'Baby On Board' stickers and CDs that dazzle drivers poses a threat to road safety

Run_to_da_hills

"Novelties and air fresheners dangling from your rear-view mirror could cause accidents and lead to prosecution, the AA warns today".

I think that all these notices are great because they give you an advanced warning that you're driving behind an idiot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034933/Air-fresheners-Dangerous-items-dangle-1-5m-car-mirrors.html

Daved_XB

Now this may all be urban legend… but years ago I read somewhere that a woman had had a bad crash in her car & her baby ended up wedged under the seat after the crash & she was knocked out… the story went that when she woke up in hospital the first thing she asked was how’s my baby?? The response she got was “what baby” the crashed car was towed away to a yard with the baby inside it..

The story went that it was then her idea to invent those baby on board window hanging things….. however the idea is that you should ONLY ever have them hanging in the car if you actually HAVE a baby in he car… the idea behind them was to inform emergency response personal that there should be a child in the crashed car too…. they are supposed to be removed on trips where you DON’T have a child in the car…

They where never intended to be a "Please don’t hit my car even if I’m driving like a Muppet… as I have a child on board, think of the children… won’t someone please think of the children" sign

bijapos

Its an urban legend. Useful though, as it usually means the person ahead of you is living in blind ignorance of the Rules of the Road in my experience.

tossy

Almost as annoying as baby on board stickers is the craze of mondeo drivers who put foled up hi viz jackets in their back windows to make you thing the are 5-0

Another trick mondeo drivers do is put the tax/insurance disc holder in the opposite corner or up near the rear view mirror so you think the cops are behind you - is this the definition of sad?

EPM

tossy wrote: »

Almost as annoying as baby on board stickers is the craze of mondeo drivers who put foled up hi viz jackets in their back windows to make you thing the are 5-0

Another trick mondeo drivers do is put the tax/insurance disc holder in the opposite corner or up near the rear view mirror so you think the cops are behind you - is this the definition of sad?

On the plus side you wont be held up on the motorway.

robbie_998

In my opinion ..... the only thing that should be on your windows is the "L" if your a leaner.

or "R" (for whatever the hell that is)

none of this "dont follow me im lost too" bollox


The only thing in my own car is NCT/TAX/INS on the top left corner of the windscreen where its not in the way at all.

tossy

Skip to 2mins 10 secs of this video to see the 'baby on board' brigade summed up i seen him do this routine in Dublin and i was in pain laughing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sqS8pFwG8

Malari

Baby on boards stickers
Padre Pio stickers
96 FM stickers (or other radio stations)
Random Acts of Kindness stickers
Dozens of items hanging from the rear-view mirror

They all pose a threat to my road sanity.

dr.fuzzenstein

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"Novelties and air fresheners dangling from your rear-view mirror could cause accidents and lead to prosecution, the AA warns today".

I think that all these notices are great because they give you an advanced warning that you're driving behind an idiot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034933/Air-fresheners-Dangerous-items-dangle-1-5m-car-mirrors.html

The idea that you get prosecuted for having an air freshener hang off your mirror is just sick.
It just goes to show that there are people who are vastly overpaid and no one is quite sure how they got their job in the first place.
So they think up retarded nonsense all day. The worst thing is that people, instead of saying "Fire that idiot, he's a useless waste of space and drain of money", somehow seem to take that sh*t seriously.
Maybe these people do not have the mental capacity to hold down a proper job and are just lucky enough to know people, who know people, so they get pulled into a nice, cosy position where they're put at a desk and left to it. It certainly beats daycare.
Granted, the CD's are daft and the "Baby on Board" stickers usually mean "I drive like a twat and you can't do sh*t about it!", but anyone with half a brain will know this.
What is wrong with the world today is that we hire imbeciles to waste millions on braindead reports that any moron could have come up with inside 5 minutes.

Mc Love

Have an air freshener that clips on to visor, there are no stickers on my car! Removed the dealer stickers too!

Anan1

tossy wrote: »

Another trick mondeo drivers do is put the tax/insurance disc holder in the opposite corner or up near the rear view mirror so you think the cops are behind you - is this the definition of sad?

I think you might be reading a bit too much into things there..;)

_Kaiser_

robbie_998 wrote: »

The only thing in my own car is NCT/TAX/INS on the top left corner of the windscreen where its not in the way at all.

