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How to keep a ‘cargument’ at bay!
How to keep a ‘cargument’ at bay!
Setting out on a long car journey can be fun because it often means the start of an exciting trip. All too often, though, a dark mood engulfs the vehicle as the first of many car arguments – or ‘carguments’ – takes hold!
If you want to feel the same way about your partner at the end of a journey as you did at the beginning, then heed this advice on how to avoid the red mist.
Share the responsibility
If might be unfair to expect your other half to do all of the driving on a long trip, so perhaps you should offer to share the burden of the journey – providing you have adequate car insurance to do so. Driving is tiring, so sharing can help your co-driver, and they will appreciate the effort.
Plan ahead
Not planning your trip properly is a recipe for disaster. If you head out of the door with only a vague idea of where you are meant to be going, then you could end up in cargument hell! According to a survey carried out by the AA, around 53% of couples argue over map reading in the car.
To avoid this, just plan your route before you set off. Those with a satellite navigation system have no excuse, but if you don’t have one, you can use the AA’s online route planner or the VIa Michelin guide.
Take turns with the music
Loving someone does not mean you have to love their taste in music. During your everyday life you might be able to shield yourself from your partner’s love of Chaka Demus and Pliers, but it can be a different matter when you get in a car with them.
You could approach this problem by agreeing to share the music choices, and agree not to bring anything that really gets on each other’s nerves.
If it’s a real problem, just ask your partner to draw up a list of artists they intend to play during the journey. If you do the same, you can give each other one artist to strike off the list.
This keeps things fair, and also means that you don’t have to listen to an endless collection of terrible songs on your journey.
Consider the driver
How you divvy up the motorway miles is up to you, but remember that whoever is behind the wheel needs to be comfortable, focused and alert.
So let the driver control the temperature in the car. And if they want silence, respect their feelings.
If you allow whoever is driving to control the environment in the car, then you really do stand a much better chance of avoiding carguments.
Make friends and save lives
Carguments are a distraction to the driver, and any distractions while driving put you at risk. Planning ahead in every way possible will help your journey go smoothly.
Know your route, prepare to bite your tongue, and try to remember that the person sitting next to you is probably a loved one or friend!
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