An observation about vehicles with "W" stickers

[burythehatchet]

For some time now I have noticed something, motor vehicles that appear to be driven erratically and dangerously more often than not have a W sticker on them. For a while I just thought that my dislike of * was the cause of what may be termed "selective observation". So I decided to consciously observe and mentally note occurrences of this phenomenon. Sure enough, after doing this for about four months I can honestly report that whenever a driver cuts someone off, jumps a lane, runs a light, or engages in other foul driving behavior, at least half the time he is proudly displaying a W on his SUV or pick-up truck.

I post this today because an incident occurred that just irritated me enough to share it with you. I was going for my daily walk, and it was raining steadily. I was about to cross an intersection, the WALK sign had been lit, and there was no traffic except for one full size truck approaching the intersection. I double-checked the WALK sign and proceeded to begin crossing. The driver of the truck pulls up to the intersection, passes the stop line by about half a truck length, flicks his cigarette out the window in my direction, and completely blocks the pedestrian crossing. I proceed to walk around the back of his truck and sure enough, a big W'04 sticker...is it just me or have others noticed this as well. It seems to be an arrogance, or more accurately a reflection of their own self hatred, that makes them aggressive, even dangerous drivers.

And if you have to be a freeper troll driver reading this post, FUCK YOU!

[PWRinNY]

1. I've noticed the same thing

Very mean people behind those wheels! Drive slowly when you're behind them, and if you try to pass them, they speed up, and if you do get around them, they ride your ass, then they pass you and cut you off so you have to slam on the brakes so you don't get in an accident - and this happened to me TWICE in the same day, with 2 different W sticker drivers. Amazing.

[Crazy Dave]

11. Dumb-ass rednecks down here....

They do the same thing as you've described and they show their stupidity driving big gas guzzling trucks that that cost more than their homes with big stupid 6 foot tall tires. Besides a Bush/Cheney '04 sticker they also have the Calvin peeing on something sticker too. They can barely afford the trucks as most are too stupid to work or keep a steady paying job and most of the idiots that have them in my neighborhood eventually get them repossessed.

[Grateful for Hope]

2. Perhaps a sign of their anger

that their precious "leader" is not what he seemed?

Just a thought.

[jsamuel]

3. sadly, I have noticed the same thing

[Geo55]

4. Hmmm

Haven't researched this phenomena yet, I'll keep my eye out.
At least it'll give me something to think about besides just getting pissed.

[mtnsnake]

5. In my area, I find that people with the "Support the Troops" magnets are

by far the slowest drivers on the planet. They act like they own the road and don't care how much time they take to make a simple decision, like turning left or right. I swear, they'll go to turn off the road and practically stop right in front of you half way through their turn. Must be they hand those magnets out for free to people who are willing to drive so slow for the purpose of making you squawk at those things on the backs of their vehicles as you peer through your windshield.

[Rosemary2205]

15. you would hate my driving

I absolutely refuse to take a turn at 30mph just because the tailgater behind me is in a big hurry. :)

[Dees]

20. Talegaters hate my guts. I acutually go the speed limit.

Drives them nuts. I'm not plowing radar for any Repukey.

[mtnsnake]

43. Tailgaters are my biggest pet peeve, too. Trust me on that

If I had more time tonight, I'd love to talk about some of the instances where I've gotten into it with tailgaters. LOL

What I was talking about before was people practically stopping in the middle of the road, starting a turn, and then stopping again halfway through it and leaving the rear half of their vehicle still out in the main lane of traffic. Totally annoying!

[Maru Kitteh]

I was treated to a new ribbon today

SUV (of course) and on the back they have the obligatory yellow chinese support our troops sticker, a pink one for breast cancer and then right in the middle - Go Huskers! :eyes:

So just to recap, support the troops, find a cure and go team. Just make you want to SMACK them.

