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Whine prog on Thursday..



I recall rudey girl und me bracing up to blokes over the wisdom of these stickers ages ago

OK..hit the listen again key.. I think it about 1.45 pm when it appear on the prog.

Ach .. I forget. THE SALIENT POINTS

Vines celeb guest question these stickers. For years she think it mean

screeching time bomb who may distract driver with poo at one end und dribbling vomit at the other will tell driver behind the car with these stickers to do a U turn und avoid any road sharing at all costs

It apparently mean that in the event of "said time bomb doing dump in nappy und causing driver to faint in the whiffy fumes of deep dumps in nappy" und thus causing some accident. that the emergency crews know to look for a baby.

OK.. but babies come with "stuff" ,,. like chair seats.. toys.. I think most crews will sweep for infants in such emergency.


OK .. many drive with car seats .. baby on board stickers .. with no child in car. Crews may waste time looking for a child who was not in the car in the first place.

Maybe we should make an "offence" to drive car with stickers/car seats if no child in car

No.. that would be silly.. but I do see the point of view all the same. Emergency crews must check und sweep for any passenger of any size.. adult or child who may have been "thrown out of vehicle in the kinetic force of any impact with whatever"

Which bring me to the other point raised in this debate.

Namely why should someone appear to accuse another driver of not taking care or asking to show more "respect" because baby in car. Surely the respect to any other road user should be shown without any need for naff signs.

I had idea for similar sign . It would read ..

"Randy husband. Had Sassy time recently. Purr!" That seem to be what said in such signs

But joking aside.. do folk use such signs in the same way as L or P plates to suggest "novice who may be a bit nervous" - or are they accusing the other road users of somehow "menacing their babies"

Or should we simply all just drive to COAST values .. with courtesy shown to all other road users so who or what they are ..using COAST to diffuse danger/. render the hazard to nothing?

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These signs are one of my irrational pet hates. Why do I care who's in the car?

I'm getting a sticker that says "Adult responsible for large family and the jobs of lots of people on board". Let's see if I get more respect on the road.

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So many time I've seen cars with baby on board sign driven like rally cars I'm starting to wonder if the sign actually affects the mindset of the driver.

I was cycling up a minor road recently toward a junction with a major road and without really considering what was there, a car turned into my road at quite a speed and he had to take evasive action.

Small girl on the lap of the front passenger.

Baby on board sign in the back.

Some might have seen this sketch - others won't have -

So lets set the scene - average family car ( something like Focus/Astra/MPV) being driven along with BIG "BABY ON BOARD SIgn " in rear window .
Further down road -car stops - out emerges Jasper Carrot in Baby (ROMPER)Suit -to perform "baby on board " dance


NOW --THAT SAYS IT ALL.

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I wonder if I should develop a naff "Driver on board" sign that illumintaes whenever the engine is running? The sheer pointlessness of it has a perverse sort of appeal but I doubt the "baby on board" sticker afficionados would get the joke!

Perhaps "Danger - Baby on board - emptying nappy out of window " might get some attention

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gotta jump in here

a while back a i became a step grandad to twins and yes we have a

kylie little princess sticker in pink
chesney little prince sticker in blue

or the rear window

plus a little sticker under the rear demister stating " if you are close enough to read this, you are close enough to have baby sick spalshing over you"

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Or, "if you're close enough to read this..." *BANG SMASH TINKLE*

When you get down to it, I suppose I just object to people with children thinking that this entitles them to some special status. The enshrining in law of maternity leave, child benefits etc. reinforces this view but actually is prejudice against the childless.

You can have children if you want. Just pay for them yourself.

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so if someone is proud to express their feelings that they have kids / grandkids, is that so wrong, after all they do not design the said stickers they purchase them using their hard earned state cash

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Depends what sort of society you want to live in, I guess.

Clearly, we need to have children (as a race) otherwise we'd be extinct. Just at present, there doesn't seem to be any imminent danger of that, so maybe you're right? After all, you'd get a load more useful work (and therefore tax) out of all those middle class professionals who MIGHT have stopped to have (and look after) kids and I'm sure SOMEONE would keep on having children so we wouldn't need to worry about extinction!

In fact, thinking about it, lots of people are, at some time in their lives, "takers", rather than "givers" to society. School kids, for example, we could just line them all up against a wall and...

