Bumper stickers... any significance?

Question

I keep seeing these bumperstickers on cars, and I'm trying to figure out the purpose. They're white stickers with the initials or abbreviations of various locations around the world in black letters. I have an idea about what the stickers are all about (the greater purpose), but I'm not sure.

(Sorry if my explanation doesn't make perfect sense; I just got out of class [as the instructor, of course], and I need a nap.)

Thanks,

-Popp

Answer 1

They are displaying which country they are from....what the purpose is I'm not sure....form of snobbery...to advise foreigners they may be unfamiliar with their rules of the road...or merely to cover the sodding great rust hole in boot...

Answer 2

Actually these stickers started out originally as Tax Stickers. When a vehicle was sold for export the sticker from the country from which it was exported was applied to show that export duties had been paid. This would keep the owner from having to pay additional taxes in the countries through he was driving and also the destination country. Later these sticker were adopted by people to show where they (or their car) was from. The stickers were replaced by Tax Plates (Oval shaped license plates) placed by the country of origin and then replaced by the destination country with its own plates when appropriate taxes are levied and paid. The stickers no longer have any official meaning.

Answer 3

The stickers can have two meanings:

1.  These are countries where the person owning the car has visited.

2.  This is the country where the person came from or their ancestors came from.