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to think that "Baby on Board" signs in cars are ridiculous?

85 replies

ktbeau · 13/01/2010 09:38

Why have a Baby on Board sign in your car?

Do people think it creates a protective force field around their cars?

Will other drivers really think "well I was going to crash into you but now I can see you have children, I won't"?

I have heard the argument that they are there in the event of a crash to warn emergency services to look for a child but people don't take the stickers out of their cars when the kids aren't in it, do they?

Isn't the child car seat larger and more conspicuous any way?

Really don't see the point.

OP posts:
DuelingFanjo · 13/01/2010 11:19

I'm going to have one made saying Barren old cow on board

Irishchic · 13/01/2010 11:11

OP you have little to worry about.

truoddsox · 13/01/2010 10:49

omw if these signs bother you, how do you feel about ones like "mother-to-be on board" or "grandchild on board"??
I actually have 2 in my car - a cute giraffe one that wouldn't stick to the back window so it's on the small side window at the back, and a bilingual one on the back window In fact I've been thinking of getting a "haemophiliac on board" one for ds too!

andagain · 13/01/2010 10:43

I always thought of it as a bit of a warning to drivers behind me to be a bit more patient as maybe I am driving slower because of a young child who might not like to be in the car/be screaming their head off has just vomitted all over the car/had a stinky poo, etc, so I might be a hassled/distracted driver.

StrictlyKatty · 13/01/2010 10:39

I hate the pointless, bitchy threads!

I have a sign, I like it. I don't have a tattoo becuase I don't, I like red grapes not green and read historical fiction. People are allowed to like different things you know. It makes no difference to anyone else if you have a baby on board sign.

I really don't see why people start threads simply to be nasty...

mummyloveslucy · 13/01/2010 10:35

Most people with children have them. I don't see the problem.
I think the Princess on board ones are a bit naff, especially the ones where the childs name is added.

pooexplosions · 13/01/2010 10:23

Why have anything? cos you bloody want to. Find something more interesting else to worry about.

TootaLaFruit · 13/01/2010 10:10

Get over it. Why are people so annoyed by these signs? It is so passive-aggressive, I just don't understand why somebody would get wound up by these signs. Like GoldenSnitch said, this has been done to death

RockBird · 13/01/2010 09:54

I know from being a new parent that I wanted everyone to know about my gorgeous baby. So I had a sign which I said was there for safety reasons. Then she got a bit older and I got some sense so I took it down. It's just one of those things. They are just a way of telling the world you've had a baby and they're really not a big deal. They don't do any harm and quite frankly, if they bother you that much then you really ought to think about whether you're concentrating on the road enough.

GoldenSnitch · 13/01/2010 09:50

This has been done many, many, many times.