[Ads-l] Just heard from one ...

[David Barnhart]

Thanks.  I think (if I were writing it) should it not be _backseat-drive_?

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i.e. it allows them to remote backseat drive.

LH

> On May 29, 2015, at 4:22 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU> =
wrote:
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>> On May 28, 2015, at 3:19 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM> =
wrote:
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>> Subject:      Just heard from one ...
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>> 20-something to another:
>> "You don't need to backseat drive!=E2=80=9D
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> fair number of hits for this one, including this 2008 headline from =
the NYT:
> New Ford feature allows parents to backseat drive, remotely
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