Road Rage Linked to Bumper Stickers

This makes perfect sense. However, I've never seen 10 stickers with "jesus themes" on a car. When I see 10-15 stickers on a car it's more along the lines of some enviro-atheist, dog-worshipping cretin in some pathetic pea-green rusted-out clunker with some damned dreamweaver thingy swinging from their rearview mirror that spews out black exhaust and is driven by someone who barely can be seen at the wheel and who throws their trash on the back seat.

BTW, I have only one bumpersticker: "the King is coming, and boy is he pissed".

The people with the Jesus paraphenalia all over their cars worry me, but not because I think they're going to go nuts on the highway.

People think they're so original and have such valid points to make and share with the world via their car. How sad is that? All the while they fail to realize their "original" message was mass produced in china for thousands and thousands of "original" special people exactly like them.

Oh and the "jesus" stickers and "proud parent" stickers seem like a great way to make friends. Who wouldn't want to socialize with an elitist a-hole?

And don't forget the pro gun wackos.

My only bumper stickers are little decals saying that I donate to the local Fraternal Order of Poilice.

Can't stand the damn ribbon ones.

The only bumper sticker I ever had on one of my cars was a "blessed be" sticker, But after a few months I got tired of it. What cracks my up is when I see gays with rainbow stickers on their cars. I would not want people knowing that much about me just by looking at the back of my car.

Vako, I've had people come out to me just because they saw a rainbow sticker on my car. It's not about me. It's about solidarity, aka "You're not alone."

Oh, and do avoid those drivers with the Jesus Fish decals. Those folks are so busy waiting for the Rapture, that they're not paying attention on the road.

is there a correlation between lots of bumper stickers and road rage victimization

mine say's: SEXWAX and in small font: Dr. Zogs original, best for your stick. it's used on surfboards, so you won't slip. How ever it being placed on a 1978 VW van that has been rollerpainted makes people asume things. Got rearended once - people tend to dream of when they think about sex

Althoug truckers stop at gas station to take a picture of it and childeren in the neighberhood refer to it as the sex bus, it has nothing to do with it, people just asume. i like it

(btw, i live in the Netherlands, so the surfing products are not well known.)

Seems like left-wingers hate right wing bumper stickers, while right-wingers hate left-wing bumper stickers. Really, if you feel like you must shove your politics in the face of the person driving behind you, realize that you are not winning any converts on the road to wherever, but only sending the message that you are a swaggering, obnoxious boor.

So its not at all surprising that people with sarcastic political bumper stickers are prone to road rage/territory issues. Its like walking up to a stranger on the street and saying "hey, guess what I think about so and so". Look buddy, I don't give an f what you think. If you want to get off to a good start, to persuade me to your cause, start with a civil introduction.

Neutral public spaces, what a concept!

a google map showing where the most cars with bumperstickers are would be hilarious. there's not many around here!

I'm actually a big fan of bumper stickers. a) it gives me something to look at when I'm in traffic, and b) it's interesting to see the diversity of people around, especially as compared to the cars themselves (i.e. sometimes you'll see particular stickers on makes of cars you wouldn't expect to see them on). I try not to get too political with mine (click my name for a picture), mostly because I don't want anyone getting ragey on me and/or keying my car when it's parked. But I do wonder sometimes if other people get the fannish ones I have. I see a lot more of the Apple sticker than I used to, which is cool.