A car
ritual is something
young kids (and on occasion those who are just
young at heart) do when they are trying to
break the monotony of
driving.
Some common rituals I know of include;
Padiddle
punch buggy
Lifting your feet while going over
bridges or
railroad tracks.
Ducking under
overpasses.
Singing "
Happy birthday dear car", or buying
ice cream when the
odometer hits large
round numbers.
Yelling "Cow alert" to signal the other
passengers to plug their
noses when passing
Cows. Regardless of whether you can
smell them or not.
These are simply the really
common ones. Hundreds of others must exist that are in practice by no more than a few families.
The exact
details and the rituals practiced vary from family to family. If your really
bored you can lift your feet going over every
overpass, but this can get quite
tiring in
large cities.