Comments on: Crazy Christian drivers

By: Andy Towler

Andy Towler — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:03:24 +0000

You’re so right.

I actually blogged a bit about this (click my name above for the post).

Incidentally you have a great blog here – and I can identify with many of the things you say and have experienced.

By: Truthilicious

Truthilicious — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:46:31 +0000

It's not the fact that this guy was a Christian... it's the fact that, statistically speaking, anyone who adorns his.her car with bumper stickers is more likely to drive aggressively. See here.

By: random guy

random guy — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:31:38 +0000

kristi, I read the same study. It concluded that it wasn’t the content of the bumper stickers, but the actual number of them. The political/religious/humorous nature of the bumper stickers didn’t matter, they found that the more any one person had the more likely they were to commit road rage.

By: Metro

Metro — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:08:59 +0000

Makes sense to me. If you have to announce your religious belief/political philosophy/committment to honking when in a state of arousal on your car, then you don’t sound like the type to avoid getting in peoples’ faces.

By: kristi

kristi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:59:08 +0000

I read a study recently that claimed that drivers with many bumper stickers were more territorial and more prone to road rage. Maybe this is a facet of that?

By: Metro

Metro — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:10 +0000

God was his co-pilot, and the pilot was napping, I guess.

By: Digital Dame

Digital Dame — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:43:36 +0000

I had a lecherous old neighbor who, after inviting my kids to attend vacation bible school at his church, tried to grope me.

Oh, and he and his wife both had those “Jesus” fish all over their cars.

By: GDad

GDad — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:41:04 +0000

My son and I noticed a car in front of us yesterday that had a woman draped over the front seat to take care of a baby in the back seat. Our state has mandatory seat belt laws for drivers and front-seat passengers.

My son and I both noticed the big bumper sticker that advertised a local church.

By: wazza

wazza — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:35:16 +0000

um, might just be that most of the people where you live are christian, so anyone who pisses you off is likely to be a christian…

but then, they tend to look upon god’s word as more of a guideline in any case.

By: Chayanov

Chayanov — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:11:24 +0000

Didn’t the Pope declare road rage was a sin?

By: jtradke

jtradke — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:13:29 +0000

Confirmation bias. Just sayin’.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:11:10 +0000

The religious hypocrite isn’t just a driving thing. My sister in law and several friends of mine all despised the Sunday morning shift at the restaurants they were working at back in the day- the church people were notoriously horrible tippers.

Granted, this is purely anecdotal, so take it with a grain of salt.

We all eat babies, right?

By: Doubting Foo

Doubting Foo — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:52:02 +0000

Haha, whatever happened to “Sunday Drivers?”