Car Games

[TomoHawk]

I was wondering what kind of LEGAL games people can do with cars?

Maybe you (as a passenger) could toss a marble into the other car's window while driving down the street(legal?), or you do that thing from theBrady BunchTV show, where they had a driving contest (like an obstacle course and at the end you had a approach a cone with an egg sitting on top without knocking it off.(remember?)

Other than a poker run or other gimmick rally thing, where you need lots of preparation, there has to be some simple games or contests you can do legally or safely, and still be challenging to get a group of people & cars out on a weekend, or even do it at a car show!

Im tired of parking the car and walking around, looking at somebody's 24" chromed air cleaner...

How about some ideas?

thx

[sblake01]

Edited due to rethought of the possible perception of my initial comment.

[Zedrally]

Have a look at

http://www.hra.org.au/comingEvents/2006/2006TipToethrutheTulips.asp

This involves no fancy setting up.

[TomoHawk]

This involves no fancy setting up.

Actually it does. The person who wrote the article admitted that he had a number of people helping. What I'm trying to get at is something you can set up on a parking lot or around town that anybody could do without any kind of preparation or knowledge. Just a little preparation, like setting up some cones or typing up some simple rule sheets. Things you can do during a weekend of a car show, instead of the $40 for amusement park tickets. Remember, not everybody travels with a co-driver.

ideas:

Scavenger hunt

Obstacle course

Grapvine game wFRS radios

Hide & seek

dodgeball?

thx

[Zedrally]

I beg to differ.

As the person who wrote it and ran it, I can definately say that you can run it without other people. This event was nearly official free, the only reason I included the others was that I was sick to death of driving the route and wanted others involved.

The only setting up is deciding on the route then drawing up the tulips!

I asked questions at certain tulips and had information boards along the route.

To avoid setting up, delete the boards.

However, you make a point in your reply as you mention a co-driver. This wasn't made clear in your original question. The only option (IMO) you have would be a motorkhana.

[TomoHawk]

Well, we will need to invent some new things to do with no or little setup. While you could draw some tulips for a trek from the car show to a certain watering hole, anything beyond that would require you to do some research. Most people don't want to do any research, or mapping, boards, etc.

For a scavenger hunt, all you'd need to do is to pass out some blank pages and then call out the items to find. Hide & seek only requires you to set certain limits (how far you can go from HQ, how long before the 'seek' begins, etc.)

For the marble or candy toss (candy is biodegradeable in case you miss) is simple, except that IMO, you need a second person to toss or catch the catch the item. You don't want the driver to be distracted from safe driving, and getting hit in the face (with candy even) can have potentially serious consequenses.

Is it more clear now?

Usually defining the problem is the hardest part of doing anything.

Another idea:

drive a certain distance down the street (like 5 lights) catching all the greens with or without using the brakes.

[Pennyman]

This is funny!

Don't use marbles, they could hit the windshield and cause some damage. Hard candy might do the same.

I remember riding in a school bus next to a guy with a pack of Necco Wafers and he'd toss them out the window and try to get them into the backs of passing pickups.

Catch all greens without stopping! Like you can slow down to a crawl, but still inch forward. Only stop if you're going to break the law, or hit someone, hehe.

[TomoHawk]

Ok,

Maybe chocolates or soft csndy instead of marbles.

Greens-

If you're lucky, you'll be on astreet where the speed limit is 25 MPH, which makes getting all the greens easier. Maybe you can get a few runs at the lights, so you can figure out the timing.

Funny?

Yeah, maybe. But I see I got you thinking!