"Baby on Board" sign in cars

RaRaRasputin

Good evening!

Just wondering if I imagine it, or are those signs getting more popular? I can't think of a day when I haven't had an annoying person driving in front of me with this annoying sign at the rear window.
What's the point of it anyway? What difference does it make to announce to the world that you (sometimes) have a child in the car? Do people want to be applauded? Do they want me to pull over and smash into someone else's car in case they perform an emergency breaking, because they have a miniature human in there? Are they more important than others?

There are even escalations of this nonsense reading "princess on board" etc. Seriously..I rather get an urge to run my car into their boot.

Hande hoche!

It's to alert paramedics and other emergency service personnel to infants being in the vehicle.

TeddyTedson

People are getting seriously over protective about their babies, it's pathetic.

hidinginthebush

I always thought they were to alert the rest of the world of a smug parent driver

Jen Pigs Fly

It's a round about way for people to say "I had sex!"

Gulliver

Hande hoche! wrote: »

It's to alert paramedics and other emergency service personnel to infants being in the vehicle.

I'd like to think that was the case, but the same people who put up these signs often spend more time making sure the sign is secure than the baby.

John Doe1

I think they are being trolls and actually want you to kill them:p

Senna

They are "Special Offer" signs for Paedophiles

Professey Chin

Its always better when taken literally

evolving_doors

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Good evening!

Just wondering if I imagine it, or are those signs getting more popular? I can't think of a day when I haven't had an annoying person driving in front of me with this annoying sign at the rear window.
What's the point of it anyway? What difference does it make to announce to the world that you (sometimes) have a child in the car? Do people want to be applauded? Do they want me to pull over and smash into someone else's car in case they perform an emergency breaking, because they have a miniature human in there? Are they more important than others?

There are even escalations of this nonsense reading "princess on board" etc. Seriously..I rather get an urge to run my car into their boot.

You obviously don't have kids then...so your only logic is to want to kill parents/and children....

Someone has Issues... you're probably just stuck with pam and her 5 sisters?

MrJoeSoap

Duh. It's a Simpsons reference...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pURFU3pL93o

wexie

There really also should be a sign in answer to that that says : "Well then don't drive like a knob!!!"

Merkin

Normally seen on 4 x 4s being driven so badly you're assuming a one-eyed twitchy midget with anger issues it at the wheel.

Pantsface

Ahh the anxious faced, balloon carrying, non toxic crayon, snot rag toting brigade.

hondasam

I think there should be a slow lane just for babies and parents same in the shops or better still shops that don't allow kids under the age of 13yrs.

Kerrigooney

Never had one for our first born, who rather amazingly has made it to 9 years of age without the protection this amazing piece of cardboard offers.

Don`t plan on putting one up now we have a 6 month old.

Pointless.

bonzodog2

I once saw a similarly-styled sign saying "Mother-in-law in boot"
Much more entertaining!

Jim_Kiy

These signs are not such a great idea if an infanticidal maniac happens to be in the car behind.

tbh

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Good evening!

Just wondering if I imagine it, or are those signs getting more popular? I can't think of a day when I haven't had an annoying person driving in front of me with this annoying sign at the rear window.
What's the point of it anyway? What difference does it make to announce to the world that you (sometimes) have a child in the car? Do people want to be applauded? Do they want me to pull over and smash into someone else's car in case they perform an emergency breaking, because they have a miniature human in there? Are they more important than others?

There are even escalations of this nonsense reading "princess on board" etc. Seriously..I rather get an urge to run my car into their boot.

Here's a question - when you see a sign on a vehicle saying "vehicle on tow" or "speed limited vehicle" or "wide load"....do you think they are bragging as well?? Do you feel like running your car into them?

TeddyTedson

I'll play devils advocate here then.
Imagine a Sunday when the parents are bringing little Timmmmy to the grand parents house at a pleasant speed of 35km/h.
Then you're tearing back from your girlfriends house doing 90km/h because she delayed you and the match has already started and the rest of your friends are in the pub. You're tailgating everyone so they get the **** out of the way.
Then you see there's a little princess on boards, and you just slow down and think, awww.

