple of backseat drivers in the family announcing to me every time we’re in the car… “Red means STOP Daddy! Green means GO Daddy!”
I mean, they’ve got a good 13 or 14 years before I’ll even consider them being an authority on the subject. And as for TheMonk, I’m getting kinda worried. He seems to be an impatient one as we wait for the light to turn green. “TURN GREEN, DADDY! TURN GREEN!” he’ll shout as we sit at a stop light. I think he thinks I have the power to turn the lights green.
And that’s just what I’m going to let him believe for the next 13 years or so. That’ll teach ‘em to be backseat drivers.
The title of this post is from an 80’s song. Can you name it?
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Pour Some Sugar on Me
Comment by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — February 3, 2008 @ 4:30 am
Aw yes, Def Leppard!
I don’t really have back seat drivers since mine are always busy just goofing off, hitting each other, etc…I’ve become a very good one handed driver while the other arm is waving around the back trying to seperate them.
I’m happy your back, I did notice you mia!
Comment by Tanya — February 3, 2008 @ 7:33 am
That sounds familiar. Occasionally, mine will throw in a nugget from his Spanish lessons at school: “Green is VERDE, daddy, and it means GO!”
Comment by Rattling the Kettle — February 3, 2008 @ 7:52 am
Just wait until you try to convince them that yes, you CAN turn right when the light is red…
Comment by Stacy — February 3, 2008 @ 11:23 am
LOL. When my daughter was about 3yo, she used to scold me for running the occasional yellow light. Darn oversized intersections and short-timed lights. I don’t drive so much anymore…
Comment by choosydad — February 4, 2008 @ 11:13 am
Love me some Def Leppard! And Pour Some Sugar On Me was my favorite song for the longest time. Love it still. Did you know that song made it big in the US through the strip clubs?
Comment by Jane — February 4, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
I get lots of backseat driving from Ane. Today’s issue was regarding school buses and flashing lights: “Just go AROUND them, Mommy!”
Comment by Deanna — February 4, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
This is very important in case you ever happen to be stopped; take the 5th, you don’t know how fast you were going and you came to a complete stop. The caveat; this only works if you have not had any after dinner drinks.
Comment by Grandmother — February 4, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
I didn’t get the musical reference until the answer was given and now I can’t get the song out of my head. Thanks:-)
I speed, I force yellow lights, I make illegal turns and I text at 80+ mph. I have had one - ONE - ticket in my 23 years of driving and that was when I was 16 and the cop said I rolled thru a stop sign.
Of course, now that I’ve said that, the ticket train is gonna hit me like a ton of bricks.
Comment by How About Two? — February 4, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
My wife does it non-stop. I’ve almost quit driving all together so she can have something else to talk about in the car.
Comment by Bill — February 5, 2008 @ 10:51 am