History Main / BackseatDriver

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* The TexAvery cartoon "Cars of Tomorrow" features a car (currently the page image) specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and controls literally in the backseat!

* The TexAvery cartoon "Cars of Tomorrow" features a car specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and controls literally in the backseat!

* The TexAvery cartoon "Car of Tomorrow" features a version specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and everything else literally in the backseat!

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* One troper remembers reading of a story about a wife who was constantly backseat driving, to the point that she couldn't enjoy her Sunday drives. This was in a RichardScarry book.

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* VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony has Luis do jobs for various [=VIPs=] hanging around at the club. One of them is a drunken celebrity, Cloe Parker, who makes sexual advances on Luis by grabbing the wheel.

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* [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]-- some vehicles, notably the Toyota Yaris, have the instrument cluster mounted in the center of the dashboard (between the driver and front passenger.) While there's no proof that any manufacturer's implementation of this design is to explicitly support backseat drivers, there's no proof that it ''isn't'' either.

* Happens all the time on ''TheAmazingRace'' when teams are tasked with driving themselves. As a bonus, because of the way the camera crew positions themselves in the car, the non-driving teammate is always positioned directly behind the driver.

* VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony has Luis do jobs for various VIPs hanging around at the club. One of them is a drunken celebrity, Cloe Parker, who makes sexual advances on Luis by grabbing the wheel.

* ''Film/MadagascarEuropesMostWanted'':

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* Yusei constantly gives this to Crow in the 2008 ''YuGiOh5Ds'' show. Which Yusei tends to always show that ''BigBrotherInstinct'' attitude of his. And that he had more experience turbo dueling than his buddy; Crow.

* ''Film/IndependenceDay'' has the space ship variant where JeffGoldblum constantly shouts orders to WillSmith who tells him not to be a backseat driver.

When a passenger gives constant advice or orders to the person behind the wheel. The HenpeckedHusband's wife or mother-in-law will do this a LOT. In extreme cases, the passenger will actually grab for car controls (usually the wheel). In RealLife, there ''are'' legal consequences for this.

* Master Splinter in the 2003 ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' show.

* ''IndependenceDay'' has the space ship variant where JeffGoldblum constantly shouts orders to WillSmith who tells him not to be a backseat driver.

* Yusei constantly gives this to Crow in the 2008 ''YuGiOh5Ds'' show. Which Yusei tends to always show that ''BigBrotherInstinct'' attitude of his. And that he had more experience turbo dueling than his buddy; Crow.

** Happens all the time on ''TheAmazingRace'' when teams are tasked with driving themselves. As a bonus, because of the way the camera crew positions themselves in the car, the non-driving teammate is always positioned directly behind the driver.

* ''Very'' prevalent in ''CanadasWorstDriver''. At times, the ''nominator'' needs more rehab than the driver does.

* Yusei constantly gives this to Crow in the 2008 ''YuGiOh5Ds'' show.

* ''IndependanceDay'' has the space ship variant where JeffGoldblum constantly shouts orders to WillSmith who tells him not to be a backseat driver.

** As this is a show on TheBBC, "the pavement" means the ''sidewalk''.

!Examples:
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!!Literature

* DrivingMissDaisy - Daisy starts off like this because she is angry about needing a chauffeur.
!!Live Action TV:
* VERY prevalent in CanadasWorstDriver. At times, the ''nominator'' needs more rehab than the driver does.
* Perhaps the epitome of a HenpeckedHusband, Richard Bucket ([[ItsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Bouquet"]]) suffers from her wife in KeepingUpAppearances.
-->Hyacinth: "Mind the pedestrian Richard."
-->Richard, panicked and braking: "Where?!"
-->Hyacinth: "On the ''pavement'' Richard."
** As this is a British show, "the pavement" means the ''sidewalk''.
* In ''BroadcastNews'' Jane give specific, practically turn-by-turn directions to cabbies on a regular basis as part of her "need to be in control at all times"[[BuffySpeak -ness]].

* I remember reading of a story about a wife who was constantly backseat driving, to the point that she couldn't enjoy her sunday drives. This was an a RichardScarry book.

* The role can occasionally be played by the GuyInBack, reminding the AcePilot not to burn up all of their fuel, or warning him of enemies coming up on their six. Of course, this is ''part of his job'', but too much implies a lack of trust between them, or a certain [[NewMeat fresh inexperienced quality]] about the GuyInBack.

* Perhaps the epitome of a HenpeckedHusband, Richard Bucket ([[ItsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Bukay]]) suffers from her wife in KeepingUpAppearances.