Bumper stickers are often used on commercial vehicles so that employers can receive feedback about the driving habits of their employees

A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles - although they are often stuck onto other objects. Most bumper stickers are about 80 mm by 300 mm (3 in by 12 in) and are often made of PVC. Image File history File links Feedbackbumpersticker. ... Image File history File links Feedbackbumpersticker. ... Protest sticker on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City A label is any kind of tag attached with adhesive to something so as to identify the object or its contents. ... A bumper is a part of a car designed to allow one vehicle to push another and to withstand the impact from collisions. ... For the magazine called automobile, see Automobile Magazine. ... Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC über Polychloroethene) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. ...

Purpose

Bumper stickers can be commercial, religious, humorous, or in support of a sports team or other organization. They may promote or oppose a particular philosophical or political position. Bumper stickers are a popular way of showing support for a candidate for a government seat and become more common during election years. This article is about the business concept. ... Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Look up Candidate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. ...

Country tag for Switzerland.

One variety of bumpersticker is the country tag. This is typically used for cars crossing international borders, and is overseen by the United Nations as the Distinguishing Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic, being authorized by the UN's Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949) and Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (1968). Image File history File linksMetadata Oval_CH.JPG‎ Swiss country tag; it was photographed and uploaded by a contributor to the German-language Wikipedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Oval_CH.JPG‎ Swiss country tag; it was photographed and uploaded by a contributor to the German-language Wikipedia. ... This is a list of vehicle country identification codes: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Note * Non-official Note1  There are other, unofficial codes in common... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is an international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the contracting parties. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

These have been spun off into humorous tags which may indicate a city (OBX), political party (GOP), etc. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ...

Application and removal

Due to the movement of the vehicle and changing weather conditions, it is vital that the sticker adhere well to the bumper surface. However, there are some "easy to remove" bumper stickers and magnetic bumper stickers, occasionally made to be used as pranks by putting them on someone else's vehicle — especially ones that taunt police officers (e.g.: "I dare you pigs to pull me over"). Bumper stickers can be removed with penetrating oil or a heat gun. In physics, magnetism is a phenomenon by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. ... For the band, see The Police. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Penetrating oil is very low viscosity oil. ... Heat Gun Kit A heat gun is a device used to emit a stream of hot air. ...

History

Bumper stickers could not predate the introduction of the automobile bumper; the Ford Model T lacked bumpers to which bumper stickers could be conveniently attached, but the Ford Model A, introduced in 1927, had them. One online source[1] credits the current bumper sticker to Forest P. Gill, a silkscreen printer from Kansas City. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ford Model T For the blues musician, see T-Model Ford. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Screen-printing, also known as silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged single-color image using a stencil and a porous fabric. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...

The first bumper stickers appeared shortly before World War II; they were flag-like, and attached to the bumper by wires. Gill replaced the wire attachments with pressure sensitive adhesive, and as a result bumper stickers became more widespread and practical. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... An adhesive is a compound that adheres or bonds two items together. ...

Around the world

The ichthys fish symbol, which represents Christianity, and its parodies are popular bumper sticker themes

Considerable variation exists around the world as to the context and purpose of stickers. Image File history File links Ichthus. ... Image File history File links Ichthus. ... The ichthys or fish symbol represents Christianity Ichthys (Greek: ; also transliterated and latinized as ichthys, icthus, ichthus or ikhthus; ichthus, spelled: Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word for fish. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... The ichthys symbol or Jesus fish, typically used to proclaim an affiliation or affinity for Christianity, is frequently a subject of satire; especially when adorning the bumpers or trunks of American automobiles. ...

On some vehicles, some stickers are like trophy signs of WWII aeroplanes, either of locations visited or actions completed.

They have also been extensively applied to rear windows as well, where legislative measures have not banned such use.

Australian Ute (Utility pickup truck) enthusiasts tend to have an obsession with bumper stickers, often covering the entire rear window of the ute with them. The truck with the greatest variety of stickers is often the deciding factor in many Ute muster "Beaut Ute" competitions. Mazda compact Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ... A Ute entering the Feral Ute competition. ...

More recently, bumper stickers have become a route for advertising and a few companies offer to match car owners to advertisers willing to pay for the ad. One such example is TailAds.com

In Israel, one of the most popular songs of all time is Shirat Hasticker ("The Sticker Song") by Hadag Nachash, a song composed entirely of bumper sticker slogans. Shirat Hasticker (known as The Sticker Song in English) is a song recorded by Israeli hip-hop group Hadag Nahash. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External Links

Wikipedia's "Bumper Sticker" article on a bumper sticker