What's with rear view mirrors and charms?

[UTUSN]

First, for this I didn't know what to call them -- totems, no; fobs, no. Google says the word is "charms." They seem to be universal, I don't remember seeing any vehicle without something. Is there anybody who doesn't use something on the rear view mirror? Is it just a good luck or fending off catastrophe, something like the revoked St Christopher for travelers?

Mine: a mati eye; a pineapple symbol of fortune and good will/welcome; and the beads (faded by sun) of the red-yellow-green = Vietnam.

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[PoliticAverse]

1. I've never had one on a vehicle of mine. n/t

[UTUSN]

2. Humph!1 Just not superstitious or not attracted to the "decoration"? n/t

[PoliticAverse]

3. Always seem like a possibly hazardous distraction to me. n/t

[NV Whino]

4. I think that stuff was outlawed in CA because of the distraction

[UTUSN]

5. Can see the point, had never thought of it that way. So when will ANY kind of cell phoning

be outlawed? And I don't mean texting. Just about everybody has a phone in their ear.

[NV Whino]

7. Probably the same time passengers and kids will be outlawed

I have a client who insists on calling me while he's driving. I'm sure he's safe and legal and all that with hands free, through the speakers operation, but I can catch only about every fourth word due to road noise, static and break up. Seriously, he can't wait to get home before he calls me? Drive me nuts.

[Brother Buzz]

6. What's with rear view mirrors?

[In_The_Wind]

8. Before the string broke: I had a little amulet bag like this one hanging in my car.

I was lost wandering through my photobucket looking for a picture that I know is in there somewhere.



Now there is an Ed Hardy tiger pouch hanging from the mirror. I stick my cell phone and blue tooth in the pouch while I'm driving.

[Kali]

9. just moved my stuff from the dead truck to the rental car

Dia de Los Muertos skeleton
Egyptian beaded hamsa/gods eye
Turkish glass blue eye
blue tree "Find one in every car, you'll see"

for me it is just about personalization

[NightWatcher]

10. Every third car has a wooden cross hanging from the mirror around here

My truck has a simple Native American necklace hanging from it. I used to have a piece of braided sweetgrass until it dried out and fell apart.

[trof]

11. Not good, dude.

They serve to restrict your forward vision.
And that's dangerous to you and others.

Down here in coastal Alabama they tend to be ropes of Mardi Gras beads.
Also mortar board tassels for recent high school grads.

Whatever, they're not a good thing to have hanging in your vision of the road ahead.

[riderinthestorm]

12. The first thing that came to mind was RepoMan and air fresheners

In all honesty I've got a handmade beaded ornament that was given to me by a close friend who has since passed. I hung it on my rearview mirror when she handed it to me as a gift 8 years ago.

She was so proud of it, she thought it would be a way for her to make a buck or two selling them.

She never did realize that dream

Its a great reminder in the car to drive safely so I have a future with opportunities.

Besides its beautiful. She had great talent

[femmocrat]

13. I think they are illegal in this state.

I don't have anything hanging there. My fuzzy dice are long gone! LOL

[MissMillie]

14. I don't have one

and I believe here one technically could be grounds for a ticket.

I do have something that hangs around my stick shift (oh man--that doesn't sound right)

[TorchTheWitch]

15. I think they're dangerous

They're distracting and block some vision. Having some stuff hanging off the rear view mirror would drive me wacko. And as far as I'm concerned anything that blocks your full vision is really stupid.

[lastlib]

16. Not on my RV mirror........

....but I stuck a little suction-cup hook on top of my dashboard, and hung a necklace that has some personal significance on it. That way it doesn't obstruct my vision, and doesn't bang against the dashboard all the time.

[UTUSN]

17. I learned here that the danglers are illegal somewhere and can be hazards. But not illegal

where I am, or else I'm in a Mad Max zone, which is possible.

[Blue_Tires]

18. no one hangs fuzzy dice or leg garters anymore??

[MissMillie]

19. I have fuzzy dice

hanging from the back seat head-rests

[UTUSN]

20. Garters?!1 (And my horizons expand... ) n/t

[Blue_Tires]

21. So the whole world (along with any female passengers)

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