There's actually a lot of history behind this practice as it started with rubber duckies back in the PNW back mid '90s. Some folks don't like it as much but we're all different. Some additional info and history copied from another reply I made about ducking:
Duckies at one point mid 1990's came from a cargo ship spill in the ocean. Little duckies washed up on shore - some folks started taking them around on their dashes and rear windows on road trips and passing off to others once their trip was complete so that the rubber duckies could continue their journey. Early 2020 a lady put a ducky on a jeep and the video she posted went viral and ducking began being associated with jeeps from that. I'm not really sure if the lady that went viral was familiar with that back story or not.
This book below and other links talks about it some more. I am only aware of it because my climbing partner back then had one for a few years along with a photo album of pictures of the duck at various state line and park/monument signs. There used to be a list serve for them as well. Today it's very commonly used by folks to simply say "I like your ride" for broncos and wranglers.
Can’t a person vroom vroom and quack quack in peace in this economy /j
Funny.
There's actually a lot of history behind this practice as it started with rubber duckies back in the PNW back mid '90s. Some folks don't like it as much but we're all different. Some additional info and history copied from another reply I made about ducking:
Duckies at one point mid 1990's came from a cargo ship spill in the ocean. Little duckies washed up on shore - some folks started taking them around on their dashes and rear windows on road trips and passing off to others once their trip was complete so that the rubber duckies could continue their journey. Early 2020 a lady put a ducky on a jeep and the video she posted went viral and ducking began being associated with jeeps from that. I'm not really sure if the lady that went viral was familiar with that back story or not.
This book below and other links talks about it some more. I am only aware of it because my climbing partner back then had one for a few years along with a photo album of pictures of the duck at various state line and park/monument signs. There used to be a list serve for them as well. Today it's very commonly used by folks to simply say "I like your ride" for broncos and wranglers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Duck
https://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea
https://www.iflscience.com/28000-rubber-ducks-accidentally-embarked-on-an-epic-ocean-current-study-in-1992-58342
https://youtu.be/_uuMpVf2R8E?si=sv4tLsXFwetjW0-p
Thank you.
There's an article on Wikipedia about this, if you're interested in the history of it
That article on jeep ducking is unfortunately written by someone that didn't actually know the history of it. See my comment above.