Car games are game

Game

A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...

s played to pass the time on long car journeys, often started by parents to amuse restless children. They generally require little or no equipment or playing space. Some such games are designed specifically to be played while traveling (e.g. the license plate game, the Alphabet Game

Alphabet Game

The Alphabet Game is a car game played to amuse travelers on long car rides. Two or more players can compete. The basic rules are:* Each player attempts to find the letters of the alphabet, in order, on road signs or nearby buildings....

 or Padiddle

Padiddle

Padiddle is a night time travel game with the objective of earning points by spotting vehicles with a burnt-out headlight. You must say "Padiddle" and hit the ceiling of the car as fast as you can, while driving. Whoever calls it first gets a point...

), while others are games that can be played in a variety of settings including car journeys (e.g. twenty questions

Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions is a spoken parlor game which encourages deductive reasoning and creativity. It originated in the United States and escalated in popularity during the late 1940s when it became the format for a successful weekly radio quiz program....

).

Car tag

A common car game is car tag. Car tag is when people spot other cars based on their name or model. A person will shout the name and usually react by punching another person. The game ends when the travellers reach their destination, and the person who spotted the most wins. Cars in a dealership lot do not count since they are not owned by anyone. Certain models of car may trigger other effects beyond or instead of awarding points, as listed below.

Car Name	Reaction
Volkswagen Beetle Volkswagen Beetle The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003...	When a person spots this car they yell "Slugbug!", or, "Punch Buggy!" The person who spotted the car then punches the person they're playing the game with.
Mini Cooper	When a person spots this car they poke someone else in the car. During the poke the person who spotted the car with yell Mini Coop!
PT Cruiser	When a person spots this car they pinch someone else in the car. During the pinch the person says PT Pinch or Cruiser Bruiser
Ford	If a player sees a Ford pickup truck they may punch another player in the arm twice and yell "Crazy Fists'
Hummer Hummer Hummer was a brand of trucks and SUVs, first marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee. In 1998, General Motors purchased the brand name and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, based on the Humvee; and the H2 and H3 models that were...	When a person spots this car they punch someone else in the car. During the punch the person says Hummer Bummer
Smart (automobile) Smart (automobile) Smart is an automotive branch of Daimler AG. Smart is a German manufacturer of microcars produced in Hambach, France, and Böblingen, Germany...	When a person spots this car they stab their elbows into some else in the car. During this action the person yells Smart Car.
Fence Fence A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage .Fences... , Yoshi Yoshi , is a fictional dragon-like character who appears in video games published by Nintendo. His debut was in Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario and Luigi's sidekick , and he later established his own series with several platform and puzzle games, including Super...  & Blue Yoshi Cow	When a person spots any of these three they yell Box Car.
Yellow Car	When a person sees a yellow car they yell "Banana Poke" They then proceed to poke whoever else is playing.

There many car games around divided to small categories such as Driving games, Drifting games, racing games, General car games parking games and even monster truck games.

Counting animals

An alternative to car cricket

Car cricket

Car cricket, also known as pub cricket, is a car game which is played in the United Kingdom and other countries with a sufficient number of suitably named pubs. The game's popularity has declined with the increase in motorway travel, where long car journeys typically bypass towns, hardly ever...

 for the open countryside is for players to count animals on their side of the car. This game recurs under many titles, such as Counting Cows, and diverse sets of rules.

Two players are given a side of the road, left or right. The aim is for a player to score 100 points for animals on their side, with these rules:

• three for a pig
• minus ten for a horse
• cat looking out of the window is 100
• one point for any other animal

The usual rules include these points:

• you only count animals beyond the carriageway on your side;
• estimate for flocks of sheep and so on;
• humans, birds and other non-mammals don't count;
• scores never drop below zero under the horse rule.