Nooo.. bottom left corner - up in the top left they obstruct visibility of things like filter lights and so on

RE: Mondeo drivers - I'd buy a Mondeo if I thought it would save me getting stuck behind dawdlers doing 80-100 on a 120 km/h motorway, or stopped morons in BMWs (and lately young wans in small hatchbacks) tearing up behind you when you're overtaking someone and sitting on your bumper trying to do 160 while you finish the manoeuver

Testament1

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"Novelties and air fresheners dangling from your rear-view mirror could cause accidents and lead to prosecution, the AA warns today".

Sounds like more of the usual sensationalist bollocks that the Mail seems to be so fond of. I have a heap of air fresheners hanging from my mirror and I've never had any issues with visibility.

sentient_6

I should've got a picture of the renault scenic in town earlier that had a baby on board sign on the left of the back window, L badge on the right, & then the name 'SOPHIE' in big pink letters across the middle. The state of it.

Mr. Presentable

I used to think there was a requirement to have an unobstructed view from your car. Apparently there's not - unless you use tints :rolleyes:

I regularly see cars with the rear sill covered in toys to the extent you can't see through the lower half, or in one case a basket of flowers (WTF?), and often a bunch of labels announcing everything from football clubs to the brand of speakers contained (or aspired to) within.

Atomic Pineapple

Ya know what I'd love to read in a paper some day, maybe when common sense becomes common again,

"Lack of driver education and re-education could cause accidents, the AA warns today".

Antikythera

Testament1 wrote: »

I have a heap of air fresheners hanging from my mirror and I've never had any issues with visibility.

Is this you?

monkeypants

There are no radio stickers on my windows because I haven't been compensated by any station for giving them advertising space. No baby on board or any other stuff either, because I like being able to see out the windows. There's also no air freshener hanging anywhere because I clean my car and it doesn't smell.

My biggest distraction when driving is good looking girls wearing little clothing. This is mostly a summer thing. In the colder months, it's good looking girls wearing whatever they deem suitable. I dare the AA or any group to have the nerve to start that argument.

But hey, it's the Fail and they make stuff up.

tossy

Anan1 wrote: »

I think you might be reading a bit too much into things there..;)

You think? just start to take a look at mondeos over the next while esp the 2003 vintage and especially those driven by younger males,the type of driver who should be driving passats and A4s

Malari

monkeypants wrote: »

My biggest distraction when driving is good looking girls wearing little clothing. This is mostly a summer thing. In the colder months, it's good looking girls wearing whatever they deem suitable. I dare the AA or any group to have the nerve to start that argument.

Are you this guy:

monkeypants

Malari wrote: »

Are you this guy:

You had me for a minute, but then I realised that the steering wheel was on the wrong side.

corktina

Mc Love wrote: »

Have an air freshener that clips on to visor, there are no stickers on my car! Removed the dealer stickers too!

I always take oFF the dealer stickers, and the number plate surrounds....why the hell would anyone NOT do that?

Testament1

Antikythera wrote: »

Is this you?

Nah windscreens are for losers

Anan1

tossy wrote: »

You think? just start to take a look at mondeos over the next while esp the 2003 vintage and especially those driven by younger males,the type of driver who should be driving passats and A4s

But people put their discs in different places anyway, what makes you so sure they're doing it in an attempt to look like Guards?

Mc Love

Yeah I have mine at the top of the windscreen at the passenger side. Seen many people do it too

-Corkie-

I hate people with `save Nenagh hospital`stickers on there back window or that sticker `Is feidir linn`. They are normally driven by people that travel at 60 KPH...

vetstu

There's an avensis driving round here with tinted windows and in massive white writing in the back window
"150 horses and one hell of a donkey driving"

Just looks retarded.

MugMugs

vetstu wrote: »

There's an avensis driving round here with tinted windows and in massive white writing in the back window
"150 horses and one hell of a donkey driving"

Just looks retarded.

I know a guard who stops people with "Pioneer" or "Punto" on the back window and formally asks them, "Is this a "Punto sir?" Kicks and giggles I suppose.

My motor replicates the local unmarked car. Not by choice. I get a good kick out of people hammering up behind me, seeing the car and Jamming on.

I also get a lot of waves off Bouncers on the doors.