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Baby on Board

  • 15-04-2010 9:58am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭


    Iv noticed for a while now that alot of cars passing me out at speed and generally driving dangerouslly have a Baby on Board sticker on the back.
    Surly having better driving habits themselves will be better for the safety of the child.
    Why bother putting this sticker on your car anyway, it like saying OAP on board or Twenty something on board?


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    This has been done to death. The sticker is supposed to be used to indicate to the emergency services that there was a child in the car in the event of an accident. However many people leave them on the window all the time, even if there's no child in the car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    i always thought those stickers were so rescue services knew there was a child on board after an accident, they shouldnt be in the window if there is no child.
    bit like compressed gas cylinder signs are magnetic its illegal to not have it on your car if there is bottles in the car and vica versa (i know too many divers)

    it does annoy me that somehow i'm supposed to drive better if they have that in their car, a lot of them should start with their own driving


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Paulyh


    Jip wrote: »
    This has been done to death. The sticker is supposed to be used to indicate to the emergency services that there was a child in the car in the event of an accident. However many people leave them on the window all the time, even if there's no child in the car.

    i never knew that :eek: very interesting.
    but obviously misused by most.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 572 ✭✭✭cowhands


    Paulyh wrote: »
    i never knew that :eek: very interesting.
    but obviously misused by most.


    I never knew that either. I always thought it was to tell other motorist that there is a child in the car and not to park too close as to inhibit getting a buggy in and out of the boot or a car seat from the rear- D'oh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Silver Opel Zafira passed me this morning on Limerick SRR and they had one of those in their back window doing about 95mph!!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    They're only stickers, not speed limiters :)


  • Posts: 24,714 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I doubt very much that that majority of people who use the baby on board signs have any idea about their use for the benefit of emergency services. I think most do it as for some reason they expect people to decide not to crash into them just because of having a baby on board.

    Those stickers really annoy!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    I think most do it as for some reason they expect people to want to crash into them less because of having a baby on board.
    Might be a better idea to have the stickers on the front of their cars, given that they're more likely to crash into me than vice versa.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    cowhands wrote: »
    I never knew that either. I always thought it was to tell other motorist that there is a child in the car and not to park too close as to inhibit getting a buggy in and out of the boot or a car seat from the rear- D'oh
    I assumed it meant, "Keep your distance cos if you crash into the back of me, you'll kill my child".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭barryfitz


    Not sure about their actual purpose but I can tell you this the only reason I put one up was because the mother in-law bought one when the nipper came along. And I dare not cross the mother in-law :D (at least for 6 months, tis well gone now)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,630 ✭✭✭The Recliner


    I tend to assume that the drivers of cars with those stickers on them will be distracted by the child in the car so will be careless/bad drivers so I hang back

    So it seems the sticker works well for both of us


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,371 ✭✭✭Homer


    As I don't have children I'm not familiar with these signs you speak of?

    How would you stick this on the back of your car??

    6aa_baby_on_board.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭viper123


    I'd like to suggest that most of you are incorrect as to the meaning of the sign, to me (and to all I know who have the sign in their car) it suggests that there is a driver in the car who is likely to be distracted by a child so a little extra care is required on your part in case they do something unexpected?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    viper123 wrote: »
    I'd like to suggest that most of you are incorrect as to the meaning of the sign, to me (and to all I know who have the sign in their car) it suggests that there is a driver in the car who is likely to be distracted by a child so a little extra care is required on your part in case they do something unexpected?

    I would tend to agree with this, very well said, I think people should take this onboard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭Melodeon


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    viper123 wrote: »
    I'd like to suggest that most of you are incorrect as to the meaning of the sign, to me (and to all I know who have the sign in their car) it suggests that there is a driver in the car who is likely to be distracted by a child so a little extra care is required on your part in case they do something unexpected?
    I would tend to agree with this, very well said, I think people should take this onboard.
    Agreed.
    These days, those signs are an excellent early-warning indicator of an erratic and unpredictable driver, best given a wide berth during their random meanderings.

