Jordan and Nick first discuss Jordan's careless driving in chapter three when Nick tells her, "Either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn't to drive at all." Jordan's response is that she is safe because other drivers are careful and "it takes two to make an accident."
Later, in chapter nine after the death of Gatsby, Nick breaks off his relationship with Jordan. Jordan compares Nick's treatment of her to being "a bad driver" and admits that she thought Nick was "an honest, straightforward person." Though Jordan herself is "incurably dishonest" in their relationship, she is angered when she feels that Nick has been dishonest also. She is, symbolically, a "bad driver" who has just encountered another "bad driver" on the road of love.
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