# Where can I buy anti-texting magnetic stickers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 25, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688 "2017-08-25T21:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hooleehootoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/1 "2017-08-25T21:49:27Z")
I want a magnetic bumper sticker that says “Turn off phone before driving” or something like that. Then I will attach it to my car door and see it when I get in. I would also buy some for other people. I see some adhesive bumper stickers that tell other people not to text and drive, and I could use something like that, but I am surprised I can’t immediately find the different sticker that I want. I have found some apps that are designed to stop texting while driving, and if these work for some people, that is fine. To me, it would seem a bit hopeless to write a note on the hypodermic needle you use to inject heroin saying “Don’t use this to inject heroin”. ATT has a campaign and a [site](https://www.itcanwait.com/) with a store, but they only have shirts, not a magnetic sticker. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/2 "2017-08-25T21:57:46Z")
You can have a custom one made [here](http://www.vistaprint.com/bumper-stickers.aspx?couponAutoload=1&GP=08%2f25%2f2017+17%3a56%3a38&GPS=4493811316&GNF=0)for $2.99. I’ve never seen one in stores, but that doesn’t mean that someone has made some to sell. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/3 "2017-08-25T22:03:08Z")
Worst case, any piece of paper or plastic becomes a magnetic sticker with the addition of a few small magnets. A custom-printed one, like the ubiquitous refrigerator-magnet spam except bigger, will look better. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/4 "2017-08-25T22:16:35Z")
These are fridge magnets but cafepress will make whatever you want also. [http://www.cafepress.com/mf/36661122/ptoycp\_magnets?productId=419020641](http://www.cafepress.com/mf/36661122/ptoycp_magnets?productId=419020641) ---
**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/5 "2017-08-25T22:36:59Z")
It doesn’t answer your question specifically, but in the spirit of the thing the best advice I’ve seen is to put your phone in the trunk before you set off. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/6 "2017-08-25T22:49:39Z")
You can get an app that prevents texting while you’re driving… [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivesafe.ly](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivesafe.ly) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/7 "2017-08-25T23:37:31Z")
Do it yourself? [magnetic sheets (some are printable)](https://m.uline.com/h5/r/www.uline.com/BL_8250/Magnetic-Sheets) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/8 "2017-08-25T23:38:12Z")
I don’t mean to threadshit - I’m just genuinely curious as to how this will help. Reminders can be useful to make you do things you might _forget_ to do (“put on your seat belt”), but how can you need reminding to _stop_ doing something that is so obvious as texting when you drive? Sorry if that comes across wrong. I just don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Hooleehootoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/9 "2017-08-26T00:23:51Z")
Thanks for the suggestions. I agree completely that it should be obvious not to text and drive. I have started some threads here to that effect. I recently got a better phone for texting and want to avoid addiction. I want to go further and remind myself to **power down** my phone before driving. I also want to make a similar reminder for my elderly parents. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/10 "2017-08-26T00:59:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t mean to threadshit - I’m just genuinely curious as to how this will help. Reminders can be useful to make you do things you might _forget_ to do (“put on your seat belt”), but how can you need reminding to _stop_ doing something that is so obvious as texting when you drive? > > Sorry if that comes across wrong. I just don’t understand. That’s what I think. But also, the person you are speaking to, the insensitive, arrogant, ignoramus punching the buttons will, (a): be angry and possibly aggressively in-your-face about it, or (b): remain completely oblivious cuz, the idiot in question is looking at it’s damn phone and never saw your plea for civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/11 "2017-08-26T14:34:52Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t mean to threadshit - I’m just genuinely curious as to how this will help. Reminders can be useful to make you do things you might _forget_ to do (“put on your seat belt”), but how can you need reminding to _stop_ doing something that is so obvious as texting when you drive? The power of suggestion is strong, which is why I have “Don’t Drink Me” decals plastered on the door of my liquor cabinet. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/12 "2017-08-26T21:14:06Z")
> [@Hooleehootoo](#): > > Thanks for the suggestions. I agree completely that it should be obvious not to text and drive. I have started some threads here to that effect. I recently got a better phone for texting and want to avoid addiction. I want to go further and remind myself to **power down** my phone before driving. I also want to make a similar reminder for my elderly parents. Install a charger station in someplace (like the back seat passenger side) that is unreachable from the drivers seat. But this is basically a matter of your own willpower. If you can’t make yourself stop, then make it safer – get one of the phone apps that allows you send texts by voice. Still distracting when driving, but at least your hands are still on the wheel & eyes on the road. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-anti-texting-magnetic-stickers/794688/13 "2017-08-26T21:59:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The power of suggestion is strong, which is why I have “Don’t Drink Me” decals plastered on the door of my liquor cabinet. :dubious: You should really put the on the bottles. The door doesn’t taste as smooth going down.