Are People THAT Superstitious?

No I'm not at all superstitious. But the DMV is smart to play off that because they will get people's money for an extra year up front! Even at a reduced two-year or three-year renewal, they get the use of that money and any interest! Don't fall for it!

Two words....Bakers Dozen. Who wouldn't like THAT! ;-)

This sounds like a plot to get more money in the States coffers. I REALLY hope CA doesn't do that. They will spend the money 10 times over or hoard it and shut down services. ARGH!

:))) thats too much. I have 13 on mine and dosen't bother me at all. I think nothing of it.
Yikes, 2013 is coming up .........how are some people going to avoid that? lol

Apparently, 21 million people in the US are that superstitious: http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_...

There are several reasons speculated that caused this superstition. One is that is was a reaction to the ancient matriarchal (female-dominated) societies, because there are 13 lunar cycles and menstrual cycles per year. When many societies became patriarchal (male-dominated), the calendar was switched to a sun based calendar instead of moon phase based. All thing feminine were demonized, including the number 13.

Sounds like a gimmick by the state to get more money up front.

Ummm no, wouldn't work for me.

I almost didn't answer this post...I giggled because when I was reading it you had 13 responses! It would have been funny if you had only gotten 13 replies, lol. Sorry I ruined it :)

I"m not superstitious at all. My 15 year old is a hockey goalie. A few years back, as the team was entering the ice, someone at the front of the line had a ribbon tied in their hair she forgot to take out. So the ribbon got passed from girl to girl and finally to my daughter (at the end) who tied it on her wrist. They won the game - for the rest of the season, the girls all rubbed that ribbon and tied it on her wrist and they kept winning!! Either they were just that good . . . nah, it had to have been the ribbon - haha

I am a little.

I blame it on my Sicilian Grandmother - God rest her soul. See, I can't type about her and not add that. LOL

I don't let anyone in my house do the Bloody Mary thing in the mirror - my sister and son find it hilarious that it freaks me out so badly.

I throw salt over my shoulder - though I think I always throw it over the wrong shoulder.

I had my house blessed when I bought it and keep a cross over my front door.

My son still sleeps with a dream catcher over his bed (his choice now).

I don't walk under ladders - but mainly because I don't trust the people on top of the ladders.

I used to never step on cracks - but since my Mother passed years ago - I let that one slide.

But, I owned a black cat for years and usually have great days on Friday the 13th.

I guess, since I have never been in the position to put '13 on my car, I think I will play it safe and skip it :)~ I step on cracks and walk under ladders but I don't want no stinkin' 13 on my car ! LOL!!!!!

I can't believe your DMV actually had that posted on their website. Too funny! Probably just a ploy to get more money into their books this year :)

I can believe it. I used to work at Wal-Mart. One W. had a total of $6.66. She nearly had a cow. Insisted that I void the entire thing (which meant holding up the line to have a manager come over and turn his key), then rescan it as two separate purchases.

Personally, I think the idea of certain objects or numbers causing good or bad luck is BS. Sometimes things happen randomly, and sometimes things happen because of your actions. They don't happen because you walked under a ladder or you have a certain combination of digits on your license plate.

I think they're just using the superstition to get people to do what they're supposed to do. It's pretty clever, actually.

I'm due to get my license redone this year. I don't buy into the superstition of 13. I was born on October 13th. I'd be a complete wreck if I believed in superstitions.

LOL! That is hilarious. But yes, there are people who are that superstitious! There are lots of high rise buildings that "don't have" a 13th floor. They just skip it all together and go from 12 to 14. Of course then the 14th is really the 13th, but I guess people don't care about that?!

I worked with a gal once who's paycheck ended with a 6 and then the change was $0.66 and so all together it was one hundred something six and sixty six cents and she contacted HR to have her salary changed so that when divided it wouldn't equal this number. They did it with no problem, but I always thought it was kinda funny!

My decal already has 13 on it.
I don't care.
Triskaidekaphobia is not something I have.
Some people feel 13 is a lucky number.
I like Friday the 13th.
It's a FRIDAY - how bad can that be?
Now MONDAY the 13th - that's a lot harder date, but no one fusses over it.

guess thats why they dont build buildings with the 13th floor, so where did it go? is it invisible. NAH its there just named differently HAHAH not in the least and that's why I threw my black cat under peoples ladders, while busting a mirror over my head, and throwing salt over my left shoulder. YIKES... maybe there was a basis for it a while ago, but dont think so any more.

