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The Baby on Board signs really wind me up. They were conceived as a way of alerting the emergency services to the fact that a small body (which could easily be overlooked at a crash scene) was in the vehicle. But obviously you were supposed to take them out if the child was not in the car (which nobody ever did) so now everybody rightly ignores them. A good idea gone to waste.
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A small child's body might be overlooked but the huge car seat the child should be strapped into can't be overlooked!
Sadly, some parents displaying these signs don't seem to strap in their children...
Gareth
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True indeed. However, there seems to be no market for "baby standing on back seat" stickers ....
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Why do people put their children on boards.
Mine sit in nice comfy child seats but I don't have a sign saying "baby in car seat"
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Sorely tempted to get one that says "Important Businessman on board" just to see how many Beemer owners rush out to get one that reads "VERY Important Businessman on board"
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You have been beaten to it, ND, at least with number plates!
Sadly, I have a colleague with the personalised plate VIP XX, where XX are his initials. He first fitted it to a Beemer too (a de-badged poverty spec Three Series), though it's now on a base spec X-Type!
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Do these people also comb their long hair over their sunroof?
Hugo
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I must dig out my sign, a gift from a US friend, which says "Attack cat on board". People do read it.
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There seems to be an increase in parents using children as sacraficial crunch bags around here, it's all quite bizarre, the parent will decide that for themselves to wear a seatbelt is optional, and then hold their children in front of them in such a way that in a crash, they will crunch the child against the dashboard or back of seats etc... thius the deceleration will be much slower and impact absorbed, as the child's bones and organs give way and "crunch" parent is OK. I suppose it's a bit like a crude airbag.
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ST, I've known instances of parent with child on lap, with one seat belt round the two of them. So in crash child is restrained but has a load of much heavier adult crushing them against the belt. Sounds unhealthy to me...
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Maybe you can look forward to a good laugh when (if!) Plod pull him for illegal spacing and force him to change it to the correct format (V1 PXX) and it becomes meaningless!?
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Take issue here No Dosh..you are discriminating against Very Important non-Businessman.
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Yup, I find these 'Baby on Board' signs really irritating, what are they for: oh, I was about to ram you, but seeing as you've got a 'Baby on board' I won't now - pointless! Why are they made to look like an American roadside warning sign and why do the idiots who have these invariably stick them right in their line of sight out the back window. Surely the windows of a car are for seeing out of, not polluting with stickers of any kind, maybe that should also include tax discs??
Grr Grr!!
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Back to the subject of how sad it's possible to be, I can't see anyone beating the person I saw driving through Manchester the other day with a blue neon flashing exhaust pipe.
Surely illegal too, as it looks like an emergency vehicle light from down the road?
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If you want one that's worse than "Baby On Board", how about "Tiny Person On Board"? Bleeeeecccccccchhh!
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during the summer I saw a small family car being driven by a young woman with three kids dancing around on the rear seat.
As we drew parallel at a red light I glanced across and noticed she had a large ornamental garden flower pot in the front passenger seat. it was the only occupant wearing a seatbelt.
Sad but true.
Leon
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About a year ago I was witness to a prang in Basingstoke where a truck broadsided a new Audi A2 complete with 'BoB' sticker. Mum had tried to save time bypassing queueing traffic by making a lefthand turn from the righthand lane at a dual carriageway roundabout. Unfortunately for Mum and youngster, the truck was going straight across.
Thankfully, only the car was damaged.
Kevin...
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If you want one that's worse than "Baby On Board", how about "Tiny Person On Board"? Bleeeeecccccccchhh!
Ah, you've spotted Ronnie Corbett on his travels then ;o)
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"Another bit of posey nonsense is signs, occasionally seen in the rear of estate cars - "Caution - Show Dogs in Transit". If I see that what am I meant to do about it? "
You should pull alongside, then treat the little darlings to a blast of your air horns. Hopefully, the highly-strung little beauties might just attack the driver in their adrenaline-fuelled frenzy.
Only joking, of course.
V
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I thought that in the case of an accident you are obliged to rescue them for the car and show them to passing traffic. :-)
H
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...and what gets me is that most of these canine enthusiasts aren't even driving a transit, or any other type of van for that matter !
I'll get me coat.
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during the summer I saw a small family car being driven by a young woman with three kids dancing around on the rear seat.
Better still, I saw a large family car being driven around with a kid lying down and playing on the back parcel shelf. Can't think of a suitable adjective right now.
Oz (as was)
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On the other hand I do not mind so much the sign saying "Horses". This is presumably a sort of apology to people following to explain that it is necessary to drive gently because they (the horses) are unsteady on their feet.
I'd like a supply of "Prat at wheel" stickers to put on the BoB offenders.
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I always thought BoB sticker refered to the driver.
After all, I've seen more such labeled vehicles without a small person than with.
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I saw the ultimate sadmobile last night.
A corsa sized car with a blue neon light shining from UNDERNEATH the car!
Actually it looked quite cool - almost like it was on fire, but blue!
I wonder how many people try to flag him down to point out the "problem".
Hugo
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