Car Games

We spend a lot of time in the car and to break the monotony I play games in my head. Some go back to my childhood, where over the course of the summer, we would try to see a license plate from every state. Hawaii and Alaska were almost impossible. Anything outside of New England was a challenge, especially the further west we got.

There are variations depending where you live. Collect:

• In Europe all countries.
• In country: cities, cantons, departments depending on how your region makes plates
• Take the first two letters from any sign and try and think of a famous person. To make it really hard limit it to say writers, singers, politicians. 
• Try and locate the alphabet in order from signs. It's harder if you limit it to lettering on trucks, highway signs, license plates. The latter is easier in France, impossible in Switzerland where the letters are only the Cantons.

I have come up with a new one for French license plates which usually have the format of two letters three numbers two letters (see sample above). Make up a story using those letters. 

For example with the plate Bob Peterson lives in Vermont. From then on any story is possible or just wait for the next plate.