The Idiot used to to amuse himself by checking out the wide array of bumper stickers on cars at baseball games and other events. But today only one in thirty cars, according to the ABSA (American Bumper Sticker Association), sports a bumper sticker.

Why?

“Everyone is worried about damage to their cars by people who disagree with the message conveyed by a particular bumper sticker,” an ABSA spokeswoman told The Idiot.

Can this possibly be true?

“When my husband put a Sierra Club sticker on our car without telling me I almost divorced him,” said a resident of  Redding, California. “‘You want to get us killed?’ I asked him. Take that off!”

Could putting this bumper sticker on your car get you killed in some parts of the United States?

Here are the few bumper stickers that The Idiot spotted during a recent walk around Redding.

Will Social Services investigate the couple who put this sticker on their rear bumper?

Is this bumper sticker discriminatory?

Can Lassen Volcanic National Park truly coexist with this sticker?

Can Willow Creek, California, sue Redding for appropriating the image of Bigfoot?

Why are these attractive stickers found in the Turtle Bay Exploration Park gift shop but not seen on any cars in the parking lot?

And, getting personal, what’s on The Idiot’s bumper this week?  (FYI The Idiot frequently changes his bumper stickers and charges $100 per week for use of his bumper for commercial or political advertising messages.)

The Idiot, who is frequently paid to place “advertisements” on his bumper, has a free public service announcement on his bumper this week.

And the best bumper sticker The Idiot ran into during his recent investigation?

This is the bumper sticker that inspired The Idiot to tackle this politically sensitive story.

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About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."