What happened to bumper stickers? Some were pretty funny.

Hadn't thought about it but you are right we don't see them so much anymore. A few I remember:

  • When living in Wyoming, long ago, I had one that said: "Wyoming Where Men are Men, and Sheep are Nervous"
  • When I worked for the US Forest service, whilst in college, they had one that said "Prevent Forest and Range Fires", with a couple of them and a razorblade I modified to say "Prevent Forest Rangers"
  • Living in redneck north Florida I had a friend with one that said "Slave States for Bush", he was a brave and foolish man... Also a really big guy who carried a gun...
  • One in Utah advertising the local brew Polygamy Porter "Bring a Six Pack Home to the Wives"
If and when I think of more I'll add them.

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I saw a nice bumper sticker on a car in Buffalo, NY last year, I forget the words but it was something like 'I hope you have a really nice day today'. A very feel-good type of message, not the usual boring or annoying ones.
Nowadays so many people have personalized license plate numbers. I am not good at figuring out what they say tho.
 
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Many years ago, there was a fad about "My Other Car is ...... " bumper stickers.
Such as:
My other car is a Mercedes (or other luxury car brands)
My other car is a broom
My other car is terrible too
My other car can do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs
and many more.

I had one made that said "I don't have another car".
 
Bumper stickers may have reached their zenith in the 1960’s, when many were humorous or social commentary. Today, many are harshly political. I’ve seen vehicles driving around with bumper stickers espousing a candidate years after he was defeated…election deniers, intractably stubborn, or just too lazy to remove them? 🤔
 
They've been replaced by "vanity" license plates. You see something that's different from the usual ABC123 and you have to figure out what it says. Like "H8PTN" (hate Putin) or "SK8R" (skater).

I read an article once about the license bureau employee who reviews vanity license plate requests so that lightly-disguised obscenities can be rejected. She said that one guy requested "4NICK8". She rejected it and he argued that he was just honoring his cousin Nick who owned a 4-wheel-drive 8-cylinder truck. She told him to come back when his cousin buys one with 6-cylinders.
 
StarSong said:
I've never heard that.
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When one of my grandsons went for the behind-the-wheel test for his drivers license, the tester walked around to the rear of his car and, while writing down the plate number, gave him a lecture about "too many decals" and how they're a distraction and how they draw attention from the CHP. "We want drivers reading signs, not your 'stickers'."
 
Dustbunny said:
Many years ago, there was a fad about "My Other Car is ...... " bumper stickers.
Such as:
My other car is a Mercedes (or other luxury car brands)
My other car is a broom
My other car is terrible too
My other car can do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs
and many more.

I had one made that said "I don't have another car".
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Back when my kids had braces, I made one that said "My other car is in my orthodontist's garage"
 
fuzzybuddy said:
It was all that long ago, we all had bumper stickers. Now all we have are tiny decals in the rear window. At least, we don't have those stupid "Baby on board" sign. You really think a plastic sign is going to save you in bad accident?????
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I made this one up:
"Senior Driver,slow reactions. After passing, check for finger in mirror"
 

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