Baby on Board Stickers

SMM

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is on some other thread, but what exactly is the point of 'child in car please drive carefully' and 'baby on board' stickers? I mean I would hope that people would be driving safely anyway, I'm not going to suddenly change my driving because of this. Does anyone know what they're for?

prospect

What concerns me is why people are so concerned about what others do?

If you think you drive safely as it is, keep on motoring and ignore them...

peasant

They are there to keep you from flirting with the (hopefully) decent looking driverette :D:D

funktastic

Why do people put so many stickers on their back windscreens anyway? It just prevents a good view from your rear windscreen and too many are just dangerous. Many are just crap 'Will you please stop following me around?', a cartoon character pissing on a Man Utd/other football team shirt HA HA Or people just advertising some garage. I'd just peel 'em all off and let the garages pay for their own advertising.

milltown

The baby on board ones are actually for the Institute of Advanced Motoring test. A wooden board is suspended between the rear door handles and a small sleeping child is balanced on it. The idea is to keep the baby on the board by reading the road ahead for dangers and by being smooth in your use of the throttle and brakes. The stickers are to warn other , non advanced, motorists not to try and keep up with your silky smooth, fast driving.

At least that's what I think I read or overheard or made up somewhere.

I think it's time for a pettys corner sticky thread for all the horns, foglights, speed bump parking and stickers-people-don't-see-the-point-of threads.

TwoShedsJackson

milltown wrote: »

The baby on board ones are actually for the Institute of Advanced Motoring test. A wooden board is suspended between the rear door handles and a small sleeping child is balanced on it. The idea is to keep the baby on the board by reading the road ahead for dangers and by being smooth in your use of the throttle and brakes. The stickers are to warn other , non advanced, motorists not to try and keep up with your silky smooth, fast driving.

At least that's what I think I read or overheard or made up somewhere.

I think it's time for a pettys corner sticky thread for all the horns, foglights, speed bump parking and stickers-people-don't-see-the-point-of threads.

Now that gave me a laugh

lightening

They are just advertising the fact that they are parents and more responsible, cleverer and more mature than anyone else.

"please spare the trildren!"

r3nu4l

To be honest, they are pointless, the kind of muppet who drives like a spanner is not going to change their driving just because of these stickers imo.

I had to laugh because only this morning some guy was tailgaiting me on the A14 (I was in the middle lane) while the right hand lane was empty. When he did eventually decide to overtake me I noticed one of these stickers in his rear window I couldn't see if he had a kid in the back or not but I certainly hope not given his driving.

cance

i dont get them either,

its like parents with photo's in their wallets, they love to show off their little monster, whereas the rest of us could'nt care less.

prospect

I thought the idea of them (the original yellow triangle ones) was so Emergency services could quickly identify a vehicle with a child in it in the case of a pile up of cars.

CJhaughey

Originally they were in German and intended to warn the emergency services that in the event of a bad smash that there was possibly a small human on board.
If unrestrained the child could also be possibly thrown clear of the vehicle.
That as I understand was the original meaning, now people just expect you to give them a wide berth as they perform slalom manoeuvres while dropping Oísin off at the creche...

Mexicola

Well I suppose it would look a bit odd having a sign saying: "Eureka, my genitals work!"

f22

There as an indicator that the driver is putting on makeup / on the phone / smoking a fag / or a combination of all 3.

jmayo

f22 wrote: »

There as an indicator that the driver is putting on makeup / on the phone / smoking a fag / or a combination of all 3.

They are to advertise the fact that the car's owners/occupiers are indeed fertile and have indeed managed to bring another being into this world.

I think some of them should be replaced with "Gobsh*** on Board" stickers, as they would be far more descriptive of the driving exhibited.
Then again those stickers would be suitable for so many drivers in this country.

It only goes to show a license should be necessary to procreate.

Orange69

CJhaughey wrote: »

If unrestrained the child could also be possibly thrown clear of the vehicle.

So there is a potential market for a reversible "Baby is/was on board" sticker.. Ill get on to the patent office..

colm_mcm

or maybe "baby on dashboard"?

Harrybelafonte

SMM wrote: »

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is on some other thread, but what exactly is the point of 'child in car please drive carefully' and 'baby on board' stickers? I mean I would hope that people would be driving safely anyway, I'm not going to suddenly change my driving because of this. Does anyone know what they're for?

They're to give people who have too much time on their hands something to post on forums

Stephen

They're great. They give you a clear indication of which cars not to park near in a car park, as you'll most likely come away with dents in your doors if you ignore them.

LuckyStar

They're put up by women in Range Rovers their husbands paid for, they really mean "Yummy Mummy on board".

colm_mcm

They are actually handy for marking passenger Santa Fe's from Commercials. Most are given free with baby food etc. and are really adverts.

