I almost got run off the road by a minivan about half an inch from my rear bumper today, in the right lane of a 3-lane street. When I stopped for a light that was turning red, the minivan swooped around me and ran the light. Guess what the back of the van was plastered with- fish symbols and flag bumper stickers. It seems like the worst drivers around here have similar decorations on their vehicles. I would think that courteous, safe driving is part of good discipleship and good citizenship, but maybe I’m just too idealistic :mad:
I have religious and political beliefs, too, but I don’t particularly feel the need to festoon my car with them.
Heh… yes. IMO, Any statement of personal belief, political persuasion, etc, is more likely to do harm than good (to the cause), when applied to a vehicle.
People won’t notice it when you’re driving normally and courteously, only when you do something wrong, especially when that something wrong happens to put your tail end in their face (cutting in line, braking erratically, overtaking badly or just failing to be courteous and let someone out of a side street into slow moving traffic).
This morning, I was running errands and got cut off by a pickup truck; like he missed by front end by no more than a few inches. He then slammed on his breaks.
Going about 15 mph below the limit, he was swerving all over, randomly slamming on his breaks, etc.
His bumper sticker? PRAY THE ROSARY EVERY DAY FOR WORLD PEACE
No, dicknose: STOP TEXTING WHILE DRIVING TO MAINTAIN WORLD PEACE.
I LOVE to honk and honk and honk and honk at people who have the Jesus Fish on their bumper. I never see them fold their hands and pray for a meteor to hit me. They usually just give me the holy finger.
OTOH, my behavior doesn’t say much for evolution either…
Those “Jesus is my co-pilot” stickers are invariably stuck to the bumpers of people who can’t drive for shit. I always want to roll down the window and yell, “so let his ass drive!”
Here in the Seattle area they have a special driving school to help drivers from the neighborhood called Ballard (home to a lot of Scandahoovians). This is a TV advertisement for it.
No, it just says you’re a dick.
I’ve always wanted (well, if I had a car) to get a Jesus fish, then a little heart, and a Darwin Fish after it. Just to see how people react.
It has been my notice that people with the jesus stickers on their cars usually have crap tacular cars. Although, there was a brand newish PT Cruiser that my girlfriend and I spied on the road where the driver had professional window decals on the sides and back windows about The BLOOD OF CHRIST YADA YADA YADA SINNERS! REPENT! FIRES OF HELL AWAIT!!! and other words that just told you this person was a complete BUZZKILL at parties. A+ for total commitment to their cause, man.
I tried to get a cellphone picture, but it turned out crappy.
This is why I don’t put bumper stickers on my car. If I’m driving in a way that someone else doesn’t like, it’s better for them to just think I’m an asshole than it is for them to hate a cause that I support. (I do try not to drive badly, but I don’t guarantee that I’m always 100% successful.)
(Link to “I Was Just Flipped Off By A Silver-Haired Old Lady With a Honk if You Love Jesus Sticker on the Bumper of Her Car” video by Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadors)
