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to hate car stickers saying 'Baby on Board'

260 replies

Dorothyredboots · 20/08/2010 16:02

Sorry but they drive me mad. I drive carefully all the time so I'm not going to take special care if there is a baby in the car in front of me. Or are they alerting me to the fact that the person in front of me is likely to drive erractically as they are a parent and therefore have much more important things on their mind than driving safely? Or are they, as I suspect, just a way of saying 'Hey look what I made...'? And don't get me started on the ones that say 'Princess on Board'. They don't even make me laugh.
Anyone else want to put them in Room 101?

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FourEyesGood · 20/08/2010 22:26

Oooh... I never normally read long threads that don't offer any advice or useful information, but found this one really interesting!

I too find 'Baby on Board' signs irritating, mainly because the implication is that I would (deliberately or otherwise) ram into a car that wasn't carrying a child.

Another thing that's intensely annoying about the signs is that people rarely remove them when their child isn't in the car. Not only have you got an annoying and pointless sign, but you're a liar too! If it's about celebrating your child or showing how proud you are that you a mother, would you wear a badge proclaiming "Child at school/nursery/granny's house/with irresponsible husband" when you're not with him/her?

Fizzywinelover · 20/08/2010 22:36

thelunar66- I am SO with you!!!!! I see a small business idea taking shape as we speak..... hmm.....

When our DS was born my aunt sent us a sticker that said 'small dude on board'. I appreciated the sentiment. However.....

BusyMissIzzy · 20/08/2010 22:42

susitwoshoes Sorry, late reply, but when I saw the signs before I became a mum I probably thought... oh, they've got kids. I don't think I've ever paid that much attention to them tbh. And as for why I thought it looked nice, I don't know. It was cute, (and pink Blush, so sue me for gender stereotyping too Grin)... I just liked it .

Spacehopper5 · 20/08/2010 22:43

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Kaloki · 20/08/2010 22:52

"I don't buy the argument that they are to warn other drivers about your erratic driving. If your kids are disturbing you to the point that you are driving erratically, then pull the fucking car over and park it. YOu are endangering everybody else on the road."

Quite.

And it does come across as a little smug, whether that is intentioned or not. Why does anyone need to know (or care) that you have a child? Because with those stickers you are basically telling complete strangers that you have a baby.

sterrryerryoh · 20/08/2010 22:53

I?m smug for having a wee car sticker just because I?m happy? Lovely

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YellowDaffodil · 20/08/2010 22:54

Spacehopper - that sign would mean a rather large blind spot yet I want one.

Kaloki · 20/08/2010 22:57

I never said you were, just that's how it can come across. Unfortunately all the people I've met previously who've had those stickers have been the insufferably smug types.

Rockbird · 20/08/2010 22:58

You know what? Get a life. If you're seriously bothered about something that someone else has on their car then you really need a hobby. No one is going round superglueing them to your car so why not keep your eyes on the road?

Smug FFS? Utter fucking nonsense. How self centred are you?

No I don't have one, I did for about 5 minutes till I realised that bastards still drive like bastards whether you have one or not.

BusyMissIzzy · 20/08/2010 22:59

I think I'm going to get rid of mine now Confused. I really just bought it on a whim, assuming it was inane but harmless tat (cos I hadn't already bought enough tat Hmm). But I can sort of see the argument against them, and if they're actually causing offence, I don't care enough about the stupid thing to defend and/or keep it, frankly.

Superfly · 20/08/2010 23:04

Kaloki - what utter bollocks.

BoojaB - are you sure you are actually old enough to drive?

sterrryerryoh · 20/08/2010 23:06

I don?t even care about mine - until this thread, I hadn?t given it one moment?s thought to be completely honest. But I?m not going to get rid of it just because a couple of random strangers have little else to worry about than what I have on my car window. I?m not smug, I don?t belong to any kind of ?parenting club?. I don?t drive like an idiot (I never have and don?t intend to) I am not excluding anyone from my lifestyle nor rubbing anyone?s face in anything. I am not a chav, I?m not showing off, and I don?t care if strangers know I have a child or not - the clue is more in the car seat, pushchair and infant that I keep with me, than with a bit of yellow plastic hanging on my back window. I have never, NEVER wanted to upset anyone, infertile or not, and if other people are insulted or offended by my innocuous and common ?baby on board? sign, then I think that says a hell of a lot more about them than it does about me.
And breathe?

Superfly · 20/08/2010 23:09

Wot sterryerryoh said

Rockbird · 20/08/2010 23:10

"You do realize that if someone is actually taking the time to read your little sign in the back window of your car, they're not focusing on traffic or your tail lights for that moment and therefore you're actually obstructing the driving of others for that time? "

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! That is bloody hysterical! So your inability to keep your eyes on the road is someone else's fault? Bloody marvellous!

We'd better ban advertising on buses, little stickers with the name of the car dealer in the back window, street signs, billboards, people walking along the pavement doing anything, radios, shop signs etc etc etc.

Lunatic argument, but carry on if it helps you justify your own bad driving Hmm

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IMoveTheStars · 20/08/2010 23:17

YABU to get so worried/irritated about something that DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!!

Incidentally, it makes a big difference to tailgaters where I live (and I;ve said this on the other threads about this subject)
I can tell when teh BOB sign has fallen off due to the increase in tailgaters.

Seems that impatient arseholes do back off slightly when they know there is a small one on the car, in my area at least.

So, OP - off you fuck...try and find something important to worry about Hmm

BusyMissIzzy · 20/08/2010 23:19

sterryterryoh You've articulated my feelings exactly, except you've obviously got more conviction than me Blush

BusyMissIzzy · 20/08/2010 23:21
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Onestonetogo · 20/08/2010 23:21

"sleepy driver on board after a night shift", now that would keep others well away!

YANBU, the baby-on-board and all its variants is naff and tacky, but so are net curtains and lots of other stuff.

sterrryerryoh · 20/08/2010 23:24

BusyMissIzzy - I have no idea why I?m bothered about this!! I think it?s because it?s so unimportant, but for some reason it?s really winding me up. I genuinely don?t care much - don?t know what?s up with me tonight...I need to chill out a bit, I think

BusyMissIzzy · 20/08/2010 23:24

But.. but.. My windows are funny sizes and I couldn't find blinds to fit!

IMoveTheStars · 20/08/2010 23:26

and what sterry said.

sterrryerryoh · 20/08/2010 23:27

So - to sum up. I (and others of my ilk)
am chavvy, naff and tacky, insensitive and smug. My work here is done

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