To hate "baby on board" signs?

[Laindon]

Before I start, please no one try and spread bollocks about the energy services. Here's why:

1. So I don't have a sign, you're still not going to look for my child, even though I have car seat there?

1. Yes people say they're suppose to be removed when a child isn't present, however,

99% of people leave them on so that already raises a red flag.

To me, they just translate to "pretentious twat on board".
Don't even get me started on "princess on board". If I had a anger issues, I'd personally ram into the back of that car.

What's your take?

I saw one the other day that said "prince Joshua on board" My dad and I agreed that Joshua was probably a little bastard

Maybe Prince Joshua was driving?

i can actually think of many things i want to get riled up about this doesn't even get my top ten nitpicks list sorry

we had one it fell off got stuck in the door and eventually lost it wasn't replaced

Might as well read "not a Jaffa"
That's basically the whole point of them

Sorry Camel cross post

mmolly why dont you check the validity of what you are posting before coming out with arsey faces at people who are in fact speaking the truth?

There's a rant about baby on board signs in 'Inconceivable' by Ben Elton. The couple in it are having fertility treatment and the dh says he's thinking of getting one made that says 'we are not fortunate enough to have been blessed with children but still don't wish to die horribly in a car crash'. I always think of that when I see the stickers.

Many, many years ago there was a fashion for a car sticker which read "Pull back, give my child a chance!" That one did wind me up - I daydreamed about having one printed saying "Pull back, give my old granny, the dog and a week's groceries a chance!"

I don't drive but was always told that the "baby on board" signs were in case of an accident so paramedics knew their was a child inside the vehicle ????

The "princess/prince" ones drive me nuts though. To me it seems like you're advertising that's there's a spoilt brat in the back. I can't stand anything kid related that is princess/prince though. It just pisses me off ????

Agree. Precious nonsense. (I did have one for my first child = smug). I HATE Princess on Board or indeed any reference to daughter as princess. My son calls his baby sister "Princess [Name]" and it makes me cringe!
I didn't mind "Naughty person in board". Until my husband threatened to get one for when I'm in his car. Who, me?

Agree with you, they're silly and obstruct drivers' view. They're nearly always accompanied by other ridiculous and non-essential rear windscreen paraphernalia.

DP calls DS his little prince sometimes and it makes me cringe.

I know someone who refers to her DS as "dude" constantly and I'm always a bit

I know someone who refers to her DS as "dude" constantly and I'm always a bit

Ugh.

There's a car round my way with bollocks.

landoflostcontent, that made me chuckle

Totally off topic: I was behind someone in a parking garage last week who had this on their car -

The reason I am driving like this is I have to poo

Lollirot that may be what the car owner intends it for but we don't use them. We can't assume the amount of people involved in an accident dependant on the presence or abscence of a sign.

I have one. DD was a screamer in the car - as in, ear-piercing, ceaseless howling. It was v distracting, and I was a reasonably new driver, so I wanted to give other drivers fair warning that I might not instantly move off at traffic lights/might indicate at the last minute (often couldn't hear sat nav/person map reading over the noise), as I was trying to zone out unearthly noise and not crash. I was always safe, but I wasn't an amazing driver with her in the car!

It's a plain one though, black and white. And it doesn't even appear in my rear-view mirror, I positioned it so that it doesn't obstruct my view.

Tbf, she's better now that we've changed car seats, so I ought to take it out along with the metric tonne of shite in the car really.

The stubborn part of me wants to leave it in to see if I can make someone actually froth at the mouth upon seeing it.

They're really lame and can obscure your view. We were given one but we don't use it.

Just makes me think 'So bloody what' and to expect it excuses them for bad driving and parking in disabled spaces/ on yellow lines.
As for 'Little Princess'......

so I wanted to give other drivers fair warning that I might not instantly move off at traffic lights/might indicate at the last minute (often couldn't hear sat nav/person map reading over the noise), as I was trying to zone out unearthly noise and not crash. I was always safe, but I wasn't an amazing driver with her in the car!

Then I'm afraid, by your own admission, you were NOT safe and having a peurile sign in the back did not compensate. If a person knows they may be less than safe they shouldn't be driving on that occasion. No different to a very tired or drunk driver. Would it be ok to have a sign saying "can barely keep eyes open so stay back"?

Sigh.

Baby on board signs are for in the event of a serious accident

the "baby on board" signs were in case of an accident so paramedics knew their was a child inside the vehicle

Not so much RTFT but RTOP - Read The OP and stop spreading this urban myth.

Baby on Board stickers have absolutely no practical purpose except to warn other motorists that the car is being driven by someone who enjoys partically obscuring their rear-windscreen. Which is turn means they don't actually care that much about their "precious cargo" (bleuch) but do like advertising the fact they have a child, for some peculiar reason. It's not as if having a baby is unusual or anything.

I see them and feel sorry for the child.

You can buy a sign on the internet to hang from your car that says:
"Even bacteria can breed".

My SIL also calls her son "little dude" especially if he does something male-related - e.g. if he roars like a dinosaur she laughs and say "what a little dude you are."
It's most bizarre!