Baby on board signs

tuxy

People who put these signs up are the types that drive at 50kph in a 100kph zone even when road conditions are perfect. They also tend to never look in their mirrors or have any idea what's going on around them. They seem to put these signs up in the hope it will make other people extra careful to make up for their inadequate driving.
Agree or disagree?
Perhaps you have one of them in you car. If so why?

berliner

I have one.I'm hoping assholes wont force me to drive over the speed limit by tailgaiting me and forcing me to go faster.

tuxy

berliner wrote: »

I have one.I'm hoping assholes wont force me to drive over the speed limit by tailgaiting me and forcing me to go faster.

What difference would this make to an "asshole"?

TestTransmission

Saw a L-Driver in a Punto yesterday,with a baby on board sign,a child on board and a bitch on board.
Cant imagine how she even sees out her rear window!

Wishbone Ash

I think that those signs are incredibly stupid.

I've asked people who have them what the purpose is and they usually say that its to make people drive more considerately because they have children on board.

What a load of crap!

People should show consideration to other road users regardless of the age of their passengers.

Cionád

I like how many of these signs are placed obstructively in the centre of the rear window, and sometimes there is more than one! (Kayla on board, Justin on board etc)

They were used originally to help paramedics identify which cars to attend to first in the case of a serious accident. They are not meant to prevent tailgaters, in any case no-one should be tailgating no matter who is in the car.

edit: beat me to it jackncoke/Wishbone Ash.
edit2: 600 posts whoo!

L1011

The original idea was to alert emergency services that a child may have been thrown from the car.

However, does anyone take them down when the kid isn't in the car? Doubt it...

Wishbone Ash

berliner wrote: »

I have one.I'm hoping assholes wont force me to drive over the speed limit by tailgaiting me and forcing me to go faster.

How on earth would a tailgater force you to go faster?

I'd be inclined to go slower. If you feel the need to go faster, then you seriously need driving lessons.

s14driftking

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I think that those signs are incredibly stupid.

I've asked people who have them what the purpose is and they usually say that its to make people drive more considerately because they have children on board.

What a load of crap!

People should show consideration to other road users regardless of the age of their passengers.

x2

Anan1

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

How on earth would a tailgater force you to go faster?

I'd be inclined to go slower. If you feel the need to go faster, then you seriously need driving lessons.

I think that may have been a German joke.:)

berliner

tuxy wrote: »

What difference would this make to an "asshole"?

I'm hoping this might cut me some slack and explain why I'm actually driving within the speed limit unlike most of the Irish population.Stupid I know but worth a shot!

mickey mac

These signs are for people who feel the need to brag about their fertility, and their only topic of conversation is about their kids.:)

Photi

Cionád wrote: »

They were used originally to help paramedics identify which cars to attend to first in the case of a serious accident. They are not meant to prevent tailgaters, in any case no-one should be tailgating no matter who is in the car.

!

Nope

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

Anan1

berliner wrote: »

I'm hoping this might cut me some slack and explain why I'm actually driving within the speed limit unlike most of the Irish population.Stupid I know but worth a shot!

Because you're not Irish?;)

berliner

Anan1 wrote: »

Because you're not Irish?;)

I'm a paddy all right!!

kmart6

These signs are pointless....they don't make other cars slow down!

L1011

Photi wrote: »

Nope

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

Don't always believe everything you read on Snopes. They existed in Germany before the US, and were a safety device there.

tuxy

berliner wrote: »

I'm hoping this might cut me some slack and explain why I'm actually driving within the speed limit unlike most of the Irish population.Stupid I know but worth a shot!

Would a sign on the back saying something about not tailgating be more effective?
Anyway for the most part tailgaters are too stupid to know what breaking distance is and don't know they are tailgating.

Anan1

kmart6 wrote: »

These signs are pointless....they don't make other cars slow down!

No, but I would give the a wider berth on the basis that they are more likely than most to do something stupid.

peasant

Baby on board, fish signs, pink (or any other colour) ribbon stickers ...all pointles, useless ...

...kinda like this thread, really

tuxy

Anan1 wrote: »

No, but I would give the a wider berth on the basis that they are more likely than most to do something stupid.

Agreed, I'm having second thoughts now. Maybe these signs are for the best.

berliner

kmart6 wrote: »

These signs are pointless....they don't make other cars slow down!

