Its people like this, that allow the lulz to ensue

remember, jews did 9/11

#181

My earlier arguments were to point out that we shouldn’t make assumptions without knowing all the facts. Okay, so we have the facts now that you have provided them; earlier, however, we didn’t.

its 2 bumper stickers saying the same thing basically…

:S

Also, ‘Europe’ doesn’t drive on the left, the UK does. Afaik, almost all of Europe apart from the UK drives on the right, same as the Americans.

Apart from all that, good thinking caghs!

If you see a person driving a vehicle with a bumper sticker that says “SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES” and they’re… wearing their seatbelt, are you going to give that a second thought? If the person with “I BRAKE FOR WILDLIFE” comes to a stop to let the turtle/duckling/armadillo cross the road, is that noteworthy? Of course not. (Annoying, in the latter case, maybe.) They’re doing exactly what they said they believe in.

But – when people are acting in ways that directly contradict the views they choose to post all over their vehicles, THEN we take notice. THEN we say, “Man, I wish I’d gotten a video of that ‘CALM DRIVING SAVES LIVES’ idiot careening through traffic at 90 mph and running red lights.”

*Someone* found this scene significant enough to take a picture of it. There is nothing remarkable or particularly attractive about the composition, so unless there was some interesting event that got cropped out, we can reasonably assume that the items in the picture indicate what the photographer found noteworthy. It’s positioned so that the cab of the truck, and its messages and contents, are the focal point of the photo – that’s what we’re supposed to look at.

None of us were present when the photo was taken, but the photographer was. The photographer would know if the person on the phone was the driver or the passenger, and, possessing that knowledge, the photographer clearly thought this scene was noteworthy – significant enough to not only take a photo of it, but then to load it up on the internet for others to see.

Which photo are YOU going to spend the time on to upload it to the net:
A rather crappy picture of two barely-visible people in a boring truck on an overcast day?
vs.
An amusingly ironic photo showing the hypocrisy of the truck owner, who’s clearly belligerent enough to think that everyone should obey his/her opinions yet doesn’t follow his/her own rules?

Having said all that, the bumper stickers don’t necessarily reflect the beliefs of the person driving the vehicle… just the person who put them there. The driver could be a friend, coworker, relative – hell, it could even be a mechanic from the shop who’s taking the car for a test drive to see if it still makes that noise. The driver could be taking it off the used-car lot, and removing the bumper stickers will be Job 1 when s/he gets home.

I won’t pass judgment on the driver/talker, but it seems obvious to me that the proof of the irony is in the existence of the photo itself.

In said minivan were three kids…NONE of them were belted in. I couldn’t help but laugh at that.