Kaylee

I must admit I have one of those stickers on my car - advertising eumom.com. Maybe they could alert other drivers to the fact that the driver of that car might be:

a. seriously sleep deprived
or
b. distracted/distressed by screaming baby in back

It would be a good idea to have a range of stickers to alert other drivers to various personal issues other road users might be having... maybe 'hungover driver' or 'driver just had a row with girlfriend/boyfriend'

prospect

I think we should re-name Boards.ie/motors to:

Boards.ie/I have to much time on my hands and spend my days endlessly whinging about things others do that have no affect on me and while I am at it make sweeping generalisations.

r3nu4l

prospect wrote: »

I think we should re-name Boards.ie/motors to:

Boards.ie/I have to much time on my hands and spend my days endlessly whinging about things others do that have no affect on me and while I am at it make sweeping generalisations.

Er, isn't that making a rather sweeping generalisation about the users of the motor forum? :D

High&Low

Lot of people here with serious chips on the shoulders for some reason.

So what if people like to put a sign up on the car asking you not to rear end them because they have a baby in the car?

I have kids, don't have a sticker on my car, but don't care if others do either.

prospect

r3nu4l wrote: »

Er, isn't that making a rather sweeping generalisation about the users of the motor forum? :D

LOL, yeah, but then I am a member of Boards.ie/Motors

I feel obliged to generalise.

r3nu4l

High&Low wrote: »

Lot of people here with serious chips on the shoulders for some reason.

So what if people like to put a sign up on the car asking you not to rear end them because they have a baby in the car?

I have kids, don't have a sticker on my car, but don't care if others do either.

...but, but, but, this is the internet, serious business!

prospect wrote: »

LOL, yeah, but then I am a member of Boards.ie/Motors

I feel obliged to generalise.

Touché

barryfitz

I have one up in my car, because the mother in law gave it to us when the nipper came along. Id rather put up with the sh1t from you guys than upset the mother in law!!:p:D;)

jmayo

High&Low wrote: »

Lot of people here with serious chips on the shoulders for some reason.

So what if people like to put a sign up on the car asking you not to rear end them because they have a baby in the car?

I have kids, don't have a sticker on my car, but don't care if others do either.

Yep because I drive and live in this country I have two gigantic chips on shoulders here

So is it ok to rear end cars that don't have babies on board ?

Anyway I am placing a big Sinn Fein sticker in the back window and hope that will also work as deterent to would be rear enders

I have one offspring but refuse to have any of those damm stickers.
It is just a marketing gimmic dreamt up by someone to either sell a product or just sell the damm stickers themselves.

Has anybody ever thought about putting one of those scrolling displays in back window ?
You could have pre-programmed messages such as "get off my rear end unless you want to meet Mr Winchester" or "Do you want to do a brake test ?"

PaddyFagan

jmayo wrote: »

Has anybody ever thought about putting one of those scrolling displays in back window ?

Or one of these - http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8e9a/


Paddy

jacool

to quote a comedian whose name i can't recall
" The only reason the sign is important is if the baby is driving !"
I presume that the actual reason is simply to stop idiots like me who like nothing better than ramming my car into the rear of every car in front of me - until I think of that little drooling 'goo-goo-ing' object in the car in front of me (that went and put up such a stupid sign!) and I feel symmpathy for them I leave them alone !

High&Low

jmayo wrote: »

Yep because I drive and live in this country I have two gigantic chips on shoulders here

So is it ok to rear end cars that don't have babies on board ?

I was paraphrasing something from the Simpsons. When Marge gets a sticker with "baby on board" on it and she says to Homer: "Now people will stop intentionally ramming our car..."

I personally don't see the point in the stickers (don't see the point in the pink and blue ribbons stuck to cars either) but I don't care if people have them...

omega man

cance wrote: »

i dont get them either,

its like parents with photo's in their wallets, they love to show off their little monster, whereas the rest of us could'nt care less.

You obviously dont have kids then as thats a stupid comment and totally unrelated:mad:. Anyhow i dont have them on my car but the wife does and to be honest there probably is no evidence to say they have any safety effect but if it stops even one person driving up her ass and making her nervous or makes someone think twice before making a risky overtake then it has to have some value.

OldmanMondeo

I have one in the car, and yeah, my d**k does work and I am proud to advertise it....:rolleyes:

Probably mean as much as a learner driver having L plates up, most drivers ignore them to...

Anan1

omega man wrote: »

to be honest there probably is no evidence to say they have any safety effect but if it stops even one person driving up her ass and making her nervous or makes someone think twice before making a risky overtake then it has to have some value.

I wouldn't automatically assume that any difference will be positive - it's quite possible that the sign makes her less, rather than more, safe.

degsie

Anan1 wrote: »

I wouldn't automatically assume that any difference will be positive - it's quite possible that the sign makes her less, rather than more, safe.

