I definitely prefer driving, and make a horrible passenger.
As I don’t have a license driving is not really an option. 
My father raced motorcycles for 25 years and then taught me how to drive. He put me through his own personal brand of Defensive Driving Boot Camp™ that included maneuverability, merging on to a freeway, backing up, and parallel parking. I was also required to be able to read a map – I was always the navigator for him on family road trips before I was allowed to drive. I was not allowed to get my license until I could change the tire on the car in the rain, in the middle of the night, on an incline, with no help at all from him. He told me, “Hey, you’re never going to get a flat tire in broad daylight on a nice smooth flat surface. It always happens at the least convenient time. So you might as well learn how to do this in less-than-ideal conditions.”
Consequently, when I’m a passenger, I’m horrified at how dangerous other drivers are because they aren’t paying attention to what’s going on around them, can’t merge, follow too closely, brake too late, and accelerate too hard.
Recently, I was on a road trip with a coworker who’d rented a car. She couldn’t merge. I couldn’t look. She got to the top of the ramp and in a panic stopped dead right on the ramp. So when she finally had enough space to merge, she took like a mile to get up to speed, Texas drivers all dodging her and weaving around her the entire time. She was terrified. I was terrified. I kept offering to drive (so we’d all arrive in one piece) but she refused. I will never get into a car with that woman again.
My ex used to tailgate people. I nearly wore a hole in the passenger side floorboard trying to stand on my imaginary brakes.
If I trust the driver (like my sister, who had the exact same Boot Camp training that I did from Dad), then I can chill out and sleep. Generally, I will beg to drive if I don’t trust that the driver has any understanding of what Defensive Driving means. Six hours is my limit. Anything over that, and I fly or take several days to make the trip, assuming I am alone.
I’m not particularly fond of driving. It tires me. I’ll do it, but it’s usually better if someone else, someone who likes to drive, does the majority of it.
I do all the driving on road trips. My wife goes too slow. Once in a while, if I’m really tired, my wife will take a shift, but 99% of the time it’s me.
I have a hard time because I hate driving. Even my short commute (5 miles) can get annoying if there is any sort of traffic. However, I also get viciously car sick, so on long road trips it makes more sense for me to drive. It usually keeps me from the vomiting. So I’ll do the driving, but I really really hate it. Which is why I fly WHENEVER Possible!
I like to be the driver because the car is usually jam packed with stuff. Everyone but the driver has to deal with junk crammed around their feet.
In Brazil. my wife and her sister refuse to drive, forcing me to be the designated driver for the whole trip in a land that treats traffic laws as mere suggestions :eek:
My wife and I make a good team; she hates traffic, city streets and winding 2 lane country highways and I just love to drive them. I could do it for hours on end. I hate superslabs and I am not good at them but she can set herself on Rte 80 and stay there for 10 hours. We just plan our routes and consider each others talents and by doing that we can hit Orlando doing 17 hours straight through.
The longer the trip, the more I have to be the driver. If I’m looking at spending twelve hours on the road, I’d much rather spend them behind the wheel than in the passenger’s seat.
Short hops around town? I prefer to drive, but I don’t insist.
Yes. and no. I don’t like to drive at night. I have often taken driving vacations alone. Driving when & where you will is great. On long trips I always stop at least every 2 hours to stretch my legs, more often if I see something interesting.
OTOH, at night or in horrible weather, I’m quite content to have my husband drive. For that matter, at night I’ll invite any younger person to drive.
I used to absolutely love driving and I would happily drive 10 or more hours a day. I even once considered getting a CDL license.
Now, I still enjoy driving but only for short trips. My bad knees have made it very painful for me to sit in any position for any length of time and my tennis elbow has made it very painful for me to hold the steering wheel. If I’m having a good day with little to no pain, I can still drive for hours. Today was a bad day and I had to drive for about 3 hours total and now I’m no a happy camper.
What sucks most is that I prefer driving a standard but my left knee is worse than my right and my right arm is worse than my left so I’m kinda fucked with the clutch and the shifter. Luckily we don’t have a standard right now but I had wanted to get one in the future.
I hate driving with a passion and do it as little as possible. I really hate long car trips anyway, but if I have to go on one then I want to be the passenger.
I’d rather go to sleep in the backseat… but I get carsick, even with Dramamine, if I try to sleep. So I drive. My husband has no sense of direction, has a hard time following directions, etc. So he only drives if I’m absolutely too tired to drive and cannot do so safely. Even when we run errands, I usually drive.
I’m the best driver in the world. So yeah.
I love to drive. I don’t mind being a passenger if the driver is competent. I can get into just looking at the scenery. But I have a couple of friends who are such awful drivers that I always insist on driving, and one who is always late, to boot, unless I pick her up.
I cannot sleep in a car or an airplane.
I like driving because I get to pick the route and speed, and anybody who doesn’t like it can keep their mouth shut, or get out and hitchhike.
I prefer to be the driver, mostly because when I’m the passenger I tend to nod off and that’s not polite to the driver. Also, I prefer to drive unless the other potential driver is someone I trust to be a good driver. I have friends I wouldn’t take trips with unless I got to drive, but I’m comfortable enough riding with my spouse that I can nod off because I don’t have to worry that he’s going to fall asleep, have his attention wander, drive like a maniac, or any other similar thing.
So…I voted “other” because in most cases I prefer being the driver but don’t mind being the passenger (and sometimes enjoy it) under the right circumstances.
I hate it. I’d never do it again if I didn’t have to.
I don’t mind driving if I have people with me, but I also don’t mind being a passenger. I don’t really like driving alone for extended periods.