[leftofthedial]

6. yep

noticed it myself

[Surya Gayatri]

7. Sociopaths at the wheel,

lacking in genuine empathy, unable to access any natural compassion. SG

[Initech]

8. The worst is when cars with W stickers talk on cell phones while driving

Nine times out of 10, swear to god. Every irrational drive I've ever encountered has a W sticker and they're usually chatting away on a cell phone. Drives me crazy.

[yasmina27]

27. bumpersticker

I'm going to make :

Hang Up! NSA is listening!


with a picture of a cellphone.

[DiverDave]

28. How about this one:

My Box-My Choice
I scratched my head on that on for a minute...then I got it.
The typical male time lag on this sort of word play thing.

[Carni]

52. That is MOST excellent

Publish the link when you start selling them because that is perfect!

[elehhhhna]

9. They are properly known as "Wastickas"

[personman]

40. I always called them Bushstickas

but I like that too.

[LiberalPartisan]

57. That is Brilliant!!! n/t

[Quixote1818]

10. They always drive big SUV's or Red Neck Monster Trucks.

The driver usually looks like Pat Robertson or Larry the Cable Guy.

They have the sign of the fish on the back of the vehicle plus a yellow ribbon magnet.

[BlueManDude]

39. Saw a Huge Hummer with W04 sticker today.

It's such a cliche but it's true. I was walkIing past this vehicle stopped at the light and said to myself half joking "this a-hole's gotta be a GOPer". Sure enuf W04 sticker on back. I live in the heart of John Kerry country so I don't see many W stickers.

[0007]

42. Hummers here in Midland

[napi21]

12. I think a lot depends on where you live.

I live in Ga., about 45 minutes north of Atlanta. MOST people here have W stickers on their cars, and MOST will run you off the damn road if they have the chance. I don't think it has much to do with them supporting W. I think they're just agressive, arrogant, and ignorant drivers!

[The Doctor.]

16. "MOST people here have W stickers on their cars,...

and MOST will run you off the damn road if they have the chance."

That seems to completely support the OP's theory.

More * supporters = more agressive drivers.

[The Doctor.]

13. actually, yes...I've noticed this too.

They drive like teenagers.

One time I made a right-hand turn into the right lane of a three-lane road. The driver on the opposite side of the intersection had a green turn arrow indicating he could a take a left turn on to the same road I was turning on to.

Not only did he not turn into the left lane, but barreled his Lincoln straight across into the right lane (against state law), and nearly right into me.

The driver, driving along side of me, rolled down his window and started screaming at me.

Apparently he somehow thought that the green arrow meant he could take as much road as he wanted.

I rolled down my window and pitched a driver's manual right through his open passenger window (I've made a habit of carrying spares so I can hand them out). He flinched wildly, pulled in front of me, slammed on his brakes and I casually cruised around him while he pulled over. I guess he thought I was going to 'brawl' with him, or that this was some kind of car accident.

It did not escape me that he had a 'Bush-Cheney '04' sticker on his rear window.

And yes, I do see it all the time, but I wasn't sure whether it was 'self-propagating perspective' or not... now I'm pretty sure it's not.

[Ruffhowse]

14. I carry a felt tip black pen to annoint any Bush stickers I find with

an appropriate swastika. I enjoy the thought that they will be driving around probably for weeks carrying my little protest isignia and not even know it.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. How do you manage that without getting nailed?

sounds like fun.

[Ruffhowse]

41. A quick scout of the parking lot to make sure the coast is clear,

and then a swastika is very quick to draw.

[blonndee]

46. Ooh I sort of like that idea...don't know if I

could/would do it though. My window got shot out on Halloween. Could've been just pranking kids, but none of my friends' cars got hit. But then again, none of my friends have all the stickers I do.

Today I saw a truck with Texas A&M Aggies stickers all over. One of them looked really old, but it had been "anointed" too. It read

Texas A&M
"Leaders in A cult "

Took me about half a minute to figure out it used to read "Leaders in Agriculture!"

[Clark2008]

18. I've noticed, too, that they're usually rude, crude and dangerous.

I never let vehicles - and they're usually SUVs - with "W" sticker in front of me as a courtesy. I figure if they're dumb enough to vote against their own self-interests, then they need to wait at the back of the line.

