"Baby on board" stickers- Yes or no?

KenSwee

We had our first baby this week.

We live in the countryside so we will be driving a lot.
I'm curious what everybody thinks of those baby on board stickers?

Personally, I'm not in favor of them as I have always believed that everybody should drive with full care and attention and I know they do really piss off certain people. Although there are always asses out there. Also it might be a way of telling other drivers why you may be driving a little more carefully or why you may have to quickly pull over.

Handy for parking in mother and toddler spaces though!! So maybe a temporary sign?

So what do all think?

PS: Won't be checking as often.

FearDark

They're utterly pointless.

CianRyan

They're for emergency services not other drivers. They'll get straight to your kid if you've got the sticker.
Or at least that's the idea.

LiamMc

"At least mine works" is a provocative alternative.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

aren't they more so emergency services know there's a child on board?

Celly Smunt

A baby on board does nothing other than scream "look at me i have a baby"

Mr. CooL ICE

Congrats on your newborn.

I don't see the point of them being on the side window. I never notice it until I have already tailgated, beeped the horn, flashed my lights at the car and carelessly overtaken them while flipping the bird out the sunroof.

lintdrummer

Good God no, I hate them. Nobody on the road is going to give a flying reindeer's what you put on your window, they'll drive the way the always do. Also, you can park in those spaces for familys anyway, there's no law about them is there?

mikemac1

Anyone else humming along to the Be Sharps

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

maxfresh

They seem to grant permission to talk on the phone ,not use indicators and park on the path :mad:

Sofiztikated

I despise those "Little Princess on Board" or "Little Boy Racer on Board" stickers. I don't know if they're referring to the mongs in the front seat, or a child in the back.

Anyways, they are supposed to let emergency personel know that there is a child on board should you have an accident. If the child isn't on board, take them down, as if there is an incident, the emergency personel won't waste time trying to find a child that isn't there.

TwoShedsJackson

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

aren't they more so emergency services know there's a child on board?

As long as they take them out anytime they drive somewhere without the child...

Outkast_IRE

It grants you immunity from punishment when parking outside schools, you can do no wrong.

Tom_Cruise

I really don't know what to say.

super_furry

People really do get annoyed by the most inconsequential things.

Jimoslimos

CianRyan wrote: »

They're for emergency services not other drivers. They'll get straight to your kid if you've got the sticker.
Or at least that's the idea.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

aren't they more so emergency services know there's a child on board?

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Anyways, they are supposed to let emergency personel know that there is a child on board should you have an accident. If the child isn't on board, take them down, as if there is an incident, the emergency personel won't waste time trying to find a child that isn't there.

Oh dear god no, not this myth again

CianRyan

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Oh dear god no, not this myth again

It's not a myth, it's just yuppy mammies not getting the idea and now the whole world has come to the same misunderstanding.

Sofiztikated

super_furry wrote: »

People really do get annoyed by the most inconsequential things.

Yup.

But humanity as a race does tend to annoy me.

Jonah42

I was going to ram into the back of your car but I guess now I won't.

DylanII

KenSwee wrote: »

We had our first baby this week.

We live in the countryside so we will be driving a lot.
I'm curious what everybody thinks of those baby on board stickers?

Personally, I'm not in favor of them as I have always believed that everybody should drive with full care and attention and I know they do really piss off certain people. Although there are always asses out there. Also it might be a way of telling other drivers why you may be driving a little more carefully or why you may have to quickly pull over.

Handy for parking in mother and toddler spaces though!! So maybe a temporary sign?

So what do all think?

PS: Won't be checking as often.

They are stupid. No one looks at a car and says 'Oh, there's a baby in that car, better not hit it'

8mv

Of course you should put them up. If anything does happen and they assist the emergency services, you won't worry then about people being pissed off at you.

Jimoslimos

CianRyan wrote: »

It's not a myth, it's just yuppy mammies not getting the idea and now the whole world has come to the same misunderstanding.

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

Teyla Emmagan

Hate them. Like nobody cares that you have a baby!!!!!

PS: congratulations!

I do hate them though.

Sofiztikated

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Oh dear god no, not this myth again

CianRyan wrote: »

It's not a myth, it's just yuppy mammies not getting the idea and now the whole world has come to the same misunderstanding.

Ok, according to snopes, it is a myth. I'll hold my hand up and say I did not know that.

But I'm having a little think about it. Surely it would serve a purpose to alert emergency personel that a child is on board.

Apparently it's just advice to other road users that there is a car, which may or may not be carrying children. So... kinda like when a car doesn't have a sign.

Anyways, it's not like a little 5 inch sign is going to alert a roaduser to the fact that there is a car in front of them. You know, because a 6 or 7 foot wide, 12 to 15 foot long metal box on wheels wouldn't be enough to alert them.

Mince Pie

Hate hate hate them!!! I am not going to drive any differently because you have a sign saying "hey look at me, I had sex and now I have a baby to prove the fact and I want everyone to know"
Don't even get me started on the Princess ones. Since when did every little girl want to be a princess and not a queen?
Please for the love of all that is sane do not get one!

whiskeyman

Jimoslimos wrote: »

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

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/32304704.jpg

Skid

maxfresh wrote: »

They seem to grant permission to talk on the phone ,not use indicators and park on the path :mad:

Yes, it is amazing how dangerously many people who have those stickers drive themselves.

