In a freak car-wash accident, I recently broke my car’s driver’s side mirror. I immediately wondered if that meant I’d be cursed with seven years of bad traffic, then started thinking of other automotive variations on common superstitions.
If you drive your car under a ladder, it means you took a wrong turn trying to get out of the parking garage.
If a black cat crosses your car’s path, well, if it’s running around in traffic without becoming road pizza, it’s got all the good luck on that stretch of road.
See a pin and pick it up, one less thing to give you a flat tire.
Spilling salt while driving means you should go somewhere with a less complicated drive-thru menu.
Throwing a horseshoe over your shoulder while in your car will break the rear window, you idiot!
Oysters should only be eaten in car models with an “R” in them. (Where are you going for drive-thru?)
If you throw a live toad into your car’s engine first thing each morning, nothing worse will happen to it for the rest of the day.
Driving on Friday the 13th means you have a job to go to.
Red sky at night, driver’s delight, red sky in the morning, clean your windshield, something bled on your car.
If you open an umberlla in your car, how the heck are you going to get it out of your car?
Drive over a crack, welcome to the Interstate Highway System.
and finally, Washing your car will bring either rain, or a broken side mirror.