[Dees]

19. I happen to agree with you. I find, as in

the case this morning, that when an asshole comes flying up behind me and tail gates there is a 7 out 10 chance it's a W or Bu$h/Cheney stickered vehicle. I mean this guy wasn't just a little close..the dickhead might as well have been sitting in my back seat. At the first opportunity I pulled over and let the P.O.S. by. Sure enough W04 on the back windshield. Most are agressive mean spirited sonsabitches. But isn't that what you would expect?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. Here's my theory

Democrats are thinkers

Republicans are doers



The problems start when Dems think/talk without acting and Reps do without thinking.

[Rosemary2205]

22. that's deep.

:)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

25. heheheheh

[B Calm]

23. I have noticed people with democratic stickers seem to drive

more courteously and slower..

[burythehatchet]

30. Absolutely

and of course, EVERY hybrid vehicle has a Kerry sticker on it.

[Rocknrule]

24. Bush's attitude is basically "Fuck the world"

so you can't expect his supporters to think or behave any differently

[pinkpops]

29. Emulating their hero and Most Worshipped King of the Assholes

[DiverDave]

26. I drive a truck in the philly-baltimore-DC area

and you are absolutely spot on!
I can, with a high degree of certainty, tell you that the idiot slashing through traffic at an insane speed, whips by me with some sort of repuke sticker on the back.

On the other hand, if someone is being courteous, and staying out of peoples way(moving over to let people merge, slowing down to allow someone to merge\come out) if they have a bumper sticker at all, it is invariably has a Democratic/progressive message on it.
I drive pretty much every day in this hell hole, and I've noticed this since dimson "won" the first time.

[burythehatchet]

32. I suspect Baltimore is a heavy defense manufacturing

area because it seems to be very pro *

[Cleita]

31. Don't forget the asses with the huge duellies and the Humvees,

who nonchalantly take up two and sometimes three parking spaces. They might as well have a cut out of a hand with the third finger raised slapped on them. They predominantly have W stickers on them and little American flags.

[CatWoman]

33. not to change the subject

but something that "I've" noticed today, as well as the last time gas prices jumped dramatically: abandoned cars along the side of the road.

I wonder if people are running out of gas, or is there an inordinate number of cars breaking down all of a sudden?

[burythehatchet]

35. I bet you're right

maybe people are trying to get the last drops of gas before having to fork over 40 bucks or more to fill up.

:hi:

[CatWoman]

36. BTW -- don't know if you've seen this

:hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=146x3079#3098

[burythehatchet]

38. I did!

CB messaged me and I will be there.

[progressivebydesign]

34. I swear on my dog's life, I have noticed the same phenom.

I rarely get tailgated or cut off by liberal drivers. It's almost always W stickers, "god bless america", and other religio/fascist stickers.

[hyphenate]

37. I've noticed that most people who drive Hummers and

other large SUVs are really arrogant in general. I've also noticed that they try to find the closest parking spot to a door in any shopping center--you would think that these fucking morons with the actual word "SPORTS" in their vehicle names would be the kind who could WALK a little further when they're driving such a shit-assed vehicle instead of impeding traffic where some actual handicapped people are trying to park.

[Bigmack]

44. They don't like cyclists, either....

I've had people yell at me as they pass as close as they can... with me on the fog line.

That's why I carry a 9mm when I'm biking.

[Cats Against Frist]

45. I haven't noticed it

because, where I'm from, I haven't seen a "W" sticker in AGES. Iowa got fooled once, and won't get fooled again.

[spacelady]

47. My obervations are unscientific, but otherwise valid, because I

1 Don't drive very much anymore.

2. Both people were behind me to begin with, so don't know their
political affiliation.

3. Both incidences were in a school lane where impatience & disregard for safety are especially egregious.

The first is when a giant white SUV keeps tailgaiting & trying to pass when I had dropped my daughter off in a timely manner. They had soccer stickers on the back with their kid's names emblazoned.