That's right, Timmmmy the little princess:D

Carlos_Ray

People often reveal a lot about their inner demons when they post on boards. If you look at those signs and you immediately think "smug parent" then you obviously have some insecurities about parenthood.

When I see the signs I cut the driver some slack, for example, if they take a bit of extra time taking off from the traffic lights I don't honk at them and risk waking a sleeping baby. They are also practical for safety reasons. If there is a problem with the baby the driver will naturally be distracted. The sign is advanced warning for such possibilities.


Ireland has the highest number of prats and bad drivers on the roads in Western Europe. I'm not surprised that many people don't understand the point of those signs.

In fact when Irish people are driving abroad they should be required to put up a sign "Irish person driving." It will give everyone else the chance to react to the erratic Irish driving that is caused by clouds of begrudgery and self-righteousness that descend over the giant Irish head when it is placed behind a steering wheel.

tbh

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

People often reveal a lot about their inner demons when they post on boards. If you look at those signs and you immediately think "smug parent" then you obviously have some insecurities about parenthood.

When I see the signs I cut the driver some slack, for example, if they take a bit of extra time taking off from the traffic lights I don't honk at them and risk waking a sleeping baby. They are also practical for safety reasons. If there is a problem with the baby the driver will naturally be distracted. The sign is advanced warning for such possibilities.


Ireland has the highest number of prats and bad drivers on the roads in Western Europe. I'm not surprised that many people don't understand the point of those signs.

In fact when Irish people are driving abroad they should be required to put up a sign "Irish person driving." It will give everyone else the chance to react to the erratic Irish driving that is caused by clouds of begrudgery and self-righteousness that descend over the giant Irish head when it is placed behind a steering wheel.

I can't thank you twice so I'm going to find another post of yours and thank that.

girl in the striped socks

I tend to get more pissed off with signs that say "don't bend the rules, rule the bends" or "no fear".

Squ

Its similar to L stickers.. To let you know why the person in front is driving so slowly..

Personally i'm like driving miss daisy when i've kids in the car, and fück anyone else.

Sacred_git

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

People often reveal a lot about their inner demons when they post on boards. If you look at those signs and you immediately think "smug parent" then you obviously have some insecurities about parenthood.

When I see the signs I cut the driver some slack, for example, if they take a bit of extra time taking off from the traffic lights I don't honk at them and risk waking a sleeping baby. They are also practical for safety reasons. If there is a problem with the baby the driver will naturally be distracted. The sign is advanced warning for such possibilities.


Ireland has the highest number of prats and bad drivers on the roads in Western Europe. I'm not surprised that many people don't understand the point of those signs.

In fact when Irish people are driving abroad they should be required to put up a sign "Irish person driving." It will give everyone else the chance to react to the erratic Irish driving that is caused by clouds of begrudgery and self-righteousness that descend over the giant Irish head when it is placed behind a steering wheel.

Clearly a proud "Baby on board" driver!

xzanti

It's a way to say "I have a baby in the car, so please be patient if I'm not driving fast enough for you... Now back the fúck off"

I don't understand why people get such a hair across their arses over these signs..

Sake.

And no, I don't have one up.. but seeing others sporting them doesn't bother me in the slightest.

smash

I once saw a focus with massive writing across the back window saying "Fúck the police" and had a hand raising it's middle finger bobbling around too.

wonder how often he gets pulled over and then complains about it.

OldmanMondeo

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

It's a round about way for people to say "I had sex!"

Nothing round about about it, It means, I had sex, my mickey / flaps work and I produced child....

Carlos_Ray

Sacred_git wrote: »

Clearly a proud "Baby on board" driver!

That would be quite strange considering I've no kids.

I'm just not a prat.