    I seem to recollect that they originated in Germany as a way of informing the emergency services of the presence of a child in the aftermath of an autobahn crash. This purpose has long since been superseded (here in Ireland, at least) by the above.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭ocokev


    viper123 wrote: »
    I'd like to suggest that most of you are incorrect as to the meaning of the sign, to me (and to all I know who have the sign in their car) it suggests that there is a driver in the car who is likely to be distracted by a child so a little extra care is required on your part in case they do something unexpected?

    A agree partically, but I think the driver has to be more responsible when driving. If you have a child in the back who is disturbing or needs attention you slow down or pull over and deal with the problem, dont affect other people driving while you try to tend to your child and driving at 120kpm.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    viper123 wrote: »
    I'd like to suggest that most of you are incorrect as to the meaning of the sign, to me (and to all I know who have the sign in their car) it suggests that there is a driver in the car who is likely to be distracted by a child so a little extra care is required on your part in case they do something unexpected?

    So it's like a license to drive like an idiot? I should have to somehow magically increase my awareness because someone else chooses to continue to drive, even though a child is causing a ruckus in the car? Yep, that makes sense alright.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭ocokev


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    So it's like a license to drive like an idiot? I should have to somehow magically increase my awareness because someone else chooses to continue to drive, even though a child is causing a ruckus in the car? Yep, that makes sense alright.

    Much the same as a person with drink on them could stick a Drink Driver On Board sticker to let other people know they might do something erratic. Very considerate.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭danmanw8


    Not a big fan of those stickers myself, well not a big fan of any car stickers as it dimishes visibility. Especially on the smaller cars!


  • Posts: 24,714 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    danmanw8 wrote: »
    Not a big fan of those stickers myself, well not a big fan of any car stickers as it dimishes visibility. Especially on the smaller cars!

    Small cars appear to be the main culprit for such stickers. The baby on board sticker is often accompanied by a "babe on board" sticker or other such stupidity :rolleyes: (with the driver being anything but).


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    ocokev wrote: »
    Much the same as a person with drink on them could stick a Drink Driver On Board sticker to let other people know they might do something erratic. Very considerate.

    Indeed, or "Bengal tiger on board". The tiger in the car, may distract me, so everyone else just be careful, I might swerve a bit if he's attempting to claw my face off while I drive.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    Indeed, or "Bengal tiger on board". The tiger in the car, may distract me, so everyone else just be careful, I might swerve a bit if he's attempting to claw my face off while I drive.

    This is getting stupid now, people put up these signs out of consideration for other road users. So why dont you take it in the spirit it was intended instead of being an idiot about it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    This is getting stupid now, people put up these signs out of consideration for other road users. So why dont you take it in the spirit it was intended instead of being an idiot about it!

    How is it out of consideration for other road users?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    This is getting stupid now, people put up these signs out of consideration for other road users. So why dont you take it in the spirit it was intended instead of being an idiot about it!

    no they put them up because they are mistakenly under the impression that their kids are somehow more important than anyone else on the road.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    So why dont you take it in the spirit it was intended instead of being an idiot about it!
    Make your point without resorting to personal insults.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭omega man


    no they put them up because they are mistakenly under the impression that their kids are somehow more important than anyone else on the road.

    Wow thats some logic. This is the usual tripe that gets posted here when this topic is 'discussed'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_on_Board


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    omega man wrote: »
    Wow thats some logic. This is the usual tripe that gets posted here when this topic is 'discussed'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_on_Board

    To deter tailgating?? So don't rear end me or you may kill my child?
    That link then goes on to basically say it's now a farce and the signs mean nothing (Princess on board, etc..).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭viper123


    Dr. Loon wrote: »
    So it's like a license to drive like an idiot? I should have to somehow magically increase my awareness because someone else chooses to continue to drive, even though a child is causing a ruckus in the car? Yep, that makes sense alright.

    No driving like an idiot is driving like an idiot. Having a kid projectile vomit across the back seat of your car could be considered a 'distraction'...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    omega man wrote: »
    Wow thats some logic. This is the usual tripe that gets posted here when this topic is 'discussed'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_on_Board

    why would the fact there's a kid in the car make me stop tailgaiting (not that I do anyway)

    Are you trying to suggest a childs life is somehow more vaulable than an adults in the circumstance?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    when i see a BOB sign it means (mostly....)