I laugh every time I am in a building that doesn't have a 13th floor.....which is so far as I can tell all of them that have more than 12 floors. :p

That I think was just a marketing ploy but who knows, maybe enough people got their new stickers and pitched a fit that they added that.

2013 is coming - yikes
I really don't care about that number being on my car or otherwise.
People should bother to educate themselves a bit about history and cultures and the like - One reason this number is feared so much and has been for thousands of years is because it indicates Change. Everything holds vibratory rates and symbology whether one believes this or not. Numerology indicates this number breaks down to the #4 which indicates change, not just in thought, but in form/materiality. So many are afraid of change as it is often associated with something drastic and this is why people associate it with bad luck and death. 13 indicates the death of something and the birth of something else. 13 is not good or bad luck it is just the symbol of change or transformation. It's an indicator like so many other things in life, if we know how to let life speak to us and remain clear and responsive in a positive. 13 has gotten it's reputation from people responding in a negative, lower way.
So many people are terrified of the 666 which is also ridicuolous. It breaks down to the # 9 which is a number of/about humanity and it's destiny. It's about a final state of completion in understanding and knowledge, universality, service, compassion, etc.
This is all very basic, but you get the idea.

I gotta say I'm surprised the DMV has done this. Are they after more money and found a tricky way to get it or do they really believe people are this superstitious in general. If they do, what does it say about them and the society at large? Can we be so ignorant has to give such things so much power over us or to be so vain as to dismiss it altogether, neither approach is helpful. How about wonder. Wonder leads to questions which leads to answers which leads to knowledge.

Wow, that's interesting. Although I am not a fan of odd numbered years ( for some reason more things happen to me during them then on the even ones) I am not that bad as to worry about stuff like that.. It's not like you can change the year.

My SIL changed license plates due to the numbers 666 being on it.

It seems they figured out how to make money off of superstitious people. My sticker on my registration has 13 on it and I don’t really care. But I am sure this bothers some people.

I didn't give it a thought when I put my new sticker on a month ago with "2013". I drive a company car and I'm certain they didn't give it a thought for thousands of their fleet cars.

The Firday the 13th we just had was a darn great day!!!

Diane B. has it right! Who made up the thing about Friday the thirteenth, anyhow? Friday the thirteenth is far from being a bad day; my youngest grandchild was born on Friday the thirteenth just three months ago!

The way your DMV is handling the registration is amusing - but every thirteenth is a great day to be alive.

Am I superstitious? Only when I think about washing my car and leaving it in the driveway. Do I really want it to rain that afternoon?

I'm a little superstitious, but not about the number 13 because my birthday is on the 13th. I kind of enjoy all things 13 and find Friday the 13th amusing. My birthday just a little over a week ago was on Friday the 13th and on my 16th birthday I passed my driver's test on Friday the 13th. So, if I am at all superstitous about 13 it is because I veiw it as lucky.

I sometimes get superstitious about the clothes, earrings, etc. I wear to my kids' baseball and hockey games. Silly, I know. (-: I rotate my "spirit wear" and if we have a bad game then I retire that shirt, t-shirt, sweatshirt, whatever for awhile.

My kayak has a 2013 decal on it and it hasn't sunk yet! :) People are funny! I had a boss once who rang up a purchase on the till and it came to $13 and it bothered her so much that she went home and crawled into bed. Yikes! I guess some people are "that" superstitious!

I'm a little'stitious.
This 2013 and DMV, nah...I'd go ahead and do whatever option works for me.

Wow. What an interesting way to get people to pay their registrations for more than one year at a time. Quite clever, actually. I'd be interested to know the statistics of how many people will take them up on it.

I am not superstitious about the number 13. Not at all. In many cases, it's actually a lucky number. But that's just me.

I guess I am not at all....I just had to buy tabs here is Washington State and we are not allowed to buy for a few years out....So regardless, we are stuck with the 13 on our car.......

My Husband was born on a Friday the 13th......So every so many years his birthday falls on a Friday.

Those are the Birthday's we actually plan stuff to do.

I guess I think it is fun to kinda be superstitious......It turns something as ordinary as a number, into something where people plan things around or for that certain day......You have to admit who ever started this superstition, is a brilliant mind....or at least had a good master plan:)

IF it did not cost too much more...I think I would get the two year out one....But then if you get into a wreck or something like that, and end up needing a new car or something......You would have to replace the tabs(if the car needed them of course).

That would always be something to think about, if you needed something real to go off of.