The Police would but alas they are a rare sight on Irish roads.

Anan1

I can't wait for some newbie to dig this one up in 2010...

Wishbone Ash

mickey mac wrote: »

These signs are for people who feel the need to brag about their fertility, and their only topic of conversation is about their kids.:)

I feel the need to agree with this man.

colm_mcm

Usually the automotive horror of a Trajet or whatever fridge on wheels they drive is enough to let the world know that you're up to your eyes in kids.

Esel

My Baby On Board story: 1987, on Route 93 from Phoenix to Las Vegas, was a settlement called Nothing. A few shack-type houses, a gas station and a souvenir shop. We stopped for gas (no baby on board btw). While paying for the gas, the owner, a real desert inhabitant, asked me if I wanted to see his Baby On Board sign. He then produced a rough piece of plank with a doll nailed to it. Dry humour at it's best.

Nothing was destroyed by fire - in 1988 or 1989. Nothing was rebuilt, it seems. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/87

kmart6

peasant wrote: »

Baby on board, fish signs, pink (or any other colour) ribbon stickers ...all pointles, useless ...

...kinda like this thread, really

Close it now...go on...ya know you wanna!:D

Run_to_da_hills

Good one for a Hearse.........Dead body on board.

OldmanMondeo

tuxy wrote: »

People who put these signs up are the types that drive at 50kph in a 100kph zone even when road conditions are perfect. They also tend to never look in their mirrors or have any idea what's going on around them. They seem to put these signs up in the hope it will make other people extra careful to make up for their inadequate driving.
Agree or disagree?
Perhaps you have one of them in you car. If so why?

I have one on my car, but I find the oppisite. People without them tend tosit in the right hand lane on a motorway / dual carraigeway and not let faster moving cars pass, within or over the limit. Don't look in their mirrors, keep fog light on. Put make up on / have a shave.

Please do not tar everyone with the same brush.

Slig

Lets see over the past two days we had the following pointless items:
aftermarket spoilers
dump valves
baby on board stickers

Really the most pointless addition to most cars is the driver

Wishbone Ash

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

I have one on my car

Why?

MarkR

tuxy wrote: »

People who put these signs up are the types that drive at 50kph in a 100kph zone even when road conditions are perfect. They also tend to never look in their mirrors or have any idea what's going on around them. They seem to put these signs up in the hope it will make other people extra careful to make up for their inadequate driving.
Agree or disagree?
Perhaps you have one of them in you car. If so why?

Nice sweeping generalisation. I hear the internet is full of perverts too. I know I'm not one, but according to the popular press you may be...

I have one. Not sure why really. Suppose the fertility one is the closest to truth. Though I do like the idea that the emergency services would look harder for missing children, but I think the car seat might be a better clue.

Also useful for parking in parent and child spots without dirty looks. Baby seat helps in this case too.

OldmanMondeo

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Why?

'Cause it makes me feel like a big man....;)

It's more for parking when I have the kids in the car. Hopefully people will give a little more space for getting in and out of the car.

Par72

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

'Cause it makes me feel like a big man....;)

It's more for parking when I have the kids in the car. Hopefully people will give a little more space for getting in and out of the car.

I would never even think of that if I was parking beside someone who had one of those signs.

TwoShedsJackson

They're idiotic. People driving should be assigning more or less equal priority to not crashing into any other vehicle on the road, not just one that has someone's brat in it, probably bouncing around unrestrained on the back seat.

MR DAZ

My wife has one in her car ... our kid is 6 months old, and to be honest I'm glad she has it up. If nothing else it makes cars behind her aware of the presence of a kid on board.

I wonder how many of yee have kids that are slating them?

:rolleyes:

If you thought that there was a chance that it might stop only one fool from driving too close and causing an accident ... I know what I'd do.

L1011

I won't modify my driving style because of seeing one - I'm not driving with the intention of milling the driver in front out of it to begin with. And I don't think you're going to find anyone who does tailgate who'll suddenly stop doing it either.

MR DAZ

Well thats your opinion and your entitled to it...;)

The same way I'm entitled to mine.

Green Hornet

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

They're idiotic. People driving should be assigning more or less equal priority to not crashing into any other vehicle on the road, not just one that has someone's brat in it, probably bouncing around unrestrained on the back seat.

