Sunday driver
noun
plural Sunday drivers
: a person who drives slowly and leisurely or overcautiously
… when I have the time and really want to enjoy the view, I go the other way, the back way. I drive country roads whenever I can. You can have all that craziness on the interstate. Sure, if you want to nit-pick, I'm a Sunday driver. Darn proud of it too!—
Steve Kark
Steve KarkHighway driving is not necessarily anxiety provoking (the occasional Sunday driver notwithstanding).—Theodore Modis
Theodore Modis… running the bases with the caution of a Sunday driver caught up in the Indy 500…—Hudson Bridges
Hudson BridgesCite this Entry
“Sunday driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sunday%20driver. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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