I can't stand them. I will drive with the same level of care regardless of what age the inhabitants of other cars may be.

solerina

I despise them.....cant see what the point of them is.....esp when half the time there is no 'baby on board'......NO... NO... NO !!!!

Doff

Jaysus lads, I for one be extra cautious when driving behind a car with L plates or a baby on board sticker. I drive with care anyway but just have an extra cautious feeling around them and give them more space etc. Don't know why, better safe than sorry I suppose.

Cienciano

OP, don't do it. Those signs just make people angry.

Skid

Doff wrote: »

Jaysus lads, I for one be extra cautious when driving behind a car with L plates or a baby on board sticker. I drive with care anyway but just have an extra cautious feeling around them and give them more space etc. Don't know why, better safe than sorry I suppose.

So you drive more dangerously when a car doesn't have a Baby on Board Sticker?

That makes no sense.

flanders1979

Anything that hinders the rear view is plain stupid.

Irish Guitarist

I saw a car with one of those stickers parked in a bicycle lane the other day. I thought it was a bit of a cheek to ask other drivers to be careful but to not show any consideration for cyclists or the pedestrians who could potentially be hit by a cyclist who has no lane to cycle on.

Smeggy

Just recently a car bearing one of these signs overtook me (who was obeying the speed limit) on a icy road coming up to a bend!! :mad:

Baby on board my ass!!

Cheerful Spring

There is some crazy drivers out there. I would keep the sticker, make them think twice before road raging against you, for driving too slow.

LiamMc

Skid wrote: »

So you drive more dangerously when a car doesn't have a Baby on Board Sticker?

That makes no sense.

He said the exact opposite.

Skid

LiamMc wrote: »

He said the exact opposite.

It is an exact corollary of what he said.

SmilingLurker

In short NO!

It might serve as a warning that the baby's parents have bad taste, and might not have had enough sleep recently, which might partially account for their poor taste.

And congratulations on your new arrival.

Lenin Skynard

KenSwee wrote: »

Handy for parking in mother and toddler spaces though!! So maybe a temporary sign?

I have a Galway GAA sticker from Supermacs that works equally as well for parking in those spaces.

inc21

flanders1979 wrote: »

Anything that hinders the rear view is plain stupid.

What to you have against vans?

Ava_e

Can the mother and child parking spaces in shopping centres be used by someone who is out with their 90 year old mother, who is a bit frail, and needs a hand getting in and out of the car and might just appreciate being able to park near the entrance ?

I mean technically they are still mother and child.

Or, are all of those spaces just reserved for 4x4 driving, self proclaimed yummy mummys who take 1/2 an hour to reverse into the space, and then smack the side of your car door with their buggys.

Procrastastudy

On almost every occasion I've noticed someone driving like a twat they've had one of these in the back window. To me they're about as much use as Borat's gypsy tears vial.

shanec1928

no.who cares whats in the car...

beans

Every baby should be chipped at birth.

Then if there's an accident the ES can use their baby-monitor to see if there actually is a baby in the twisted heap of steaming steel that used to be your car, if it's still savable, and also Google can direct advertisements into it's brain at formative times in it's development.

Everyone wins.

pitkan

Saw a car yesterday with a 'Baby On Board' sticker and, sure enough, when I looked inside there was a child sitting on a plank.

RaRaRasputin

Danger, danger....here it goes again, and soon the crazed parents in favour of those signs are going to descend and try to get everyone banned who dislikes them (because, clearly, they do not know how difficult it is to have a baby in the car, bla bla).

I have driven with our baby in the car and it was always annoying so far, but sorry....this does not make you special on the road. I have to admit that I do drive with extra care when our son is in the car, but that is no different to my usual driving. Having a screaming baby in the car does just not give you the special right to suddenly pull over or brake because you are endangering everyone on the road.

But I guess I just don't have the special prince/ princess gene to pass on to my children...

Gee_G

I have one in my car, it was bought for me so I just stuck it up. None of those fancy prince/princess ones mind you! just a baby on board one. I don't use it as an excuse to be an erratic, crazy driver...I just put it up!

cats.life

would prefer if i saw ''asshole on board'' i meet them everyday.

Pottler

Whenever I see a "Baby on board" sticker, I always assume it refers to the drivers abilities and I am seldom dissapointed.

dirtyden

Put it up.

It will annoy lots of irrational people who get annoyed by small things that should have no impact on their lives whasoever. That is reason enough to do it.

Congratulations on the new arrival.

jessiejam

Congrats on the new arrival! And the many sleepless nights ahead:p

Those signs annoy me quite a bit. No I don't really care that your downstairs bits are working. She might be your little princess but I won't think so. I've seen many a sign blocking the view of the driver through the rear veiw mirror. That is more dangerous than me not knowing there is a small person on board.

The worst one I have seen is the "little Liver on board" parents obv Liverpool supporters. I used to think it was in relation to organ donation.
Stupid signs