Otherwise it defeats the purpose of calling it a glove box. If gloves are not in this box it would be more accurate to describe that volume as a passenger compartment.
youre really not going to like what they do on parkways
Or driveways.
You should see me on the highways today.
Imagine my surprise when I realised byways was spelled with a ‘y’!
Of course, why spell it bywaze?
I’m a follower of the bi-ways, myself
If you call it a passenger compartment then you’re going to have to put a passenger in there.
I vote for “trinket receptacle”.
The glove box is for your registration, proof of insurance, and a collection of assorted useless bullshit that you’ll see once a year, and clean out maybe twice for as long as you own the car.
That cheap keychain you bought? Glove box.
Three tire pressure gauges that don’t work very well? Glove box.
Throw in a dull utility knife, some electrical tape, fuses that don’t fit your car, a blinker bulb, expired mints or chewing gum, a Bic lighter, and a clicky pen you got for free for going to something, and you’ve got a well-stocked compartment.
It’s the junk drawer in your kitchen, but for your car.
Don’t forget hundreds and hundreds of fast food napkins that make it impossible to find anything else in there.
I keep very small tins of peas and carrots in there mostly
You never know when you’re going to see a hungry hungry duck
Maybe it’s not that you’re required to have gloves, but rather that if you leave gloves in the car, they must go in that compartment.
If car manufacturers didn’t always include 500 page novels and put them in there then there might be room for gloves. If anything the glovebox should be called the manual-box
Of course, in most modern cars it’s called the automatic box.
Due to legislation, it’s now the semi-automatic box.
On my Fiat 500 (which admittedly doesn’t have a door that can be closed) the manual refers to it as an “oddments compartment”.
Can the door be opened?
Only once.
Passenger compartment is even more wrong than glove box, though, isn’t it?
That compartment is used by the driver. I’ve never seen a passenger use it. And obviously, the driver doesn’t keep passengers in that compartment.
It’s got nothing to do with passengers, other than being on the passenger’s side. And if it’s really just because it’s on the passenger’s side, “passenger compartment” is an unusual way to say that in English. It sounds like what you’d call the main cabin.
On the other hand, if you have gloves that you keep in the car, at least it’s possible to keep them in that compartment.
“Glove box” is a euphemism, the thing was made for a gun.
Chauffeur gloves: am I a joke to you?!
Or just driving gloves
Love that song, exactly what I thought of.
I legit keep a pair of leather work gloves and a flashlight in my glove compartment.
It’s come in handy multiple times
Where I grew up it’s called a cubby hole
Honestly, I think there should be legislation. that any usb ports should only be allowed to be placed within closed compartments (such as the glove box) so that to charge your phone or use Car play / android auto your phone would have to be away and inaccessible.
They could then be renamed to a phonebox
And by closed compartments I mean, closable and usually, when the car is in motion closed. I don’t want them to lock closed when the car is in motion or even have electronics to check that the compartment is closed before powering the usb or anything.
