Those signs in the rear windows of cars
"Baby on board", "Little dude on board" etc... Seriously? Because you're transporting a smaller person than me in your vehicle means that it's suddenly worthy of some sort of on-board advertising? Should I suddenly adapt my driving style as a result?

It grates all the more when, on my way home last night, I see a woman driving the wrong way down a one way street in her chelsea tractor, yabbering into her crackberry, with two kids in the back and one of those aforementioned signs.

Perhaps I should put "33 year old single bloke on board" in the back of my car. And my phone number. I might get more attention then.

Oh, and Craig fucking Doyle. I hate his chirpy blue peter presenter-esque face and happy go lucky irish brogue. It was a cause for celebration in my house when he started advertising double glazing and got the heave ho from "Holiday".
(mcgriffto, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:07, 15 replies)

Signs in car windows...

Reminds me of the scene in The Simpsons when Marge gives Homer a 'Baby on board' car sticker and says:

"Look Homer, now people will stop intentionally ramming our car!"
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:11, closed)

Arse
You beat me to that!
(Ghostlight, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 14:31, closed)

originally for the emergency services
so that they would know that they should check in the back of a wreaked car. It would follow that the sign should be removed when the kid is not being transported.
Bloody irritating things and only exist in order to demonstrate the fertility of the driver - bunch of twats
(conanow, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:18, closed)

Point written at the same time
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:19, closed)

well you learn something new....

I can't help but feel though (and this is why they annoy me so) that most people put them in their car as a notice to other drivers, rather than on the off-chance that they will be involved in some sort of road accident whilst little Jimmy is in the back.

cnuts.
(mcgriffto, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:28, closed)

But....
Does that mean if they had an accident and DIDN'T have the baby with them the emergency services would waste time looking for one?
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:44, closed)

Bollocks
This is absolute bullshit. As if a fire crew or paramedics would turn up to a crash and go "Oh look, there's no baby on board sign, no point searching the wreckage" or "There is a baby on board sign; Barry, check the glove compartment"
(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:51, closed)

You're missing the point
Of course the emergency services continue to look for other injured people - they prioritise using triage - small children are more vulnerable than adults in accident & less able to withstand impact etc so the signs help find the child.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 14:53, closed)

As if the pushchair, bottles, bottle steriliser, jars of food, tubs of formula, 8 cubic metres of nappies, towels, powder, wipes, oil, dummies, teethers and toys that every baby apparently needs taking everywhere with them
wouldn't be a fucking clue
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 14:08, closed)

There is a practical reason
apparently the emergency services look for these signs when they attend a road traffic accident so they know to attend to child in the vehicle first as they have a lower chance of surviving an accident.

I admit the signs do look smug & cuntish though.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:18, closed)

In that case...
I propose fining people who don't take those signs out when there's *no* baby on board, with all proceeds going to fire and ambulance services.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:41, closed)

agree
but you often find that with those signs they seem to think it's perfectly okay to drive like a spaz, just becuase they have a baby on board sign.
(sarcasmo needs more sleep, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 13:45, closed)

Craig Fucking Doyle
Met him at work once. He's really thin, and tiny...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:15, closed)

Just so you know...
The signs were created by a canadian couple after the wife had an accident on a frozen country road with stone walls either side. She had a 2 year old boy in the back, and a 6 month old girl, in a car seat in the front. When she crashed into the wall, her and the boy were knocked unconcious. The babys seat was thrown clean from the car and over the wall. The emergency services didn't know the baby was ever in the car and the walls were so high they didn't think to look over them, they just wanted to get them to hospital because it was so cold. It was only when the husband arrived at the hospital and asked about the baby that anyone knew. They found her, but she'd died from hypothermia. There wasn't a mark on her otherwise as the seat had protected her in the crash. If they'd found her at the time of the rescue, she'd have lived. So the signs were designed to have numbers that could be changed depending on how many children (or not) were on board. However, the cunts that waste emergency services' time with them should be forced to eat them.
(Kimberelli is addicted to the shiny little magnets..., Wed 21 Oct 2009, 20:02, closed)

I hung a sign in my car saying EX HUSBAND IN BOOT
which was later, after the unpleasantness, modified to read EX HUSBAND IN JAIL.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 21:01, closed)