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I've never been a huge fan of sun shades to keep sun off kids in the car, although I did have some before my wife bought her bling-bling wagon with the darkened glass, however I really thought I was seeing things today ...

Driving home I saw a small car, probably a 106 or a saxo, with a passenger in the rear, and a baby in a car seat in the front seat. To keep the sun off the baby, the mum (or whoever it was driving) had fixed a sun shade TO THE WINDSCREEN.

It was only a small car, this shade must have obscured more than half of the visibility! Oh I wish I was a copper sometimes, I would have loved to pull her over for a chat!.

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With you there... I also wish I was a copper at times.
Come to it, I wish there were any coppers around at times.

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'Nowt so daft as folk' you mean? I've seen cars with enough crap on the rear window and parcel shelf to make it hard to see much out of the back, but the front windscreen? That takes the biscuit. More evidence for the Stupidity Gene I think. Clearly there's a need for after market car sun shades to have a warning inside saying "DANGER - Do not attach to front windscreen or wrap around face while car is in motion" or something along those lines.

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Sorry I thought you meant vauxhall FA Victor...they had sun shades as a optional extra.

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well, believe it or not, they've beaten you to it. No doubt we can thank the Yanks for that.

I hope you're kidding. I was only taking the mick. <hopeful> You are kidding aren't you?

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unfortunately I'm not :WARNING.

and I've actually seen it!

I'm losing faith in the human race. What next? "This Way Up" on saucepans?

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They are about as much use as a chocolate sunscreen. - pal had a Disney one in his rear passenger window - you could not see a darned thing through it.



Good thinking in Lancs!



Some people do not appear to use the one brain cell they were born with.

Mumpties...

Speaking of mumpties....must share this anecdote . from one of the family.


Wildy 's cousin Jessika met one of these in a 4x4 - complete with the sunblinds (darkened glass) and "Baby On Board" /"Small Person on Board" stickers obcuring her view.

Jess had gone to the local shops, including a bike shop - and decided to use her bike (she keeps one at the school she teaches at - she runs an extra-curricular cycling session - where aparently she has slalom style timed sessions on the one of the playing fields - in the lunch recess once per week). She's cycling back to school, past line of parked cars and approaches a jam of 5 cars or so at a mini roundabout. To her right - the mumpty is waiting to turn right - but has not the space to move the queue owing to sheer size of the car. Jess clears the parked cars and moves to the left to approach the roundabout where she intends to turn left - and as far as she's concerned the 4x4 requires no action - had she been in the car - she'd probably have left space for her to join if no oncoming traffic. Anyway - she turns left and the 4 x4 eventually catches up (Mumpty is heading to the same school with her darlings for the afternoon session - and Jess has changed into her lycra for the bike ride and not readily recognisable as the headteacher . As the 4x4 passes her - a half full carton of ribena gets chucked at her (stains her top) plus some abuse from the little b:censored:s. Jess catches up at the school gates where the Mumpty has stopped on the yellow markings - removes her helmet and I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in the ensuing interview in her office!

Jess has told us the expression on their faces when she removed her helmet and revealed her true identity to them was priceless!





Where are traffic cops in Lancs? Ah! yes - they got replaced by yellow tins....

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'Warning, objects in the mirror are actually behind you'....

Actually the best one I've seen myself wasn't on a product but outside the local A&E - "Warning - Thieves Operate At This Hospital".

Hello... what are the surgeons doing then?

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Back to Andy's original post though....lads would have had serious words over this. Fine? Depends on what was seen/situation and attitude.

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In a round about way this subject came up at work recently when we were all handed (as part of a sales promotion) furry dice .

Now, I remember some legislation around the late 80's which effectively made these things illegal but I couldn't find chapter and verse on it and the higway code is at it's best vague on the subject.

I seem to remember something about drivers vision to front and rear having to be free from obstruction.

Can anyone point to the actual regulations?

Not sure about the actual regulations but if you have furry dice in the front window then your car will fail the MOT, and the tester is not allowed to interfere with the car. Of course I'm sure some will, and then advise you afterwards but they are certainly not meant to.

I'm pretty sure the the rear doesn't have to be free from obstruction as you could be driving a van or a car derived van which doesn't need glass in the back. From the B-Pillar back I'm pretty sure you can have tinted windows as dark as you like. Of course I'd never have anything obscuring the rear window loose on the parcel shelf in case of an emergency stop .