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  • 28-12-2013 10:54PM
    #1
    100gSoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭100gSoma


    Coming back from my parents on Christmas day at 3pm (wanted to leave before dark) with my wife and new baby.
    Got off M50 motorway J15 onto Cornelscourt hill road. Noticed a CN reg car suddenly right behind me. (Wasn't there when I exited motorway) On my bumper. I have "baby on board" sign on the rear window and my wife was in back too. This guy was 2 or 3ft from my bumper when it's clear I can't move over or pull in etc. I was driving at the speed limit and this guy was behind me less than 20 seconds, I'm certain, so no reason for him to be driving like this. I immediately decided to get out of this persons way as early as possible. 50m ahead is a small single lane roundabout. I indicate right to go around it to let him go on straight ahead, but this toolshed races by me the wrong way (counter clockwise) on the roundabout and misses me by 1or 2 feet as I was turning.
    Why. I mean seriously. At times like that I feel quite angry. If I was on my own I'd have followed him to get full reg. Mind you, if I was on my own I'd not have been half as bothered as I was with my baby on board.
    I hope he is proud. He is just a statistic in the making. I just hope he doesn't take out a young family in his actions.
    Ahhhh... That's better. Chest lighter. Merry Christmas.


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Comments

  • #2
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Is this todays diary entry?


  • #3
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Use the following:


    It's a paragraph


  • #4
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Some drivers are dickheads. Maybe they were rushing to a hospital though or there was some kind of emergency and they really had to get past you?
    You don't know their situation and having a baby on board sign as an indicator that someone shouldn't drive like that is silly, they're going to drive whatever way they're going to drive and no signs will change that.

    saying you'd go after them to get the reg makes no sense, you weren't harmed and don't know why they were speeding or driving dangerously, live and let live.


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Fire the rear rockets Mr Bond.


  • #6
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    This thread should be in this forum
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=52


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  • #7
    Aestivalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 202 ✭✭Aestivalis


    AfterHours: The forum where people harrass and condescend every person who posts an opinion or thread, regardless of its contents.


  • #8
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    The baby on board signs are only for emergency crews so they'll know there's a baby in the car if it was mangled up in a crash. It's not there to make other drivers fall over themselves in awe of your baby and go gooooo goooo who da lil baby in the car :P ur sooooo cute yes you are! yes you are! :P So yeah, it's not that.


  • #9
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Aestivalis wrote: »
    AfterHours: The forum where people harrass and condescend every person who posts an opinion or thread, regardless of its contents.

    That's why you came here, right? :pac:


  • #10
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Aestivalis wrote: »
    AfterHours: The forum where people harrass and condescend every person who posts an opinion or thread, regardless of its contents.

    And this post should be in this thread
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057112180


  • #11
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,065 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    So when the baby isn't on board do you take the sticker off?


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  • #12
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    My god and you had a "baby on board" sticker and all!!


  • #13
    Selene Rancid Sepia
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Selene Rancid Sepia


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    The baby on board signs are only for emergency crews so they'll know there's a baby in the car if it was mangled up in a crash..

    No they arent


  • #14
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    bluewolf wrote: »
    No they arent

    Yes they are.


  • #15
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    bluewolf wrote: »
    No they arent
    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Yes they are.

    They might be.

    I win.

    :pac:


  • #16
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Yes they are.


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


  • #17
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    scudzilla wrote: »
    So when the baby isn't on board do you take the sticker off?

    You probably should but I think emergency crews would know to check the rear seats anyway so the signs are just a silly novelty.


  • #18
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    YbFocus wrote: »
    My god and you had a "baby on board" sticker and all!!

    Some people have no conscience!


  • #19
    The_Gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭The_Gatsby


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    The baby on board signs are only for emergency crews so they'll know there's a baby in the car if it was mangled up in a crash. It's not there to make other drivers fall over themselves in awe of your baby and go gooooo goooo who da lil baby in the car :P ur sooooo cute yes you are! yes you are! :P So yeah, it's not that.

    I used to think they were the most pointless things in the world but this makes perfect sense. Thank you


  • #20
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    I've got "Hot Fox onboard!" in my car.


  • #21
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    I've got "Hot Fox onboard!" in my car.

    And?


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  • #22
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    What size is the baby on board sticker?
    Is it big enough? Are you sure they could see it?
    Maybe duct tape the baby to the roof next time to ensure we all know.


  • #23
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Surely the emergency services would think up a more professional method of indicating that there's a child in the car. I very much doubt that they've outscourced this job to Eurosaver shops selling cheap nasty stickers.


  • #24
    Selene Rancid Sepia
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Selene Rancid Sepia


    I think emergency crews know how to do their jobs without novelty "hey other drivers I might be distracted by loud screaming/being thrown up on/etc so keep your distance" signs :)


  • #25
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    You should tie the baby seat outside on the roof of the car.

    Then they'll have to notice it!


  • #26
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Surely the emergency services would think up a more professional method of indicating that there's a child in the car

    They have. It's called "checking".


  • #27
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/babysign.asp

    I don't trust anything that isn't Wiki.

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

    I refer you to the opening chapter. It became a fad, ergo the goo goo gaa gaa relevance of it is no longer.

    Now kindly give me a few minutes (I'm tipsy) and I'll find a link to where emergency crews saw the sign and realised there was a baby in the car.

    and if i find it I win and I'm great. :D


  • #28
    Selene Rancid Sepia
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Selene Rancid Sepia


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    I don't trust anything that isn't Wiki.

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

    Yeah the first line of which says:

    "Baby on board is the message of a small (usually five-inch) sign intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to encourage safe driving. "


  • #29
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    I don't trust anything that isn't Wiki.

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

    I refer you to the opening chapter. It became a fad, ergo the goo goo gaa gaa relevance of it is no longer.

    Now kindly give me a few minutes (I'm tipsy) and I'll find a link to where emergency crews saw the sign and realised there was a baby in the car.

    and if i find it I win and I'm great. :D

    When do you collect your prize?


  • #30
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I think emergency crews know how to do their jobs without novelty "hey other drivers I might be distracted by loud screaming/being thrown up on/etc so keep your distance" signs :)

    It's not that, it's if they don't find the baby straight away they might think there isn't one. The sign is a help is all.


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  • #31
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    nullzero wrote: »
    And?

    And....and...well...you'll see it in your rear view mirror when I'm bumper to bumper.


    I keep it in the front. Foxtimidation.


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