+1

Run_to_da_hills

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

They're idiotic. People driving should be assigning more or less equal priority to not crashing into any other vehicle on the road, not just one that has someone's brat in it, probably bouncing around unrestrained on the back seat.

+1

javaboy

MYOB wrote: »

I won't modify my driving style because of seeing one - I'm not driving with the intention of milling the driver in front out of it to begin with. And I don't think you're going to find anyone who does tailgate who'll suddenly stop doing it either.

Yeah but you're not a tailgater in the first place so it doesn't make a difference to how you drive.

And the eejits who deliberately tailgate won't stop anyway as you say.

But there's the third group of people. The people who habitually tailgate but don't really mean to cause problems. There's a chance that that type of person might back up a bit if they saw the sign and as an earlier poster said, if it cause just one person to back off then it's worth it.

jaggiebunnet

I think the real question is why people feel the need to even raise a question about this?? Better questions might have been why feel the need to have LED lights under you car? Why feel the need to have a spoiler? Why feel the need to have a big stupid exhaust or a speaker system that weighs twice your car?

And yes I do have one, and if it that annoys you then my heart is pumping piss for you, really.

And yes I did used to slow down and chill out when I saw it on the back of a car that I might have been getting frustrated at because they were below the speed limit - at least it explained it - and reminded me that getting to my destination 0.3 seconds faster was not important in the slightest.

omega man

MR DAZ wrote: »

My wife has one in her car ... our kid is 6 months old, and to be honest I'm glad she has it up. If nothing else it makes cars behind her aware of the presence of a kid on board.

I wonder how many of yee have kids that are slating them?

:rolleyes:

If you thought that there was a chance that it might stop only one fool from driving too close and causing an accident ... I know what I'd do.

Agreed. I would rather my wife drives her car with them (2 kids under 2). How do you all know it does not make a difference to other motorists? This thread appears to be more of an anti kids rant than anything else

tuxy

omega man wrote: »

This thread appears to be more of an anti kids rant than anything else

Damn, found out.
The world is over populated, we can't sustain this many humans on the planet.

peasant

omega man wrote: »

Agreed. I would rather my wife drives her car with them (2 kids under 2). How do you all know it does not make a difference to other motorists? This thread appears to be more of an anti kids rant than anything else

Why should the fact that you're carrying kids in your car give you any special consideration from other motorists?

By your reasoning, if you were carrying your granny instead of your baby it would be alright for other traffic to ram you ...after all, granny has lived her life, hasn't she?

I would sincerly hope that all motorists drive with care and consideration towards ALL other motorists, regardless of who is or isn't in the car.

T-Maxx

I don't have one on my car and neither does the wife, although we have 2 kids and another one due in a few weeks.

It doesn't bother me that other people have it on their cars - why should it?:rolleyes:

DeepBlue

The baby on board stickers are just statements by the owners of the vehicle that their baby is the most precious thing on the road and all other road users should agree to this.
Unfortunately all other road users that aren't the parents of this particular baby don't see any logic in that statement (perhaps they believe all road users are equally precious) thus rendering baby on board stickers completely and utterly useless.

MR DAZ

@ DeepBlue Thats complete rubbish ....

colm_mcm

MR DAZ wrote: »

@ DeepBlue Thats complete rubbish ....

Nah, he's on to something there

BrianD3

Obviously a good driver/sensible person will not modify their driving based on presence or absence of a BoB sign on another vehicle.

Perhaps when someone puts up a BoB sign thinking that others will take heed of it and drive more safely it says more about *them* than it does about other drivers...in other words the person who puts up a BoB sign on their own car could well be an idiot who tailgates other cars unless they see a BoB sign......

omega man

peasant wrote: »

Why should the fact that you're carrying kids in your car give you any special consideration from other motorists?

By your reasoning, if you were carrying your granny instead of your baby it would be alright for other traffic to ram you ...after all, granny has lived her life, hasn't she?

I would sincerly hope that all motorists drive with care and consideration towards ALL other motorists, regardless of who is or isn't in the car.

What are you talking about?? The sticker doesent imply that the driver requires any different treatment to other road users. Just maybe though it will make someone think a bit more before or during a risky manouvre, thats all. You cant possibly tell me that when you hear a baby has been killed in a road accident that it does not effect you more than if it was an adult?? Saying that my statement implies its ok to ram a car if a granny is in it just highlights your comments stupidity.