Old people. Well, I guess the self-supporting ones would be OK, but the minute the funds ran out...

..up against a wall and...

Ahhh - but I have four kids. The Mad cats have five - plus their adopts PLUS their umpteen fostered at any one time. My own family and the Swiss I am directly related to and related by once removed .. (woe is me to be related to a bunch of "ruddy 'ooligans ).. but anyway - Catholic brought up.. Catholic values - result? "they went forth and were fruitful" "


But that does not mean placing naff stickers and creating a sort of SMIDSY. I did have such a sticker once. Our eldest played with it. Our second child put it under her "moo blanket" and screamed if we tried to retrieve it. Out third one ate it. By the time number four arrived - we reckoned any accident would have ococurred by then

But why should I advertise kids are in the car? Both me and my wife have rights to expect due care from others out there -whether or not our way too fast growing up brood are with us or not. Oh .. I take the photos and the video of them in desperate attempt to put their childhood in some time capsule ..

But I do not expect other to accord a special care when the kids are with me. I expect that care to be accorded all the time. Oh yes .. I can use my position to bring this type to account if they really cause a danger. We find we get more mumpties on our DIS than other types They all have such stickers and worse.. "30 for reason - a child will live" stickers. I think you could say some of us begin to get true "job satisfaction" at such instances ..

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To quote Marge Simpson:

"Now I have this sticker in my car, people will stop intentionally ramming me!"

Particularly galling for the couples that wanted, but have been unable to have children I suspect.



I could easily agree with you, the only modifier would be that if the kids grow up to be productive members of society then maybe the investment is worth it. A common come back I get from parents is "my children will be looking after you in your old age because you do not have any of your own", and mine is "true, but they are not going to do it for free which is a bit rude since I paid for their education and care!" Parents should have a bit of respect for those us subsidising their brood.

Back on the topic, 'baby on board' could mean to me -

Expect random behaviour
Please overtake asap
Surfs up
Hazardous waste transporter

whereas 'little prince/ess" etc. means

sentience free zone ahead - Edit - misread the post.

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Do you know what, I am 100% in agreement with weepy on this one. I have often wondered about the mindset of people who put these stickers in their cars. Do they believe that they produce a magical force-field around the car, meaning that they don't have to take any responsibility for their offspring or driving.

I also have witnessed other motorists behaving worse than I suspect they normally would when driving behind a car with one of these stickers. Personally when I transport little Odin (I suppose that would be Thor! ) I refuse to carry a baby on board sticker.

I always take it to mean the baby's in the driving seat.......

Personally I need every square inch of my windows for seeing out of. I even hate having to display the vehicle excise licence disc and the work parking permit. As for dealers free advert stickers they don't even get off the forcourt.

As for baby on board perhaps a good idea if a vehicle was in an RTA a very child could easily be missed trouble is people left them in all the time so became worthless for design purpose.

Me too. Sometimes the wife leaves a car park ticket on the top of the dash, that has to go as it reflects in the windscreen; tax disk, work permit and residents permit are as far down as they'll go in the bottom left.

I also can't quite believe some of the satnav mounting I see, large widescreen devices stuck to the middle of the windscreen with massive sucker, mine goes right down in the bottom right and sits so when I look at it's covering up nothing but the bonnet.

The the number of times I see people coming round corners and their view is obstructed by their rear view mirror; I bend down so I can see under it.

I guess being on a cycle really opens you eyes to the importance of a clear field of view, I can't even wear sunglasses on the cycle as when you look around your view is obstructed by the arms.

I'm the same, except I don't have a wife. I want the best possible view. No fluffy dice or parcels on the parcel shelf. I even hate the small 'MOT next due' sticker on my screen.

I think all these signs are generally a complete waste of time and in no way influences other drivers. Just recently I saw someone toot at a car because the driver was dithering but if Mr Impatient had half a brain he would have understood what a P plate is. I think P plates are a good idea but no-one takes a blind bit of notice.

(I think they're a legal requirement in some countries, like Ireland)

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So no wife in order to gain best in-car visibility? That's really minimalist!

As for weepej on satnav mountings, I saw an MPV lately with one of those translucent sun blind things on all the side windows.... and... on the passenger side of the windscreen!