Questions For Those That Use a Baby/Child on Board Sign in Your Car

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What do you believe it is there for?

Do you remove it when you baby/child is not in the car?
 
Ricardodaforce said:
What do you believe it is there for?
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It is there to distract people from noticing the parents driving along texting on their mobiles.
Or is it so that the people who normally go around driving into the back of cars for a laugh, stop and think, oh no, hang on, there's a child in this car that might be hurt, I wont drive into the back of this one.

Do you remove it when you baby/child is not in the car?
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See answer 1.
 
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The story goes that they were originally devised by the Fire Brigade, and their intended use was to alert emergency services to the presence of an infant / child in the car following an accident.

They were supposed to be removed if there was no child on board.

They were actually always intended as a money spinner, designed by a US company call Safety 1st in the very early ‘80s.

The mythical purpose though would have very good merit; except no one ever removes them, and also they’ve mutated into “Little Angel/Devil/Princess (and others ad nauseum)” and are fairly pointless.

Personally, the only reason I care if there’s a baby on board is if they’re letting the little sod drive.
 
I just thought they were there to obscure the rear window even more than with all the usual s***, like the garage that sold the car sticker , the I support the RNLI and the I shop at Morrisons...blah blah.....

because isn't that what rear windows are for?
 
DorsetDude said:
...is it so that the people who normally go around driving into the back of cars for a laugh, stop and think, oh no, hang on, there's a child in this car that might be hurt, I wont drive into the back of this one.
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I'm putting one of these on my bumper just in case! :D
 

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Ricardodaforce said:
What do you believe it is there for?

Do you remove it when you baby/child is not in the car?
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To make it less visible that they are smoking in the car ;) But seriously, it comes across to me like it gives them certain allowances to pay less attention. My philosophy has always been to just strap the baby in the seat, they can't go anywhere. And if they require attention I'll stop at the services. Definitely did not constantly look around to them like some I witness doing on the roads today.
 
Pretty much irrelevant now. As Ruth said, originally they were intended to indicate a child was in a vehicle (before seat belts were compulsory in the rear of most cars) following several instances where children had either been thrown out of vehicles or gone under front seats in an accident, then not to be found when the emergency services arrived.
 
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Pretty much irrelevant now. As Ruth said, originally they were intended to indicate a child was in a vehicle (before seat belts were compulsory in the rear of most cars) following several instances where children had either been thrown out of vehicles or gone under front seats in an accident, then not to be found when the emergency services arrived.
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Sorry False - no truth in that at all.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/babysign.asp

Are they not there to flaunt your fertility, or judging by some drivers and road rage, a comment on the mental abilities of the driver?
 
I don't use them. I think they probably had a use back when they were first introduced but it got a bit silly whenever the Little Princess On Board ones came out. I think they are largely redundant now as kids are easier to spot in a crashed car as they are sitting in bulky safety seats with 5 point harnesses so less likely so slip out of view. I just see them as a way of bragging about fertility.
 
They are there to somewhat distract everyone else from the driver's appalling lack of road skills and consideration.....

the ones that get to me are the 'Grandchildren on Board' - I know I shouldn;t care but it does send me into a rage when you see 2 OAPS driving their sensible Jazz's./Scenics etc with these idiotic signs. You've done your bit, so what?
 
Baby on board
How I've adored
That sign on my car's windowpane.
Bounce in my step,
Loaded with pep,
'Cause I'm drivin' in the carpool lane.
Call me a square,
Friend I don't care,
'Cause that little yellow sign can't be ignored.
I'm telling you it's mighty nice.
Each trip's a trip to paradise
With my baby on board.
 
I want a "bald-headed b*****d on board" sign. Would come in handy when Im giving the old man a lift.... :shifty:
 
DorsetDude said:
I want a "bald-headed b*****d on board" sign. Would come in handy when Im giving the old man a lift.... :shifty:
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I think the answer would be a little whiteboard (a sucker in each corner) attached to the rear window, BHB, little prince/princess, queen...the choice is yours! :)
 
I think they also there to remind people to steer clear of the car as the simpering idiot inside spends 99% of its time staring at its womb spawn to identify if.

