LPT: If you are the passenger of someone that needs to “earn” your trust in them not being a shady person, you need to be careful. The driver controls the car and you don’t have control over your safety at all.

"Hey, don’t worry if I don’t make eye contact while driving. It doesn’t mean I’m a killer or anything, its just an old habit. You just have to earn my trust." <br><br>Guess what? The driver has 100% control over the situation at all times and knows the route you’re taking, you don’t have control over your safety at all.<br><br>Warning signs are if they “need to take a different route” at the last minute, they don’t want to take the most direct route there, the GPS doesn’t know the best route, they don’t want to take you back the way you came, they need you to take off your shoes or surrender your phone. Don’t assume someone is telling the truth just because they say they are. Do your homework and get a stranger danger alarm at the slightest sign of something being off. The driver controls the car so you need to be able to trust them 100%.<br><br>EDIT: I didn’t expect so many people saying in the comments that this is just normal dating behavior for them and nothing wrong with it. A person straight up telling you they “aren’t looking at you while driving because you haven’t earned their trust yet” is a huge red flag and a sign that they are doing something bad, lone wolf style.