Some are profound, others poetic. Some are simple and come straight to the point. Some turn a phrase, while others are down right insulting. Bumper stickers are dispensed by teens, often wearing t-shirts carrying the same message as the bumper sticker, at street corners and busy intersections. It's a dangerous occupation, and not just because the stickers are usually political in nature.
Israeli drivers drive quickly.
But when you're stopped at a traffic light or stuck in traffic, they've got you. Bumper stickers are stuck on the car at your request - most of the time. What is unusual is that these modern day town criers won't just hand you a sticker, they insist on attaching it to your car themselves. I guess they don't want their message falling into the wrong hands. The most popular and often the most powerful bumper stickers are slogans that are reworked and reworded, parodied and spun and then take on a life of their own.