Upgrade on the 'Child on Board' sign

[robinessex]

Ok, thought I'd seen the ultimate rear window sign, 'Show dogs in transit' recently, but a new one last night beat that.' 'Twins on Board.' Brilliant. But it gets better. A personal number plate. On a Vauxhall Zafira. It gets even better. Mile and a half in the outside lane of a dual carriage way at 30mph. More. Gets into an exclusive left turn lane, then puts the left turn indicator on. And more. Has had the rear tail gate and bonnet carbon wrapped! And finally, on a nice clear summer evening, the front fog lamps on. Bless him. Brilliant!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I quite fancy getting "feel free to plough into the back of me, I'm totally sterile and therefore of no worth to society"

[Rawwr]

Baby On Board is synonymous with Tosser At Wheel.

[dave7692]

I hate those signs.

I drive to the best of my ability for all the time that I'm behind the wheel, you having pushed out a sprog, will not adapt that.
I don't really understand the point, its not like people think "I probably could have avoided that crash but I though it was ok as they didn't have a baby on board sign"

[Alex@POD]

I'd like to believe these signs are there to justify the careful driving from the person behind the wheel, accelerating slowly, cornering slowly, etc... Not as a polite notice for other people not to crash into them. Not that I really care about what's displayed on the car in front in the first place.

Then again, if I don't get on my high horse to shout at people on the internet for doing something that doesn't affect me at all, maybe I don't belong on PH these days.

[Johnnytheboy]

I much prefer those little stick man families.

Why don't people just write "we're unbearably smug" on the backs of their MPVs?

[Snowboy]

I might be in the minority here, but I think they are sensible.

It just says.
'I have a kid on board, I'm driving slowly.
Don't expect me to speed or overtake too much. Sorry.'

The fact it says twins, dogs, princess is just a bit of sillyness associated with the real message.

In fact, the range should be expanded to;
Doddery Duffer Driving
Driver with 9 points.
Wedding cake on board.
And possible something to warn people it's a learner driver.

[aizvara]

Alex@POD said:

I'd like to believe these signs are there to justify the careful driving from the person behind the wheel, accelerating slowly, cornering slowly, etc... Not as a polite notice for other people not to crash into them. Not that I really care about what's displayed on the car in front in the first place.

Then again, if I don't get on my high horse to shout at people on the internet for doing something that doesn't affect me at all, maybe I don't belong on PH these days.

Similarly, I could do with a Takeaway On Board sign.

[illmonkey]

Legend has it, they are to advise fire/police of a potential missing baby etc.

Although I doubt people remove them when baby not in car.

[Engineer1]

They are partly there as a fk off give me some space, partly a watch out I may get distracted and also a watch out if you park by me as my child may require the door open wider than your parking will allow.

[McWigglebum4th]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I quite fancy getting "feel free to plough into the back of me, I'm totally sterile and therefore of no worth to society"

Please ram me

I have no children and i need a new rear crossmember

[excel monkey]

Snowboy said:

I might be in the minority here, but I think they are sensible.

It just says.
'I have a kid on board, I'm driving slowly.
Don't expect me to speed or overtake too much. Sorry.'

Agree with this. The signs don't bother me. Worse things on the road.

[robinessex]

Yup, many are correct here. If I see such a sign, it generaly points to a complete lack of driving skills. So I keep my distance.

[monamimate]

Snowboy said:

I might be in the minority here, but I think they are sensible.

It just says.
'I have a kid on board, I'm driving slowly.
Don't expect me to speed or overtake too much. Sorry.'

What, so when they don't have kids on board, they drive less reckless fools?

I drive carefully whether I am alone or carrying a truckload of kids.

[ESDavey]

Johnnytheboy said:

I much prefer those little stick man families.

My boss has 6 kids so his "stick Family" would fill the whole boot space ! He should have a sign saying "Stud on board, dont come close !"

[Snowboy]

monamimate said:

Snowboy said:

I might be in the minority here, but I think they are sensible.

It just says.
'I have a kid on board, I'm driving slowly.
Don't expect me to speed or overtake too much. Sorry.'

What, so when they don't have kids on board, they drive less reckless fools?

I drive carefully whether I am alone or carrying a truckload of kids.

Well, you've taken an extreme choice of language.
But, broadly yes.

If it's just me in a car I'll be more inclined to take corners at speed, accelerate hard from junctions, and generally make progress and shake the car.

With kids in the car I drive more sedately.

It's not about driving carefully vs recklessly at all.
But more about spirited driving vs sedate driving.

[chris182]

robinessex said:

Yup, many are correct here. If I see such a sign, it generaly points to a complete lack of driving skills. So I keep my distance.

Indeed, the such signs are very useful as they mark out vehicles which one should steer well clear of due to the incompetence of their drivers. My favorite is 'Grandchild on board', which says simultaneously that the vehicle is being driven by an OAP and that they will be looking what they're doing even less than usual due to being distracted by children.

I would never have one as I make a conscious effort not to crash regardless of who is on board so my driving would not change due to having children on board (not that this has ever happened thankfully).

[Snowboy]

chris182 said:

-snip-
..... so my driving would not change due to having children on board (not that this has ever happened thankfully).

I think if you ever have kids/baby on board you may find your opinion on this changing.
You're on PH, I assume you enjoy cars and probably drive at least moderately enthusiastically.

With a baby on board you can't do that.
It's not that you drive any less safely.
But you'll drive more sedately.

[Johnnytheboy]

Snowboy said:

With a baby on board you can't do that.
It's not that you drive any less safely.
But you'll drive more sedately.

That's a given, but it doesn't explain the desire to tell others.

[Impasse]

Johnnytheboy said:

That's a given, but it doesn't explain the desire to tell others.

I can't explain the desire to whinge about it on the internet, but still people do it.