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in HATING 'little person on board' signs in car's rear windows?

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DANCESwithnewlytannedlegs · 10/05/2007 14:21

I've just been driving behind a seicento with a tiny back window with TWO of these notices in What is the thinking..."Oh, well having these in my back window will stop people from ramming into me (more likely to if you ask me) OR I know, in order to show how much I love my children I'll limit the rear view vision in my car thus making it far more likely that I'll have a crash with my 'tiny people' in the car. OH PURLEASE....

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MissGolightly · 10/05/2007 14:45

I have posted on threads about this before and share your irritation - I just don't GET them. As I see it they could be saying one of three things:

  1. Me and my family are far more deserving of life than the old lady in the car in the next lane so please try to run your car into her, should you crash
  2. I am a fluffy-headed mummy who can't drive very well because my mind is too taken up deciding what colour ribbons to put in baby Jemima's hair so please leave a wide berth
  3. I have a family and am intolerably smug about it.

None of which are really what I wish to say about myself.

I don't buy the emergency services explanation - if a crash is serious enough to detatch both the baby and the baby seat from the car, it is hardly likely to leave the plastic sign dangling in the rear-window, is it? Plus as Clooney says it would only work if people took it out when their baby was NOT in the car!

fruitful · 10/05/2007 14:45

I bought a "little person on board" one for dh (he's shorter than me). He wasn't amused.

SparklyGothKat · 10/05/2007 14:44

I have a 'yes, i'm a bitch, just not your bitch' bumper sticker, but haven't put it on my car

mrsmalumbas · 10/05/2007 14:44

I have one which says "Yes I'm a witch, deal with it"

sohappyicouldcry · 10/05/2007 14:43

Agree with Malory, the emergency services DO NOT look for these signs > . They are a complete and utter waste of time and money !!

They probably cause more accidents than they prevent due to people trying to get closer to read what they say etc ....

Sorry, but there you are ....

evenhope · 10/05/2007 14:43

When these first came out, some 20 years ago, the original intention was to warn the person behind that you were likely to do something daft like brake suddenly through being distracted by your kids. Now I think they've lost that, and as you say they are normally in cars driven by idiots who have no consideration for anyone else (mumpbump excepted )

I particularly hate the princess/ naughty person etc jokey ones.

powder28 · 10/05/2007 14:42

I can see the sense behind the pregnant woman on board sign

TwirlyN · 10/05/2007 14:41

lol kittypants, 'got it guv, heres the sucker bit...

kittypants · 10/05/2007 14:41

maybe mumsnet users should have mumsnetter on board signs!

bitofadilemma · 10/05/2007 14:40

oh god
I saw

pregnant woman on board

ffs

SparklyGothKat · 10/05/2007 14:39

I saw one 'drive with care, twins in here'

powder28 · 10/05/2007 14:39

TwirlyN you have made me LOL

kittypants · 10/05/2007 14:37

also in emergency would they look for sign first,oh yes we found it sir there is a child on board,after 10 minutes of looking for it.

Mumpbump · 10/05/2007 14:36

We have a baby on board sign and I think they are useful because if I see a car with a similar sign on it, I give it extra room because the driver might be distracted by a crying/arguing child. So I do think you're unreasonable.

Mind you, we did get accused of smug parent syndrome by a couple from my antenatal class which surprised me...

TwirlyN · 10/05/2007 14:36

so the plonkers that leave these daft signs in car windows, could prevent the emergency services from help/saving someone else, because they are looking for a princess/child/monkey that isn't there. Yep i truly hate these signs to. but i do like the 'everyone needs a teenager because they know everything'.

MaloryTowers · 10/05/2007 14:32

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Iklboo · 10/05/2007 14:32

See 'little person on board' old apply to me..or my mum... we're not TALL people

powder28 · 10/05/2007 14:32

ha ha Kitty, your sister isnt Jade Goody is she?

southeastastra · 10/05/2007 14:31

i don't like those 'mum's taxi' ones for some reason

Woooozle100 · 10/05/2007 14:31

I don't like em either. Seem to see them loads on cars being driven terribly (was cut up by one t'other day - fffff mind my little precious but excuse my attrocious, feckless road sense!)

Oh and hate the jokey ones even more - like 'naughty person on board'

TinyGang · 10/05/2007 14:31

I think they're probably handy in alerting other motorists that the driver is likely to be embroiled in a distracting heated conversation that goes something like

'KEEP QUIET! I'm DRIVING THE B%$$&* CAR!!'

Tutter · 10/05/2007 14:31

i'm not keen i have to say

kittypants · 10/05/2007 14:31

i brought my sister chav on board sign

powder28 · 10/05/2007 14:31

MT, I am intrigued. Please explain......

tombley · 10/05/2007 14:30

My neighbour thought it was the law to have one in your car if you are carrying a baby.

Although she did also ask me last year, during the heatwave if my DS still had his vest on! She was worried if it was warm enough for her 10 month old to take his off. So she's probably not the brightest star in the sky.

I wonder if she was going to report me for carrying kids without a sign??