Driving superstitions

I salute the magpies and say good morning to them. If there’s one magpie I just say good morning Mr Magpie, but if there’s two I say good morning Mr and Mrs Magpie, and then sometimes it’s gone midday and I’ve said good morning and I then have to apologise and say good afternoon so as not to tempt bad luck. :blush:

Mmmm.

Tris:
I salute the magpies and say good morning to them. If there’s one magpie I just say good morning Mr Magpie, but if there’s two I say good morning Mr and Mrs Magpie, and then sometimes it’s gone midday and I’ve said good morning and I then have to apologise and say good afternoon so as not to tempt bad luck. :blush:

Magpies is my biggest superstition!!!
One for sorrow two for joy…
Magpies in Finland are a protected species!!!

:slight_smile: If they’re in my neck of the woods, they get greeted with lead pepper

P.S, RSPB member too :slight_smile:

I consider DVSA checkpoints to be bad luck and avoid them whenever possible. :wink:

Harry Monk:
I consider DVSA checkpoints to be bad luck and avoid them whenever possible. :wink:

Also camera vans by side of the road

Some drivers have the superstition that if they don’t get home each day they’ll turn in to a pumpkin :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

simon1958:
:slight_smile: If they’re in my neck of the woods, they get greeted with lead pepper

Why ?

I believe it’s bad luck to have any incognito tabs open when the wife’s about.

That “Close all incognito tabs” is a godsend, kills any suspect videos straight away, before removing headphones…

And whose the bugger who puts bloody loud disco music on money shot compilations that scare the pants off me, to be fair they are already off but that’s not the point.

I also won’t drive under ladders.

I was struggling for ideas to fill some space and had a large tattoo of magpie on my abdomen. Not the best place, pain wise, for a tattoo. Only after I realised the bad luck connection. I seem to have developed a habit of just saying to myself “alright magpie” whenever I see one on their own.

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I never make a full shift in or out of top, I always split it.

I check to see if there’s any oil on the dipstick! :grimacing: and put the dogclip on the fifty wheel arm. :laughing:

Never ever laugh at the poor souls broken down or else the Gods of Tarmac WILL take their revenge on you!

Wtf

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the maoster:
Never ever laugh at the poor souls broken down or else the Gods of Tarmac WILL take their revenge on you!

The same when you see the traffic queued back miles on the other side of the motorway. :smiley:

When I was on tilt work I used to believe you got jinxed trailers, as it seemed the moment you hooked onto it the job went to [ZB] and stayed that way until you dropped the thing off again. :laughing:

Tris:
I salute the magpies and say good morning to them. If there’s one magpie I just say good morning Mr Magpie, but if there’s two I say good morning Mr and Mrs Magpie, and then sometimes it’s gone midday and I’ve said good morning and I then have to apologise and say good afternoon so as not to tempt bad luck. :blush:

I have this superstition when a driver starts talking like the above, I have to suddenly move away from them. What has the above got to do with truck driving? :imp:

blue estate:
Some drivers have the superstition that if they don’t get home each day they’ll turn in to a pumpkin :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Rumbled, sir. :laughing:

When a light stays,or changes to green as I approach…I always say (loudly)
“Thank you Mr Green Man”
The Green Man is the Deity who looks after Truckers.
If he hears you,he turns all lights green for the rest of your shift
This is he,and you wouldn’t want to upset him ,would you ? :open_mouth:

Bluey Circles:

simon1958:
:slight_smile: If they’re in my neck of the woods, they get greeted with lead pepper

Why ?

Because they’re classed as pests.

And they’re destroying the native song bird population. :imp:

They don’t have a ‘predator’ as such, so they’re the top of their food chain…

And also, are not really ‘controlled’ either now…

No one understands that they are really destructive to birds smaller than them…