The second is when a giant olive drab SUV seems to be the worst
impatient, tailgating driver on a cell phone & when they pass me in a burst of fury they had these white back windshield stickers with the three crosses of Jesus' crucifiction. I have encountered them numerous times & it always is a lesson in dangerous driving because they think they own the road.

[meisje]

48. I drive erratically, own a SUV and I have a Kerry sticker

sorry to blow your poll

[Maddy McCall]

50. LOL. I don't own an SUV, but otherwise, we're twins.

:D

[Maddy McCall]

49. I drive like a bat on peyote out of hell. No W sticker on my car.

Most of the people driving W-stickered cars down here are the old grannies and pawpaws that are too decrepit to bend over and peel it off--they've aged a lot in six years, I guess.

I never see people my age (40ish) driving vehicles with W stickers here. It's always the old blue-haired mawmaws or sugar daddies in their 1980 model Cadillacs or Lincolns. And I can't stand them, because they drive 20 miles UNDER the speed limit in the left lane. Old Senile Fuckers.

[Carni]

51. It's not self hatred-it's total arrogance

Twice in the last two months I have been in stores and witnessed assholes throwing their weight around-- I took note that when they got in their cars they had "W 04" stickers.

It's not a coincidence.

[alittlelark]

53. Here in Silicon valley the 'W' stickers are FEW, and always on either

a HUGE SUV, or a true beater - mobile. I have only experienced 2 'W' sticker a-holes. One was a guy who stayed in the 'through' lane on Foothill Expressway until 50 or so feet from the El Monte turn-off to Hwy 280. He was driving an Excursion, and slowed down until all those behind him were also going 5mph (as are all of us in the 280 queue) and aggressively cut in front of the car ahead of me. We had been in that lane for 5 minutes or so, just waiting our turn. He shoved himself in to such a degree that the car he was trying to get in front of was forced into the bike lane. He just kept honking and honking. A TRUE A-Hole.

The second was a beater that ran into a telephone pole 4 blocks from my house.

[monarch]

54. "W" sticker free zones

I have never seen a "W" sticker on a car in a library or bookstore parking lot. Check it out. The only stickers you see there are liberal.

[Oilwellian]

55. I saw a sticker that caused me to do a double-take

Walking into the store the other day, I saw what I thought was a typical "W" 04 sticker...at second glance though, it was a "Wtf" 04 sticker. LOLOL!

[burythehatchet]

56. Oh that's good.

Whenever I see an anti * sticker I make sure I give the driver a big thumbs-up.

[LadyMorgain]

58. No you are not the only observant

of this issue. I , too, has noticed this sometime before. Yes, it is an arrogant thing with repubs....they think thay are better than anyone else.

[burythehatchet]

59. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[LiberalPartisan]

60. I sport one of these on my car

And it has gotten me a lot of snide comments - especially at the local Publix. So you see, it works like a charm!

[burythehatchet]

61. Mine says "W - The Fuehrer" n/t

[Jamison]

62. Here's my observation of these drivers:

In my neck of the woods, they are the slowest & most inattentive drivers. You know the type, they're either clueless behind the wheel or have their cell phones surgically attached to their ears.

I've also noticed that you'll never see them driving a smaller/economical vehicle. It's always a large SUV, large pickup, or minivan. I've always kind of considered these vehicles a danger on the highway because of their huge size, and the fact that most of them can't brake, handle, or accelerate as well as even your average sedan.

[OnionPatch]

63. I noticed the same, however

I live in an area where big vehicles and W stickers are both very common. Also, I bet I drive like an asshole to people who drive W sticker cars.....just yesterday I let several cars merge onto the crowded highway in front of me and was just ready to let one last one in when I saw the "I support President Bush and our Brave Troops" sticker on the back. I hit the gas. I hate those stickers worse than the plain old W stickers because they insinuate that hating Bush is the same as hating the troops. I have a W sticker with the red circle/slash over it on my car so maybe they think we are rude drivers. :)