When the boss is a dangerous driver

DEAR AMY: My work requires me to drive to job sites with my supervisors. We almost exclusively drive their cars, as they are company vehicles, so they pick me up and we drive to our destinations. On more than one occasion and with more than one supervisor, I have felt endangered - not by their driving per se, but by their habits of texting while driving or fishing around in the backseat for something while seated at the wheel. When they get distracted, we swerve, make sudden stops, miss turns and do other things that frighten me. I don't want to test their air bags. How can I address this in the moment without overstepping my bounds as an employee?Scared Stiff

DEAR SCARED: Clapping your hands over your eyes and screaming might get the message across. Otherwise, you could offer, "Whoa - that really makes me nervous. Do you want to pull over until you're finished?" Employers should have policies in place forbidding these dangerous (and in some places illegal) practices.

After you've reacted in the moment, providing you return safely from these excursions, you should report your concerns to a higher-up in the company. This is literally an accident waiting to happen.

DEAR AMY: You recently said that people should stop getting undressed in front of their kids when either the child turned 5 or the adult turns 50, whichever comes first. While I don't understand why you chose 50 as a cutoff, I agree with the 5-year-old benchmark. At 38, I've stopped undressing in front of my 5-year-old for the sake of my pride. I couldn't stand the pointing and laughing anymore!Modest Mom

DEAR MODEST: I chose 50 as the cutoff age because that's my own age. But you're right - I probably could have spared a few kids indelible images of parental horror by skewing younger.