The_Thing

Half the time a sign saying "Illegitimate Brat" would be a more fitting description.

girl in the striped socks

The_Thing wrote: »

Half the time a sign saying "Illegitimate Brat" would be a more fitting description.

Wow. Just wow.

MrJoeSoap

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

I tend to get more pissed off with signs that say "don't bend the rules, rule the bends" or "no fear".

Or some ****box "Powered By The Dole".

ChippingSodbury

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

I tend to get more pissed off with signs that say "don't bend the rules, rule the bends" or "no fear".

On the "No Fear"sticker, I once saw a "No Power" sticker on the back of a Fiat Uno!!

Until I had kids, I used to get annoyed with others with kids who caused a racket/ took longer in the queues, drove slowly etc. Now, I couldn't give a ****e what others think. After all, we were all screaming, snot-nosed babies at one stage or another, whether or not we're now acting all grown up on the interweb....it's not my fault if you're a jaffa:pac:!

Helix

tbh wrote: »

Here's a question - when you see a sign on a vehicle saying "vehicle on tow" or "speed limited vehicle" or "wide load"....do you think they are bragging as well?? Do you feel like running your car into them?

they actually serve a purpose to those sharing the road with the owner of the vehicle in question though. telling people there's a baby in the car does what exactly? having a baby in a car and not having a baby in a car should impact everyone else on the road in the exact same way, which is clearly no way at all

Helix

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

If there is a problem with the baby the driver will naturally be distracted. The sign is advanced warning for such possibilities.

if there's a problem with the baby the driver should get off the road as quickly as possible

though i do see your point, i just think that perhaps the sign should be changed from "baby on board" to "inconsiderate, ignorant, unsafe driver in command"

jimmycrackcorm

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

It's a round about way for people to say "I had sex!"

And will probably never get it anymore.

girl in the striped socks

Helix wrote: »

tbh wrote: »

Here's a question - when you see a sign on a vehicle saying "vehicle on tow" or "speed limited vehicle" or "wide load"....do you think they are bragging as well?? Do you feel like running your car into them?

they actually serve a purpose to those sharing the road with the owner of the vehicle in question though. telling people there's a baby in the car does what exactly? having a baby in a car and not having a baby in a car should impact everyone else on the road in the exact same way, which is clearly no way at all

Imagine there's a bad crash & the occupants are unconscious or dead. Emergency services obviously can't ask them if there was anyone else in the car, well they could but they may not get an answer.
One of those signs will alert them that there may have been a baby in the car that got flung through the window so they can then search for said baby.

admiralofthefleet

we are in a recession, people stay indoors more plus the winter before the last one was freezing hence why there are so many 'snow babies', my son being one of them

Helix

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Imagine there's a bad crash & the occupants are unconscious or dead. Emergency services obviously can't ask them if there was anyone else in the car, well they could but they may not get an answer.
One of those signs will alert them that there may have been a baby in the car that got flung through the window so they can then search for said baby.

which would be grand if people ONLY had those signs up while kids were in the car. most of the time cars with those signs dont actually have kids in them

ejmaztec

There should be stickers saying "We've been trying for a baby for twenty years without success, so we gave up and bought a dog and it's on board".

hondasam

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Imagine there's a bad crash & the occupants are unconscious or dead. Emergency services obviously can't ask them if there was anyone else in the car, well they could but they may not get an answer.
One of those signs will alert them that there may have been a baby in the car that got flung through the window so they can then search for said baby.

I see you point but what if there is no baby on that particular day, a lot of searching for no reason.
Should we have stickers that say people on board and the same rule apply if there is an accident, search for other people.

H2UMrsRobinson

hondasam wrote: »

I think there should be a slow lane just for babies and parents same in the shops or better still shops that don't allow kids under the age of 13yrs.

