Isn't it, like the incorrect use of fog-lights, a useful indicator that the driver is an idiot?
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How interesting,being new to this country and never haveing seen these signs before,I assumed, wrongly, that for some reason best known to herself,that the women driver wanted to inform us of her pregnancy !
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In the event of an accident with emergency sevices attending, an inappropriate 'BoB' sign might waste valuable minutes in a fruitless search for the 'baby' - so, yes, it can have consequences.
One would assume the emergency services are experienced enough always to search anyway (with or without the sign) but , say, if there's a child seat left (unused) in place & a 'BoB' sign it might cause a wasteful use of time in a multi-vehicle RTA scenario & be detrimental to other casualties' chances.
Edited by woodbines on 30/05/2008 at 15:50
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I always assume those `Baby onboard` signs are a further `human condition` attempt to get the vehicle uprated in its `priority on the road`.
Interestingly their presence seems incompatible with Luxo-barges, but partly compatible with the `sitting higher than everyone else` Road-Master.....
The Human Psych has many ways to fry a fish............ To achieve `Personal Road Priority`
Sounds like a good deterrent to tailgating anyway, unless a Psychopath is on your tail.
;);)
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I've always thought it was just another way of saying "I'm paying no attention".
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The notice says 'baby on board'.
The only occupant of the car is the driver.
QED.
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I've always thought it was just another way of saying "I'm paying no attention".
That's always my perception, either I'm distracted by the kids or I've obstructed my view with an idiot foot square of plastic!
I give these people a wide berth because they normally drive like their brain is somewhere else.
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After the birth of my first child I recall driving like an 85 year old and actually considered buying one of those stickers to justify to other road users why they couldn't get past me.
I doubt even if they were an official government issued thing some of the inconsiderate morons who populate the roads would pay attention.
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Glacier, do you think drivers who are not inconsiderate morons drive differently in the proximity of a car they think has a baby in it?
If so, you seem to have got it completely the wrong way round.
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i prefer the "babe on board" sticker, its less tacky imho
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No, No, No, unless the car is driven by a grade A 'babe', but they so rarely are ;-(
and at least less tacky the 'little angel on board' - pass the sick bag !
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prefer the "babe on board" sticker,
I wish.....
Edited by b308 on 30/05/2008 at 16:50
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Baby on board roughly translates as
' you take all responsibility for my dreadful driving, should i pull sharply in front of you and brake, i will scream hysterically at you, because i have a child'
I'm sure half of them think we just appeared here by some sort of transporter device, and were never children ouselves.
Don't..babe on board makes me shudder.
And as for little princess....
Almost as bad as 'show dogs in transit' spoilt my fun seeing one of those, as i fully intended to side swipe the vehicle before seeing the signs...strewth, give me strength ;)
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I want a sticker that says "Psychopathic driver on board".
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'Ugly brute on board'.
Of course you would have to get some tattoos and piercings and wear a grubby string vest to show your old bullet wounds. Or get a friend like that to accompany you.
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I want a sticker that says "Psychopathic driver on board".
white vans usually cover that base !
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>>And as for little princess....
>>Almost as bad as 'show dogs in transit' spoilt my fun seeing one of those, as i fully intended to side swipe the vehicle before seeing the signs...strewth, give me strength ;)
My thoughts too.
I have just seen one of those other wonderful signs " I slow down for horses"
I could just about read it when I stopped close the the rear of the said vehicle at traffic lights.
The dumb dumb had stuck it on the inside of a heavily tinted rear window of a people mover. :-((
It would make more sense to say "I stopped for horses"
I like BoB signs. They give me early warning of the drivers priorities - waste time installing a useless bit of tat that reduces vision.
I hope I never read about a reversing accident because of a blind spot caused by a BoB sign.
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Another irritating sign, more common in the US than here: "Spending the grandchildren's inheritance"
I must say that makes me want to bring the inheritance point about immediately.
