Fred W B
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 04:35 PM |
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Baby signs on cars
Apparently some people like to put "Baby On Board" signs on cars that have a baby seat installed. I saw a new one the other day, it said
"Mother to be on board"!
So why do people do this:
To alert other road users to be more considerate around the BOB car?
In the case of an accident, to alert emergency services to the possible presence of a baby in the wreckage?
Because the occupants of the car are so proud of the fact that they have been procreating they feel the need to announce it to the world?
I don't get it.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 04:43 PM |
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I get the feeling it's the first one, but since I've seen so many cars with this sign up without children in (like my own for about 6
months until it fell off somewhere) and the epidemic of invisible children I personally don't give a toss. It' might as well say
"I've been to the zoo" for all I care.
If it's for the emergency services I think the child seat should be the giveaway
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D Beddows
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:01 PM |
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Because they're sad w*nkers? To be honest it's what I think every time I see one 
What are you supposed to do? thinking of having a 'Sole Provider for 2 Teenagers, a 2 Year Old and a Wife' ones made for when I'm on
my own in the car but am worried that it might obscure my rear vision......
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owelly
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:11 PM |
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They are there as a quick visual aid to thieves that you have a £200 child seat on the back seat.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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zilspeed
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:19 PM |
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I made this point to my brother some years ago.
His repsonse was that it might mean. "We've got a baby on board, we'll probably be going a little slower than you might like, so
just pass and we'll all be happy."
I'd like to think that's what it means, but you see many an erratically driven car sporting such a sticker.
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v8kid
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:19 PM |
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Emergency services I think it's manditory in some states. But illegal if no kids on board
Her indoors was rammed at 80mph on the motorway and the people who phoned 999 noticed 2 car seats but no kiddies and assumed they were thrown out.
One air ambulance, three ordinary ambulances umpteen coppers and a fire engine later they discovered when her indoors came round that the seats are
for the grandchildren who were at home.
One instance where a flag system used properly would have saved quite a lot of cash.
The other barsteward was charged in the ambulance and his insurance company have still not admitted liability, not that I'm bitter you
understand 
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
chainsaw
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BenB
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:22 PM |
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They were invented to highlight to emergency services that there might be a small baby trapped in the wreckage somewhere. Nowadays people use baby
seats (usually) but not back in the day. Hence the suckers on the signs so they can be removed when the baby isn't on board.
Of course people don't understand what they're about they just get them sheep like when they have a sprog. Which completely devalues the
idea of having them in the first place.....
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Mr C
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:37 PM |
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Its to park legitimately in the child/baby spaces at the supermarket because they can't fit their 4x4 anywhere else without damaging other cars
and they are also too fat/idle/thick* to find the entrance if they park too far away from it.
*choose one some or all options that apply.
Girl walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gave her one
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:45 PM |
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The best notice I've seen was...
"Baby on board. He's driving"
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HowardB
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 05:56 PM |
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they only serve one purpose, and that is to
Alert near by road users that the BOB car has a driver that is not paying attention to the road!
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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whitestu
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 06:24 PM |
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I've often found myself about to carelessly plough into the car in front, only to change my mind at the last minute when I see the BOB sign!
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gottabedone
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 07:03 PM |
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Should also go with a warning saying that there is a pretty good chance that they are paying more attention to their creation(s) that any other road
user
Steve
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D Beddows
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 07:28 PM |
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quote:
They are there as a quick visual aid to thieves that you have a £200 child seat on the back seat.
which is worth approximately 10p the second you take it out of the shop I have around £300's worth of baby seat 'system' stuff
cluttering up my garage at the moment that my little lad grew out of after less than 6 months and I'm which I'm struggling to even give
away tbh
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MikeR
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 08:40 PM |
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Problem is everyone is paranoid you've been in an accident and won't want to risk their beloved being in a 'damaged' seat.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 09:21 PM |
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Yeah I know - ridiculous really as you can tell instantly if they're damaged and 90% of them rely completely on the car they're in to
provide the safety features and are basically just seat/belt adapters. We payed peanuts for a 2nd hand one for Jake when he grew out of his little
baby seat to go in one of our cars. Had no issues with it whatsoever - good industry to be in! virtualy no 2nd hand market to compete against........
