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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: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Aggressive driving might be responsible for up to two-thirds of all U.S. traffic accidents that involve injuries.
This is the first time I ever read this. I believe it to be true. I've always thought that the obsession with drunk driving overlooks the larger cause of fatalities: aggressive driving.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying legalize drunk driving. For the record, I don't even drink.

What I am saying is that sometimes I get the idea that drunk driving and parking tickets are the sum total of traffic enforcement in some jurisdictions.

Meanwhile, aggressive drivers are out there killing people.

61 posted on 06/17/2008 7:39:37 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.americansolutions.com/ (Sign the DrillHereDrillNow petition))
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To: WarToad

Well dang... sorry I missed you! :-)

We’ve sure had a crappy spring, but now it’s warming up and sunny. Had a gorgeous weekend. North Dakota? Jeepers... hope you remembered yer mittens. :-)

Good luck out there!


62 posted on 06/17/2008 7:39:58 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Not surprising at all.


63 posted on 06/17/2008 7:41:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Question Gender.

What does that even MEAN?


64 posted on 06/17/2008 7:41:26 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.americansolutions.com/ (Sign the DrillHereDrillNow petition))
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To: Psycho_Bunny
"...I've never seen any reason to ruin the look of a car with a bumper sticker...."

Get one of these and make your own messages. You won't ruin the look of your car and you'll have some fun at the same time.

66 posted on 06/17/2008 7:44:35 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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To: ottbmare

The bumper sticker that infuriates me is the one that simply says, 01-20-09. When my wife isn’t looking I have been known to entend to the driver of that car a single fingered greeting.


67 posted on 06/17/2008 7:44:59 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Hussein Obama And His Friends Want You To Pay More For Gasoline)
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To: RockinRight

So true IMO.

I would think if I put a bumper sticker on my rig that said F Obama I would be inducing others to rage.

My two bumper stickers read:
Stressed Out? Take a Prayer break.

And the black and white oval type with a Labrador and Cold Nose Crew
written across the top and their 3 names across the bottom.

Kinda like telling someone protection is on board but in fur and teeth mode and they DO protect and serve us.


68 posted on 06/17/2008 7:45:38 AM PDT by Global2010 (OKIE DOKIE)
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To: Resolute Conservative
I have trained my kids to point at them a laugh when they see a lib-styled sticker.


69 posted on 06/17/2008 7:46:29 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

70 posted on 06/17/2008 7:48:07 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Huck

A couple of years ago my 19 year old son’s old car was covered in death-metal stickers when he got pulled for speeding. The cop hassled him with suspicion about “having drugs” in the car. When the kid was allowed to speak he told the cop he was an A-B student at the university, had three professional computer certifications , was coming home to see his dad for the weekend and that he wasn’t stupid enough to jeopardize his future by messing with drugs.

The cop let him go without a ticket.


71 posted on 06/17/2008 7:48:46 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
My only sticker.


72 posted on 06/17/2008 7:49:23 AM PDT by Gorzaloon
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

A few years ago there was a bumper sticker popular in Texas that said “Vehicle Insured by Smith and Wesson”.


73 posted on 06/17/2008 7:49:30 AM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: rochester_veteran
My car would be keyed at minimum if I had conservative leaning bumper stickers on my car in the Rochester, NY area.

Depends on the sticker. NRA stickers usually keep leftist would-be vandals at a safe distance. I have two small stickers on my Chevy Tahoe (NRA and my gun club) and never worry about vandalism.

74 posted on 06/17/2008 7:49:48 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: WarToad

More like auto-vandalism.


75 posted on 06/17/2008 7:50:01 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Better put some ice on that


76 posted on 06/17/2008 7:50:09 AM PDT by Operation_Shock_N_Awe (I'd rather be a conservative nut job than a liberal with no nuts and no job)
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To: Yitzchak

LOL!


77 posted on 06/17/2008 7:51:01 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I'm convinced that ALL Subaru Outbacks (and Foresters) come with a mandatory KERRY/EDWARDS04 bumper sticker attached...
78 posted on 06/17/2008 7:52:07 AM PDT by lunarville (Common sense ain't so common anymore...)
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To: al_c

You do have to be a little careful with it, though. In certain locations, I’ll turn the ringer on soft, so it doesn’t broadcast very far. Offending people is one thing; enraging particular segments of the population is another.


79 posted on 06/17/2008 7:52:49 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: al_c

Knights Of C ROCK!

thank you


80 posted on 06/17/2008 7:54:08 AM PDT by Global2010 (OKIE DOKIE)
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