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

[ktbeau]

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.

I detest these stickers though I would like a baby on roof sign.

Thank-you MayorQuimby and fibilou - I'll go and write out 100 times "Baby on Board stickers have nothing to do with alerting the emergency services, it is an urban myth!"

Makes me want to drive in to the back of them! Complete fuckwiths.

I've never felt the need to have one.
There's a car on my school run with a princess girl one on one side and a blue boy one on the other - quite a lot of unnecessary blind spot really.
I also know a little boy who's parents have got 'naughty person on board' - I feel quite for him.

I'd love to make my own sign:

Woman with PMT onboard
Do YOU feel lucky?

Meaning, don't annoy me or I'll rip your head off . Now that would make them keep their distance.

Agree with fibilou - any signs on cars are a distraction, the most irratating ones are Little Princess on Board, makes you wanna puke!

Ignore the "it's been done before" crowd, kt. Yes, baby on board signs have been discussed on here before.

However, so has every other subject under the sun. Everything you can think of has already been discussed. Most of it on here and certainly somewhere, by someone. So if we didn't talk about something because it "has been done before", all we'd have on mumsnet would be

And everyone reading the archives to catch up on what's been said before, by other people - but nobody ever chatting, because "it's been done before" and apparently conversations are a one time only gig.

So talk about it. Talk about whatever the hell you want! It may have been done before, but not by you and not by many people on here who might want to talk about it with you.

If you are distracted from your driving by a baby on board sign I would suggest you are the one who should not be driving!

YANBU
Why run the risk of increasing blind spots by pasting up unnecessary stickers on car windows?

I find, esp on motorways, they appear to be a license to drive with no care or attention. How many have you been cut up by or had speed past you at 90mph?

I just hope they're the people who don't take the sign down when their kids aren't in the car.

"paramedics was very insistant about getting him to tell them if there was a child in the car (thankfully not) as there was a pfb sign. "

So this would appear to be evidence of them affecting emergency services in a negative way as no parents take them off when they are driving without their children and are unnecessarily worrying emergency services who are wondering why despite no sign of a child the parent has a sign insisting that there is one on board.

Heqet - that's a nice post.

i'm with fibilou
although, i did see one once which said, tiny yorkshireman on board and if i ever see it being sold, i might buy it.
princess though, my arse....

Thanks PF. I worried it was a bit snippy but I think it is very unfair when people say such things since it is really saying that because they have read / participated in a discussion on a particular subject one or more times in the past on here, then that subject should not be raised again by anyone else at any point in the future. It's mean. It's basically saying "shut up, I don't want to hear about this again." So what? Other people might do. Bog off and talk about something else then.

It's also staggeringly arrogant! I have had this conversation therefore this conversation never needs to be had again and should never be had again by anyone. There is nothing more to be said. We said it all.

It's also most unwelcoming to newbies. Imagine joining a site, plucking up the courage to start a conversation and getting slapped down with a "yawn", a "not this again", a "boring", or a "4" or a biscuit (when you have no idea what the buggery bollocks they mean by 4 or biscuit anyway!!!)

Rude.

they even do personalised versions of them now as well! check this out www.personalisedcarsigns.co.uk

We've bought one for our soon-to-be-born child to alert emergency services in case of an accident, and for no other reason.

The response from the poster who is a member of the emergency services has made me question this slightly now... But then again that's only one person. Any other emergeny services workers out there have an opinion? (That's a genuine question, not a dig).

In any case I'll still put the sign up. To my mind, if there's any chance it could help rescue workers realise there is a child on board, that's a good thing. And if not, surely it does no harm?

Perhaps those who find it so irritating should cut (over?) anxious first time parents a little slack. Aren't most parents a little ott the first time round?

Blushes. I'm quite sure the emergency services are trained to look for casualties in the event of an accident even if none are immediately visible.
They aren't so incompetent that they have to rely on a sticker to do that for them.

A 4 inch sticker which is less visible than a car seat,toys or various other signs that a child is present.

The same sticker that's attached to a substance that's very likely to shatter and in the event of an accident.

Also if a car is so badly mangled that they're unable to see a child then what are the odds of them seeing a sticker which is much smaller?

Letthereberock, that's probably true. I've been looking online to trying to ascertain whether it's pure urban myth or not... Nothing coming up so far apart from forum discussions very similar to this one.

If it is urban myth then I guess that's £2.50 wasted! Because I certainly wouldn't put a sign up just to show off that I've got a baby, and I also think that if someone's going to drive like a nobber, they'll drive like a nobber whether you've got a baby on board sign up or not.

The police recommend that you don't have them in your car. Reason is it is more likely that the sign will be in a female's car and it highlights the fact that a female is likely to be driving alone with their children. At least that is what the traffic police said when they came to talk to our post natal group.

It is an urban myth. If you think about it logically it makes no sense for the emergency services to rely on them.

And if they're so important then why are there no calls for us to put them on our windows in order to alert the fire service who have to find people in smoke filled homes?

Also if they did rely on it don't you think the emergency services would advise all parents to have one on their vehicle?

I was going to get a sign saying 'twins on board' . Their father warned me not to!

What about an 'annoying MIL on board'?

again?

Really?