  • its being sick
  • s***ting its nappy
  • happy
  • sad
  • laughing
  • crying
  • depressed
  • bored
  • not being fully fulfilled by the army of s*** hanging in front of it.
 
The signs are there merely to prompt other motorists to drive with more consideration than they may have done.
 
It would be more helpful to have a sign that said "If you're close enough to read this sign then you're too close".

It's just another part of new-parent paraphernalia.
 
viv1969 said:
Personally, the only reason I care if there’s a baby on board is if they’re letting the little sod drive.
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I'm guessing they do a lot of the time :D

Best one I ever saw (in the USA of A )
I have PMT and a colt .45, ANY QUESTIONS?

The other one that shouldn't be allowed
"Show dogs in transit"
99% of the time are in a Volvo, so its a down right lie!
Besides what are you supposed to do?
Refrain from making meoooooooooooooooooowing noises?
 
Some signs say if you can read this then you are too close, now back off. How about when you are stopped at the lights behind them ?
 
Well my obvious use of the signs are a warning that the driver in front may be distracted by the little one on board. As such I actually like the signs and am happy for any advanced warning from others on the road. However I suspect that most of the sign owners aren't thinking that when they buy them.
 
jonbeeza said:
Some signs say if you can read this then you are too close, now back off. How about when you are stopped at the lights behind them ?
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Ah, that's why those arseholes crawl up to lights blocking filters/junctions to the left and right!
 
I don't mind the baby on board signs, but I'm not a fan of this sort of thing:
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POAH said:
Bit of a bizarre statement
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Not really.
If there's a kid in the car, and you really wish to inform the rest of the world, then the bright yellow "Child / Baby on Board" is surely sufficient?

Examples like........
Little Dude on Board
Mummy’s little Princess on Board
Grandma’s Little Angel on Board
Little Man on Board (which is ridiculous as it could just be a shortarsed fella)
Little Terrors on Board
Little Monkey on Board

.......Are nauseating and do smack a little of attention seeking. (And of course, even more so if accompanied by "lashes" around the headlights, tinkerbell on the bonnet and and announcement that the vehicle is "Powered by Fairy Dust".)

:puke:
 
viv1969 said:
Not really.
If there's a kid in the car, and you really wish to inform the rest of the world, then the bright yellow "Child / Baby on Board" is surely sufficient?

Examples like........
Little Dude on Board
Mummy’s little Princess on Board
Grandma’s Little Angel on Board
Little Man on Board (which is ridiculous as it could just be a shortarsed fella)
Little Terrors on Board
Little Monkey on Board

.......Are nauseating and do smack a little of attention seeking. (And of course, even more so if accompanied by "lashes" around the headlights, tinkerbell on the bonnet and and announcement that the vehicle is "Powered by Fairy Dust".)

:puke:
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Accompanied by a 'vanity' number plate that just about spells their first name. :rolleyes:
 
Slightly off topic, but it's the right forum...
A very long time ago I came across a car that had hit a tree very hard. The driver was very dead, his wife survived but at the time, was unable to communicate.
This was before the days of mobile phones but I had a 2 way radio.
Long story short, police and ambulance arrived. One rear door had burst open, police found a bag of baby clothes inside the car and what ended up as a large group of people, plus 2 police dogs, spent the next few hours looking for a baby that may have been thrown out of the car, in the pitch black in icy weather, without result.
It was eventually discovered that they had given someone with a baby a lift, and they had left the bag of clothes in the car by mistake, which was good news.

So, "Baby on board" means search for a baby that doesn't exist.
 
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My post count is now up by 2 as a result. (y)
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Excellent, glad to have been of service :thumbs:

TopBanana said:
but I'm not a fan of this sort of thing:
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Especially when the T has a long curved tail, surely that's impersonating a police officer, which I think is a crime in itself?
 
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