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 10:24 PM |
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You usually don't see the sign till they cut in on you at the last moment, it's an excuse to drive like a knob.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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blakep82
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| posted on 2/6/12 at 10:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
You usually don't see the sign till they cut in on you at the last moment, it's an excuse to drive like a knob.
generally the way!
i like the episode of the simpsons when homer buys one and tells marge it'll be good because maybe people will stop intentionally ramming them
lol then he writes his baby on board song
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RK
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 02:16 AM |
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Because though we would gladly drive into anybody in our way, we are less likely to do so with a small child on board. There are people, and then
there are chronologically impaired people. The fat git in his BMW is a target if there ever was one, but if he had a small, cute,
not-yet-that-overweight little pumpkin on board, well, I'm going to pay more attention aren't I?
I am more bothered by the losers with the cartoons of their whole family on the back window, as if we care how many times he or she has reproduced,
and how many dogs they have. While we're on the subject, I really don't like the morons who have the figure peeing on the Ford or
whatever. That is truly tasteless.
Every time I leave the house, I realise how absolutely ignorant the rest of the world is. And I still can't start my kit car, so what does that
make me? We're doomed.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 05:08 AM |
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" LITTLE PRINCESS ON BOARD "
Puke 
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 08:14 AM |
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I'm with peteff, and I bet they would be the first to give me grief if I drove anywhere near the speed limit on their precious estate!
I've lost count of the times I was nearly knocked of my motor bike by some dim-wit driving either a 4x4 or the mandatory MPV BOB type tearing
out of the junction because she was late for kindergarten
And while we're on the subject (well, sort of).....
...what is it that requires parking reserved for 'mother and child' to be closer to the store entrance than the disabled spaces? My wife
is registered disabled and thankfully most of the time she can get around reasonably well, and we always try and leave the really close spaces for the
folk who can't, i.e wheelchairs etc. Since when has having a child with you in the car made you unable to walk more than a few yards??
Rant over.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 08:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
...what is it that requires parking reserved for 'mother and child' to be closer to the store entrance than the disabled spaces? My wife
is registered disabled and thankfully most of the time she can get around reasonably well, and we always try and leave the really close spaces for the
folk who can't, i.e wheelchairs etc. Since when has having a child with you in the car made you unable to walk more than a few yards??
Rant over.
Personally I've found most of the child spaces to be further away than the disabled ones, and often they're further than normal spaces too
(not that it stops people...)
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UncleFista
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 11:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
...what is it that requires parking reserved for 'mother and child' to be closer to the store entrance than the disabled spaces? My wife
is registered disabled and thankfully most of the time she can get around reasonably well, and we always try and leave the really close spaces for the
folk who can't, i.e wheelchairs etc. Since when has having a child with you in the car made you unable to walk more than a few yards??
Rant over.
Not seen the ASDA Tax band parking thread ?
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 11:45 AM |
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Tbh if they do that round here I'll be ignoring it on the basis of "I don't know what f**king band my car's in I just pay what
the DVLA ask!"
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 12:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
...what is it that requires parking reserved for 'mother and child' to be closer to the store entrance than the disabled spaces? My wife
is registered disabled and thankfully most of the time she can get around reasonably well, and we always try and leave the really close spaces for the
folk who can't, i.e wheelchairs etc. Since when has having a child with you in the car made you unable to walk more than a few yards??
Rant over.
I haven't noticed that they are closer than disabled, but,often together, but they are close to foot paths and safe walking routes. The little
people can't be seen in the mirrors of the larger cars (4x4) or incompetent drivers and from experience regardless of wether your holding their
hand and looking for moving vehicles, there is almost always someone starting to reverse out of a space without looking. Reverse gear, start moving,
mirrors... Seems to be the sequence.
I find it useful and safer that there are closer spaces for kids, with wider margins for doors to open and get seat belts on etc.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 3/6/12 at 03:00 PM |
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I appreciate the fact that wider spaces are useful, seat belts on seats for kids, getting buggies in/out etc, but when you see a car park in one with
kids of at least 8-10 years old in them, that is taking the we wee.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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