Why do drivers put soft/stuffed toys in car?

[Kelpie]

Hi all,

 

Is it a matter of personal taste or a psychological thingy (de-stress) that we see car drivers putting soft/stuffed toys in the car? You could even find them in luxury cars.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Thank you.

 

Regards,

[Yuan]

To relieve stress....Driving in Singapore is getting more and more pressurized.....

 

Soft toys may help to lighten the driver or the day.

 

Usually it is the princesses on board of the vehicles who own these toys.

Edited November 5, 2009 by Yuan

[Kb27]

It helps to cushion the impact in an accident.

[Drive_carcar]

Usually it's the ladies of the guy who owns the car that put all those toys there. But for my car, I insist that it is functional and minimalistic, except for the gadgets that I put in, there's very few items inside. Easier to care for.

[Eyke]

they serve to collect dust.

[Ender]

Put statues of deity of various religion better, so the dashboard becomes something like a mini altar table. Most thieves wouldn't want to smash the windscreen with so many fierce looking deity staring back... Usually see these in lorry or van.

[Robo]

Put statues of deity of various religion better, so the dashboard becomes something like a mini altar table. Most thieves wouldn't want to smash the windscreen with so many fierce looking deity staring back... Usually see these in lorry or van.

 

 

lets say u're a deity... would u want to be place on dashboard? being subjected to the suffocating hot sun?

 

think in a deity perspective....

[Ogima]

the GF put the toys there to indirectly tell any female passengers that the driver is attached. any displacement of the toys tell the GF that someone "girly" have taken the passenger seat.

 

my friend hide the toy when he fetch another but forget to put it back when fetching his GF.....

 

 

 

 

[Gary84]

my friend driving a pink Evo X got stuffed toys all over his dashboard.....hahaha

[Watwheels]

They have the soft toys for their children. If one of the rear windows got a lot of cartoon character stickers, that pretty much confirms it.

[Hiphiphoray]

Soft toys not so critical. How much dust can a toy collect ?

 

You should be more concern on the frequency of internal vacuuming of your car.

 

I use to do that weekly at Jbee. But now too far for me liao.

[Kxbc]

It started with one cos the wife wants a soft toy to hug during the ride. Then she bought a baby Tigger and placed it on the dashboard because it reminds her of one of our cats. Now we have 3 baby Tiggers, 1 Stitch, 1 Dale and the original tiger in the car. [laugh]

 

But it's ok lah. The baby Tiggers help me relieve stress when I get stuck in traffic jams. They are pleasant to look at.

 

Btw, I bought the Stitch.

Edited November 5, 2009 by Kxbc

[Tkseah]

It helps to cushion the impact in an accident.

 

soft toy still ok.. hard items like deities will be like a ballistic bullet upon impact..

[Audionut98]

To act as sound absorption/deflection devices to help in the acoustic environment of the car cabin, so as to obtain the sound that they like from their ICE

[Yeshe]

i didnt have any stuff toys in my car until my son came about

[Skxly]

To feel cosy? To be accompanied? Especially driving alone late at night ....

[Lammy84]

Its a territorial thing, like how dogs piss on trees!!

 

My CO always like to leave her heels lying on the floor in the backseat. So once u open the door to go in passenger seat, you can see them.

[So_nice]

i haf a stich, my melody, mickey mouse and a big smiley face pillow in my car. lolx