The Yellow Car Game

Thanks to my sister's children, our family acquired a new game to alleviate drive-time boredom. It's the "Yellow Car Game."


The object of the game is pretty simple: any time you see a yellow car, truck, van, etc, you call out "Yellow Car."

We have had to lay down some minor rules:
1. If you are alone and you see a yellow car, you have to call it out loud. Just thinking it doesn't count.
2. School buses don't count.
3. Business vehicles do count. (e.g. ServiceMaster)
4. Ties go to both people, unless it was obvious that someone really did start to say it first.
5. Cars can not be counted more than once on a particular car trip.


Advantages of the game:
-- Yellow cars are not as common and stick out in a crowd.
-- It give you something to do if you're on a long, boring drive.
-- It gives you something to do if you're on a short, haven't-we-been-here-before drive.
-- You become creative in your routes about town. "How can I get to the grocery store by driving past the car dealership?"







Disadvantages of the Game
-- Children yelling "Yellow Car" can be distracting and, worst case scenario, could cause an accident.
--- Paying more attention to the presence of yellow cars while driving can cause you to miss intersections, and disobey any variety of traffic laws.
-- Arguments over who saw the yellow car first can endure the rest of that particular trip.
-- Especially competitive children and parents may require intervention.

Some Quirks of the Game:
-- Yellow cars seen on TV and movies count.
-- Gold cars do not count.
--Yellow Volkswagen bugs merit "slug-a-bug" status.
-- It's completely fair to distract other players in the car when driving past known haunts of yellow cars.
-- Once you start playing, you're committed. If you don't want to play, don't ever start.




Of course, the best part of the game: winning! To win, you must see and call out a Yellow Hummer. When you do that, you have bested all of your playing colleagues. You can quit while you're on top, or start over.