    1) a wimmins driver
    2) be cautious
    2) pass out at earliest opportunity
    3) continue en route
    4) end


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    omega man wrote: »
    Wow thats some logic. This is the usual tripe that gets posted here when this topic is 'discussed'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_on_Board

    The article states first of all that it was brought back from Germany which would back up what others have said about its main purpose and then goes on to point out the sign is now viewed as a joke, which would back up what others have said. Do you actually have a argument to make?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭cadaliac


    viper123 wrote: »
    No driving like an idiot is driving like an idiot. Having a kid projectile vomit across the back seat of your car could be considered a 'distraction'...
    And driving with a trailer full of animals rerquires the same amount of care from the driver.
    Just because you see a car with a trailer (or COB sign) doesn't give them cart blanche to do what ever they like on the road.
    If you can't drive with a child in the car, don't drive with a child in the car.
    Whatever the sign means anyway, regardless, it certainly does not mean you can do what you like and everyone else has to "keep a wide birth".
    ffs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭stealthyspeeder


    Baby on board sticker in the back window.....

    It could be worse!!:D

    mpscrechey.png


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭Chipboard


    ocokev wrote: »
    A agree partically, but I think the driver has to be more responsible when driving. If you have a child in the back who is disturbing or needs attention you slow down or pull over and deal with the problem, dont affect other people driving while you try to tend to your child and driving at 120kpm.

    Something tells me you don't have any kids if you think that pulling over every time a kid screams or farts is viable.

    As the wikipedia article says, they are to deter tailgating and I can tell you it doesn't work. Tailgaters should remember that it is only through the endurance and charity of the people they tailgate, that they don't end up in an accident, as there is nobody who, when tailgating 10 ft behind another car at 100 kph, could react quickly enough to avoid an accident if the person decided to teach them a lesson.

    Why would a sign in the back of a car, which is designed to encourage good driving, annoy someone. NAMA and the Anglo debacle must drive you nuts!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭ocokev


    Chipboard wrote: »
    Something tells me you don't have any kids if you think that pulling over every time a kid screams or farts is viable.

    Actually I do have a kid, who like most other kids at 2 throws the odd tantrum, I dont have a Baby on Board sign displayed because I would rather be responsible for my own actions and give my driving upmost attention. The other day I pulled over cos she was screaming, got her settled and drove on, problem solved. I dont be trying to look back rooting for her dummy under the passanger seat while doing 120kpm.
    There is a woman who lives in our town,seen her several times, chin on steering wheel,car full of kids, BOB sign, tailgates Really close,then gets to the dual carriage way and pulls out straight away into the fast lane. On the way home once while in the fast lane jammed on brakes, went over 2 lanes of traffic and onto the slip home at the last second, no indicators on the roundabout, Baby on Board sign. So my point is if you have one of these signs up why drive like a lunitic and endanger everyone else including other people with Baby on Boards signs.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    ocokev wrote: »
    There is a woman who lives in our town,seen her several times, tailgates then gets to the dual carriage way and pulls out straight away into the fast lane. On the way home once while in the fast lane jammed on brakes, went ober 2 lanes of traffic and onto the slip home at the last second, no indicators on the roundabout, Baby on Board sign. .


    Well that says it all doesn't it?????

    Fast lane, whats that? The all mighty anti sign on your car brigade obviously learnt a different set of rules of the road than the rest of us!

    That would be an Epic Fail!:rolleyes:

    For the sake of your child I'd be butting up a large sign on your car that says "Does not know the Rules of the road"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    Chipboard wrote: »
    Something tells me you don't have any kids if you think that pulling over every time a kid screams or farts is viable.

    As the wikipedia article says, they are to deter tailgating and I can tell you it doesn't work. Tailgaters should remember that it is only through the endurance and charity of the people they tailgate, that they don't end up in an accident, as there is nobody who, when tailgating 10 ft behind another car at 100 kph, could react quickly enough to avoid an accident if the person decided to teach them a lesson.

    Why would a sign in the back of a car, which is designed to encourage good driving, annoy someone. NAMA and the Anglo debacle must drive you nuts!!

