Are you an annoying back-seat driver? You could be making an enemy

You may think you're saving lives by screaming, 'Watch out for that car!' But you're more likely making an enemy. Back-seat drivers are annoying and can spoil the car trip or even ruin the relationship with the driver. — dpa

When the holidays begin, my reptilian brain takes over. It keeps me breathing, but as McGill University describes it, “The reptilian brain... tends to be somewhat rigid and compulsive.” That’s attractive. Or not, especially when it comes to car travel this time of year.

I’m turning to a couple of sources for attitude adjustment. The first is from a new book by Scott and Alison Stratten called The Jackass Whisperer. It is a compendium of examples of bad behaviour, aka jackassery, each followed by notes about the three-year-old’s (unfiltered and sometimes unhinged) way to respond and the whisperer’s, or adult, way to respond to these affronts to decent conduct.