Dashboard Statuary

I can’t help but chuckle when I see dashboards cluttered with statuary – the virgin Mary, Jesus, St. Christopher, and dangling from the rearview mirror (no doubt as backup for real harm), a rosary, a rabbit’s foot, a scarab charm. Yet the car’s banged up beyond recognition when drivers rely on superstition. What assurance can a driver have for hope if he drives with no insurance, the dope? Put more bluntly, what peace of mind when statues are deaf, dumb and blind?