2006-10-01 03:15:16 · 7 answers · asked by my brain hurts 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Some people only drove places on Sunday and thus lacked experience in handling a car
They were slow and erratic and easily rattled while on the roads
2006-10-01 03:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
SC is correct. The "Sunday Drive" was a leisurely ride to the beach, or out to the country (for us city dwellers), no hurry, no muss, no fuss.
The impatient among us would get P/O'd and go racing around us at breakneck speeds, yelling "Damned Sunday drivers are keeping me from getting a speeding ticket while I go 80MPH to the donut shop".
I'm NOW called a Sunday driver EVERY DAY, as I NEVER exceed the speed limit. Doing so is just too expensive all the way around, from tickets, higher ins., and poor fuel economy.
2006-10-01 04:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Normally I like Wikopedia, but they're missing some background here. Back in the days of 25 cents a gallon gasoline, many people used to go "for a drive" on Sunday after church. Not to anywhere in particular, just a leisurely drive to enjoy time together and look at the scenery. Nobody was in a hurry, it was the one day a week when almost nobody worked, so nobody had any place in particular to go.
Rather than being derogatory, wouldn't it be nice if we admired people who actually had time to relax and enjoy each other's company, and enjoy a drive through the country?
2006-10-01 03:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by SoundChaserJV 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Due to the nature of the phrase, a Sunday driver is most likely called so because "Sunday" is the day when many people go to church or some sort of other religious gathering. Taking into account the generalizations that many people who go to church are elderly, and many elderly people drive slowly, you can see how this derogatory phrase fits into place. Today, the phrase has evolved so that it may mean any slow driver driving on any day, not just Sunday
2006-10-01 03:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by Splishy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The term "Sunday Driver" is for an inexperienced or incompetent driver because they only drive on Sunday.
2006-10-01 03:22:55 · answer #5 · answered by Al P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. Someone who rarely drives but, when they do, it tends to be on country roads at the weekends and in a slow unskilled manner, which results in annoyance and frustration on the part of other drivers.
2. a car, usually an antique that has antique plates that can only be driven on sundays by law.
2006-10-01 03:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by bigdaddypmp420 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Etymology Of Sunday
2017-02-20 20:27:50 · answer #7 · answered by bassett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