Agree 100%. Would go so far as to say one day a week shopping centres should be child free. Sunday's. Spend the day with your children enjoying family pursuits, don't drag them round the shops, they clearly don't enjoy it!

tbh

Helix wrote: »

tbh wrote: »

Here's a question - when you see a sign on a vehicle saying "vehicle on tow" or "speed limited vehicle" or "wide load"....do you think they are bragging as well?? Do you feel like running your car into them?

they actually serve a purpose to those sharing the road with the owner of the vehicle in question though. telling people there's a baby in the car does what exactly?

It says "this is as fast as I'm going to be going" - exactly like those other signs do.

Helix

tbh wrote: »

It says "this is as fast as I'm going to be going" - exactly like those other signs do.

i think you need to read up on what those other signs mean before you take to the roads again there chief

girl in the striped socks

Helix wrote: »

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Imagine there's a bad crash & the occupants are unconscious or dead. Emergency services obviously can't ask them if there was anyone else in the car, well they could but they may not get an answer.
One of those signs will alert them that there may have been a baby in the car that got flung through the window so they can then search for said baby.

which would be grand if people ONLY had those signs up while kids were in the car. most of the time cars with those signs dont actually have kids in them

Who is going to remember to put the sign up every time?
It's easier to leave it up.

Lyaiera

I agree with Helix a bit. Surely there's nothing that can happen with a baby that should distract you from driving. I would really like to think that if someone has a BoB sticker up they're smart enough to have gotten a decent seat/cradle for the child, have had it properly installed and have strapped the child in safely. So really there shouldn't be anything to worry about that could cause eratic driving. If the baby does need something then you can pull over in a safe manner. The only thing I can imagine that would need immediate attention is if the child is choking on gawk and even then a driver shouldn't do anything until they've pulled over.

A "Demon Toddler On Board" sign makes far more sense than a Baby on Board sign because toddlers are actually able to cause mayhem. For the person in the car and for following cars.

Helix

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Who is going to remember to put the sign up every time?
It's easier to leave it up.

do you honestly fecking think that the emergency services are only going to look for additional passengers because of that sign? or that if they see that sign they'll spend more time searching? or if they don't see that sign they'll spend less time searching?

dodderangler

Think the Australians were the first to put them on their cars as cars where going into swamps and the likes and when they rescue unconscious people later finding out that there was a child there aswell
Not 100% tho
It's great idea

girl in the striped socks

hondasam wrote: »

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Imagine there's a bad crash & the occupants are unconscious or dead. Emergency services obviously can't ask them if there was anyone else in the car, well they could but they may not get an answer.
One of those signs will alert them that there may have been a baby in the car that got flung through the window so they can then search for said baby.

I see you point but what if there is no baby on that particular day, a lot of searching for no reason.
Should we have stickers that say people on board and the same rule apply if there is an accident, search for other people.

Ah here. It's a sign.
I honestly couldn't care less if they have a baby on board sign hanging up or a photo of baby Jesus in the crib. Their car, their child, their decision to do whatever it is they want.
No one has to like it but it is their possession to do what they want.

girl in the striped socks

Helix wrote: »

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Who is going to remember to put the sign up every time?
It's easier to leave it up.

do you honestly fecking think that the emergency services are only going to look for additional passengers because of that sign? or that if they see that sign they'll spend more time searching? or if they don't see that sign they'll spend less time searching?

See my post directly above.
At this stage I honestly couldnt give a flying fcuk.

SimonLynch

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Good evening!

Just wondering if I imagine it, or are those signs getting more popular? I can't think of a day when I haven't had an annoying person driving in front of me with this annoying sign at the rear window.
What's the point of it anyway? What difference does it make to announce to the world that you (sometimes) have a child in the car? Do people want to be applauded? Do they want me to pull over and smash into someone else's car in case they perform an emergency breaking, because they have a miniature human in there? Are they more important than others?

There are even escalations of this nonsense reading "princess on board" etc. Seriously..I rather get an urge to run my car into their boot.

As long as they're not in the outside lane of the Tallaght bypass doing 60kph all the way to Jobstown it's not a problem. If they are guilty of that and have a sat-nav as well they shouldn't be encouraged to have children. (Not an advocate of Eugenics)