Edited by Optimist on 30/05/2008 at 18:03
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Is it an attempt to justify parking in the 'mother and toddler' slots at the supermarket when the little treasure is not actually on board?
Friend of mine uses an old child seat which he plonks on the back seat of the car - tells me he's never been caught.
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I think it daft that anyone has stickers in their windows advertising 1) what football team they support, 2) what colour of West Highland Terrier they adore or 3) that their other vehicle they own is a faceless non-descript Japanese motorcycle.
Why do people insist on advertising their personal preferences to all and sundry?
Why am I bothering to reply yo this thread anyway and GETTING ON MY HIGH HORSE ABOUT IT! AAARRRGGGHHHHHH I'VE JUST HAD A CoR0nARRRYYyy...ngh must...get...to the phone now....help...dial 999 someone....ngh
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I have a terrific idea! Let us use all this nonsense as another way to extract money from motorists. The police can randomly pull cars into lay bys and check the occupants against the signs and stickers displayed. They would include 'L' plates displayed when not required, Caution Show Dogs in Transit, Baby on Board, My Ex-wife is the Boot, My Other car is a Porsche and the rest of this sort of rubbish. It could be a real earner!
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....... Caution Show Dogs in Transit .....
I saw that sign on the back of a vehicle. The daft thing was it was a Zafira, not a Transit!
Edited by L'escargot on 31/05/2008 at 08:56
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the people that buy these signs are the same ones that insist on changing their new baby in front of everyone (normally in the middle of your living room) because a nappy change is such a big deal.......or so you would think by their song and dance
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Maybe suggestions for customized Back Roomers' car signs.
May I suggest my own " ******snipOn Board."
Edited by Pugugly on 31/05/2008 at 13:14
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Maybe a sticker saying "I Read HJ!" - very cryptic, but backroomers will KNOW what it's all about.
On a local motoring board, the suggestion was a sticker saying 'CYAI!' - the phrase used when one of the members, Charl, posted something incredibly stupid/argumentative, which he did with monotonous regularity.
This same bunch used to make mock of those who posted about their super-duper machines, and more-or-less accused them of lying.
So the challenge went up 'post a picture within the next day of said vehicle, but you have to put an orange on the aerial/windscreen wiper/left fender/dashboard etc'. This weeded out the BSers, but led to the practice, at get-togethers, of everyone bringing an orange, so's we could identify 'new'members, or those visiting from out of town...
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If I stick a sign in the back of my old Kia saying:
I paid fifty quid for this, d'yer think I bothered to insure it?
Would I be treated with greater deference by other road users?
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I`m going to put `Overtake, slipstream my day`
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On council estates many 'Baby on board' stickers are used to convey a sense of responsibility.
No licence, no documents - living in the hope that a following police car will be convinced that a real motorist is in front of them.
The same goes for roof racks, ladders on the roof and so on. All used to present an image of a small trader going about his business. Most are phony.
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I have been trying hard to think of a bumper sticker that would be universally worrying and offensive in a quiet, low-key way. The best I can manage so far is
'You wouldn't understand'
but I am afraid a lot of people wouldn't understand.
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I saw a ripoff of one of these today which said "Who cares who's on board?"
Edited by Marc on 31/05/2008 at 19:34
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I started a thread in a similar vein some months ago. The mother that started me up has now added a picture of her baby alongside. If the wording on the sign does not make a tailgater pull back one look at the picture will. It is scarily ugly!
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Following on from the faux respectability contributions I still chuckle at the sign on vans that says:
"Courteously driven? Probably stolen".
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"Courteously driven? Probably stolen".
"How's My Driving? Tel 999" lol.......
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The only one of these stickers that ever made me laugh was "Mother-In-Law in boot". When I see one that says "Princess on Board" (normally accompanied by Barbie decorated stick-on sun blinds) I have a strong desire to hit the offending vehicle at speed and shunt it off the road.
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Have you looked at your user name recently?
Or is it irony? ; - )
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