    This doesn't make sense to me.

    As another poster alluded to, is the life of a child supposed to have higher value than that of an adults?

    People shouldn't tail gate anyway but I doubt a sign will make much difference.

    Also, "teaching someone a lesson" is just as dangerous as tailgating itself.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭ocokev


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    Well that says it all doesn't it?????

    Fast lane, whats that? The all mighty anti sign on your car brigade obviously learnt a different set of rules of the road than the rest of us!

    That would be an Epic Fail!:rolleyes:

    For the sake of your child I'd be butting up a large sign on your car that says "Does not know the Rules of the road"

    Sorry perfect person.
    Fast lane is the overtaking lane in this case.

    Thanks for your advise.

    Some pointers for your writing skills below.

    "Whats that" should be "what's that".
    "I'd be butting" should be "I'd be putting".
    You dont use capital letters in the middle of a sentence
    "Does not know the Rules of the road".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭barryfitz


    Seriously folks, Why does it bother you so much? In fact, the amount of people that have noticed them suggests to me that they are more easily distracted than the parent with the screaming kid in the back. If you can get so worked up about them on here I can only imagine what you are like in your car when you see them. To me, bumper stickers, nodding dogs, baby on board signs and even learner driver stickers should be ignored. Because at the end of the day the safest thing to do is assume that the driver of every single car you meet/pass is a total moron who could do anything at any moment.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    ocokev wrote: »
    Sorry perfect person.
    Fast lane is the overtaking lane in this case.

    Thanks for your advise.

    Some pointers for your writing skills below.

    "Whats that" should be "what's that".
    "I'd be butting" should be "I'd be putting".
    You dont use capital letters in the middle of a sentence
    "Does not know the Rules of the road".

    Dont worry about my spelling and get your nose into the "Rules of the Road", you shouldn't be on the road if you dont know the designation of road lanes.

    My spelling wont affect my driving! :rolleyes:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭gpjordanf1


    ocokev wrote: »
    Thanks for your advise.

    Should be: Thank's for your advice :p

    Just so were on the same page!


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    ocokev wrote: »
    Iv noticed for a while now that alot of cars passing me out at speed and generally driving dangerouslly have a Baby on Board sticker on the back.
    Surly having better driving habits themselves will be better for the safety of the child.
    Why bother putting this sticker on your car anyway, it like saying OAP on board or Twenty something on board?

    I was on the M9 two weeks back and I overtook a Ford, seconds later it then overtook me again and slowed down (makes no sense), so I overtook it again...after awhile it sped up again to catch up with me and then overtook me again I sped off.

    All this time a child (looked about 5-7) was in the back seat without any seat belt (I could tell because he was moving about the car)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭ocokev


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    Dont worry about my spelling and get your nose into the "Rules of the Road", you shouldn't be on the road if you dont know the designation of road lanes.

    My spelling wont affect my driving! :rolleyes:

    Common terminology has never affected my driving either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭Melodeon


    gpjordanf1 wrote: »
    ocokev wrote: »
    Thanks for your advise.
    Should be: Thank's for your advice :p

    Just so were on the same page!
    Probably best to close this particular line of discussion now. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Come on now lads, neither of you is coming across as very grown-up. Try to make your points without descending to the level of mud-slinging.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    I wouldn't let my wife put one of these signs on the window when we had our nipper, I just can't stand anything at all on the windows of the car, not even air fresheners. Even my sat-nav is located on a dash mount as opposed to the window. Anything that blocks any potential visability is a no-no in my book. Not even a jacket on the parcel shelf.

    I could see the benifet for emergency services, but I am sure a black out sun screen on the back window along with a big baby seat should be indication enough that there is a child on board.

    I am sure that the emergency services are well trained enough to immediatly assess any vehicle to see how many occupants there are, regardless of stickers or signs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    Just my 2 cents.

    It annoys mean as some people that use it use it to encourage better driving in the vicinity of their car because a child is on board.

    However, shouldn't I and everyone else always be driving as safely as possible, regardless of who the occupants of nearby cars are?

    I'm not going to just drive like a nut-case when no kids are around :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Baby on board? Oh, ok. I'll go ram that other car instead.


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