Baby on board/Kids in car etc

[martin84]

These yellow signs people put in their cars. Baby On Board, Kids In Car, that sort of thing. Why do they put them in the car and more importantly what action are they expecting other motorists to take as a result of it?

What do they want me to do? Slow down? Go another way? Take the car home and wait for the parents instructions on when i can come out again?

Also why do they never take the sign down when the Kid isnt in the car? Surely in their view i must know where their fking child is at all times in order to adjust my driving accordingly.

Must stand out as a beacon for peadophilic car thieves.

[Mr Dave]

It means the car is driven by a self important .

[TheEnd]

If history is anything to go by, these threads can get quite long.


To sum it up,

1) yes, you've got a kid. Well done on having sex with a person, take a gold star and F off, as no one else cares.

2) They aren't fitted for emergency services to check the car for a baby carcass in an accident.

[martin84]

Does it again boil down to a point that some parents feel their child is the most important thing ever and the entire planet should revolve around it at all times?

People who say 'i have kids' as if its some sort of achievement are strange.

[chevy-stu]

TheEnd said:

....They aren't fitted for emergency services to check the car for a baby carcass in an accident. ...

On the previous threads about this, that's the only possible and relevant thing that's ever come up, and as you say it's still under some doubt if that actually noticed/taken seriously by anyone.

[TheEnd]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/babysign.as...

[martin84]

Seeing as a child in a car should be in an appropriate child seat then shouldnt the prescence of a child seat be more of a clue there was - or may have been - a child in a car than a little cardboard sign?

[TheEnd]

Yep, it sounds like a hastily made excuse to deflect attention away from either wanting to show off a baby, or as you say, wanting the world to pause for a minute whilst they go about their business.

The flaws are that cars in accidents are routinely checked, baby seats are a bigger give away, the signs aren't removed without a baby.

I'm sure some people could argue that a baby could fly under a seat, and might need extra special searching, but in those cases, it'd be better to stick the sign on the windscreen so the driver would remember to strap mini-Churchill in.

[Benbay001]

I believe owners usually put them on their cars to indicate that they are going to speed heavily, or pull off dangerous maneuvers.

[Pig Skill]

Isn't it the same as those who stick nurburgring decals on their car?

I suspect a lot of other road users couldn't give a fk if they see a car with one stuck on.

I think any signs or decals be it baby or car related are there to tell others about something of which they are proud. In reality though most strangers are not interested.

Meh.

[AndyBrew]

I assumed it was warning not to park next to these self important tts unless you like your doors looking like mash potato?

[surveyor]

I seem to remember being given one of these when my daughter was born.

Only fit place for it was the bin.

[SVS]

Baby on board = Beware of sleep-deprived driver

[Benbay001]

Its also true that the aim of the following sticker is to warn other road users the driver may be a powerfully built company director.

[wolf1]

It's just a sticker/sign and people love stickers and being in the club (ie look I've got a sticker and a kid too) etc.

[SVS]

martin84 said:

What do they want me to do?

Perhaps to leave more space between your car and theirs, in anticipation that the driver is sleep deprived or distracted. Perhaps to be tolerant of their driving errors.

I treat the sign like a hazard warning sign

I hope others do the right thing if I make a human error. So I'm tolerant of others' mistakes.

[Slashmb]

Its to stop people intentionally ramming your car according to Marge Simpson.

[sherbert90]

TheEnd said:

If history is anything to go by, these threads can get quite long.


To sum it up,

1) yes, you've got a kid. Well done on having sex with a person, take a gold star and F off, as no one else cares.

2) They aren't fitted for emergency services to check the car for a baby carcass in an accident.

/thread

[marsred]

martin84 said:

These yellow signs people put in their cars. Baby On Board, Kids In Car, that sort of thing. Why do they put them in the car

Because its a cheaper mod than replacing the missing hub cap or the dead brake light that are also standard features of Megane Scenics.

[Gruber]

Simply a warning to other road users that the vehicle is being driven by a foul-mouthed, overweight, chav bint with tendencies towards 'the mental', holding a mobile in one hand and a fag in the other.

Very useful they are too!