Please explain

cance

omega man wrote: »

You obviously dont have kids then as thats a stupid comment and totally unrelated:mad:. Anyhow i dont have them on my car but the wife does and to be honest there probably is no evidence to say they have any safety effect but if it stops even one person driving up her ass and making her nervous or makes someone think twice before making a risky overtake then it has to have some value.

by the same logic would a "nervous driver on board" not be more fitting? at least it would be correct advertisement? rather than advertising your brat and hoping others will be extra safe.

demanufactured

We were cut up very badly and nearly killed one day on the clara road going into tullamore by a stupid bint in a punto.

When she got in front of us you couldnt see in the rear window at all with all the teddys/stickers and right in the middle of the window was a big pink stIck on number plate with "no.1 b1tch" on it.

When we met her a the traffic lights we pulled up beside her to give her an ear bashing and tell her that i reported her to traffic watch...there she was on the phone and fag in gob.....wih her daughter in the front seat WITH NO SEATBELT ON!!!

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WindSock

Just a hunch, but maybe it's just to let people know you have a delicate baby in your car, and you are not prepared to take any risks? It may give an indication as to why the person is driving a bit slower than the speed limit so the person behind won't get as frustrated and start tailgating and beeping. I suppose it still doesn't stop some assholes though.

D_murph

demanufactured wrote: »

We were cut up very badly and nearly killed one day on the clara road going into tullamore by a stupid bint in a punto.

When she got in front of us you couldnt see in the rear window at all with all the teddys/stickers and right in the middle of the window was a big pink stIck on number plate with "no.1 b1tch" on it.

When we met her a the traffic lights we pulled up beside her to give her an ear bashing and tell her that i reported her to traffic watch...there she was on the phone and fag in gob.....wih her daughter in the front seat WITH NO SEATBELT ON!!!

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and yet male drivers are supposed to be a higher risk on the road......... :rolleyes:

ive had plenty experiences myself with ppl on the phone and one of those was on a roundabout :mad:. boy how i laughed when she did it again at the next roundabout. all i could hear was horns blowing at her as she ploughed on to it without looking and when she realised this she jammed on the brakes and blocked the place. needed a wake up call

fenris

The original reason was to let emergency services know that there was a baby in the car in the even of a crash i.e. look for it if you cannot see it. You were not supposed to have the sticker up if there was no sprog on board.
Now it is just a meaningless piece of clutter obstructing the view of the driver should they decide to use their mirror.

omega man

cance wrote: »

by the same logic would a "nervous driver on board" not be more fitting? at least it would be correct advertisement? rather than advertising your brat and hoping others will be extra safe.

God you are some idiot! She is not a nervous driver! She is nervous for the safety of our 2 kids when some idiot is stuck up her arse trying to make her drive faster or whilst trying to overtake dangerously on some dodgy road.

rs

SMM wrote: »

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is on some other thread, but what exactly is the point of 'child in car please drive carefully' and 'baby on board' stickers? I mean I would hope that people would be driving safely anyway, I'm not going to suddenly change my driving because of this. Does anyone know what they're for?

It's quite simple really. It means drive carefully, because if you rear-end me when my kid is in the car, I'm liable to cave in your skull with my tyre iron once I've established that the kid is not seriously injured.

Parents do irrational things when you put their kids in danger.

Seth Brundle

omega man wrote: »

God you are some idiot! She is not a nervous driver! She is nervous for the safety of our 2 kids when some idiot is stuck up her arse trying to make her drive faster or whilst trying to overtake dangerously on some dodgy road.

If someone is going to tailgate or endanger your missus and the kids then a sticker in the back window won't make any difference and don't cod yourself into thinking it will! Its about as effective as our politicians recently telling us not to take drugs!

Orange69

jmayo wrote: »

Has anybody ever thought about putting one of those scrolling displays in back window ?

Totally. i would love one of these.. Just thinking of endless hilarity that could be generated with it makes me drool.. I would imagine that calling the driver behind you gay would be the most used functionality..

omega man wrote: »

You obviously dont have kids then as thats a stupid comment and totally unrelated:mad:.

No offense dude but just because you like your kids does not mean anyone else does or should.. 99.9% of the population couldnt give a rats ass about anyone else's kids and wither or not they are in a given car.

fenris

fenris wrote: »

The original reason was to let emergency services know that there was a baby in the car in the even of a crash i.e. look for it if you cannot see it.

That was the original intended purpose for the sticker, I wonder if the people in the emergency services know this.
Anyone that can read the sticker while driving, "you're driving too close to the car on front !!!"

I'd rather see baby on board stickers than a big "no fear" one on the back of a windscreen any day

IncredibleHulk

WindSock wrote: »

Just a hunch, but maybe it's just to let people know you have a delicate baby in your car, and you are not prepared to take any risks? It may give an indication as to why the person is driving a bit slower than the speed limit so the person behind won't get as frustrated and start tailgating and beeping. I suppose it still doesn't stop some assholes though.

I read some research from UK that claimed these signs reduced tailgaters.EDIT: It was a 'speed camera on board sign,' I read about reducing tailgating. Sorry