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Sign of road rage may be on bumper
Washington Post ^ | June 17, 2008 | Shankar Vedantam

Posted on 06/17/2008 7:10:05 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Three horrors await Americans who get behind the wheel of a car for a family road trip this summer: the spiraling price of gas, choruses of "Are we there yet?"—and the road rage of fellow drivers.

Divine intervention might be needed for the first two problems, but science has discovered a solution for the third:

Watch out for cars with bumper stickers.

That's the surprising conclusion of a recent study by Colorado State University social psychologist William Szlemko.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bumper; bumperstickers; culture; roadrage; sayings
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To: fredhead
I think my favorite bumper sticker displayed a message to tailgaters.....
“The closer you get, the slower I go.”

I saw one once that made me back off. I had to get real close to read it though.
"If you get any closer, I'll flick a buger on your windshield"

141 posted on 06/17/2008 9:13:01 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Rush is talking about this now.


142 posted on 06/17/2008 9:13:02 AM PDT by Christian4Bush ("In Israel, the President hit the nail on the head. The nails are complaining loudly." - John Bolton)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

and strangely enough... the vast majority of political bumper stickers seem to be left leaning

add this ‘finding’... and i’m not surprised


143 posted on 06/17/2008 9:15:14 AM PDT by sten
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To: al_c
My favorite was:

"Just sit there and keep honking while I reload."

144 posted on 06/17/2008 9:15:56 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: MrB

A guy who manages to fool call screeners of talk shows across the country is also capable of finding a way to link every.single.current.event to his pet theory.


145 posted on 06/17/2008 9:18:17 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: rabscuttle385
Thanks. I use and understand the line breaks < b> and the line skips < p> but I have no idea what this is or means:

and the almighty   (to represent a single space). Oh, and remember to use & for ampersands.

146 posted on 06/17/2008 9:19:12 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: null and void

Bump for instructional purposes


147 posted on 06/17/2008 9:24:45 AM PDT by Chinstrap61a
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I know the type. West Fairbanks (University territory) has many such hysterically funny feasts for the eye - a bit distracting when you're driving behind one. I always want to get a good laugh out of each bumper sticker.
148 posted on 06/17/2008 9:26:18 AM PDT by ArmyTeach (Huah 4th BDE 25th INF)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Over forty years ago I lived in a small Florida cow town. I befriended the state trooper in the county and used to ride with him at night. One of the first things he told me was to watch out for cars with AAA stickers and/or bumper stickers!


149 posted on 06/17/2008 9:27:10 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (Sigh . . .)
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To: Huck
That's just the kind of BS I'm talking about. So if you're political affiliation is to a cop's liking, you get a break? They really think a lot of themselves.

Look, that was the first bumper sticker I EVER had on my car. I removed that sticker when Clinton was impeached, and haven't placed anything on my bumper since.

I was just sharing a story with other FReepers. In a perfect world, police officers would be completely objective, but this isn't a perfect world.

Police are generally very professional, but they're impressionable, just as we all are. I wasn't trying to influence anyone with my sticker, but on that day, it worked in my favor. If the same scenario happened in some bastion of liberalism--say I was pulled over in Massachusetts or Cal, I might just as easily walked away with a $150 ticket.

150 posted on 06/17/2008 9:28:40 AM PDT by Lou L
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To: Mr. Mojo
“Just like all early 70s VWs (both Bugs and vans) came with the obligatory “McGovern ‘72” sticker.”

No bumper stickers on my car, just the “D” (for Deutchland) origin plate.

BTW, my car is a 69 VW convertible.

151 posted on 06/17/2008 9:29:36 AM PDT by fredhead (4-cylinder, air cooled, horizontally opposed......THE REAL VW!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Per #3; I guess I a little slow today (no coffee), please translate that to standard American English. Costarist?


152 posted on 06/17/2008 9:30:15 AM PDT by fella ("...He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19)
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To: Lou L

I’m not blaming you for it. And hey, everyone likes getting a break on a speeding ticket. I’m just saying that that is precisely why I don’t put stickers of any sort on my car. As for police being professional, your mileage may vary. Some are, some definitely aren’t. The last couple of times I got stopped for speeding, the cops were very polite and I got a break both times. Usually the slightly older cops are the cool ones. The young ones are usually...alas, posting guidelines prevent me from finishing the thought. Anyway, didn’t mean to blame you. I’m glad you got a break.


153 posted on 06/17/2008 9:32:24 AM PDT by Huck ("Real" conservatives support OBAMA in 08 (that's how you know Im not a real conservative))
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To: wideawake
I have one troop support magnetic ribbon and one small self-made “boycott Berkeley” tag taped into the inside of my rear window where it does not obstruct visibility. I'm entitled (I survived UC and San Jose State in the ‘60s).
154 posted on 06/17/2008 9:33:50 AM PDT by ArmyTeach (Huah 4th BDE 25th INF)
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To: fella

The Star of David is supposed to be an “X”

So the sticker reads “Coexist”


155 posted on 06/17/2008 9:34:49 AM PDT by fredhead (4-cylinder, air cooled, horizontally opposed......THE REAL VW!!!)
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To: Just A Nobody
Hm. It showed up on my browser. That "blank" space is an ampersand (&) followed by nbsp followed by a semicolon (;). And, as for the &, that's an ampersand (&) followed by amp followed by a semicolon (;).
156 posted on 06/17/2008 9:34:59 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: Huck

Try driving a 15 year old Taurus! Have one I’ll sell you cheap! LOL


157 posted on 06/17/2008 9:39:57 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: skeeter

This guy has called Rush, Hannity and Levin on occasion. The Heaven’s Gate guys are laughing at him from that comet they got on.


158 posted on 06/17/2008 9:41:09 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: rabscuttle385

Thanks! I’ll play with it some more later. ;*)


159 posted on 06/17/2008 9:45:29 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr
The bumper sticker that infuriates me is the one that simply says, 01-20-09.

Yeah, I have a small cluster of Democrats living up the street from me (in what's otherwise a majority Republican town), and I know this because the cars parked out in front of their houses are always carrying the latest and greatest in liberal fare. One car is sporting "01-20-09" right now, along with "Endless War" and some standard anti-gun crapola. If only they knew how many guns there were less than half a mile away from them - can you say, "apoplexy"?

160 posted on 06/17/2008 9:54:31 AM PDT by dbwz
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