cherry basket

In the early '60's in Tampa, Fl, groups of teens usually driving home from a game would play a car game at red light called "cherry baskets" You jump out of your car at the stop light, drivers included, run around as many cars as you could & get back to where you started before the light changed. Sometimes, the passengers would change cars & the game continued to the next light & so on until everyone was back in their original car & it was time to head home.

When my grandma learned to drive she played "cherry baskets" with her friends.

Grandma had to go to driving school because the police said

" cherry baskets" was reckless driving.

chinese fire drill similar to cherry baskets popped up about 20yrs later.