Free Baby on Board Signs

nick_b

cookiesncream wrote:

Because it's important that other drivers are aware of the precious load you are carrying. That's like saying 'What's the point with a fire warning symbol on a fuel tanker'!

What, are you saying that babies are more "precious" than, say an older child or even an adult? I think the only reason people have these stupid signs is to smugly show off that they managed to procreate. Well, good for you! :rolleyes:

Jamwam

I find these signs really annoying, might as well have a stickers saying 'over protective mother onboard'.

lilmiss1982

hope these arrive i'm due in sept.

mrcow

cheddar wrote:

It IS an urban myth. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/babysign.htm
All services are trained to look for individuals whether there is a sign there or not. If that were the case then you would have to take the sign out every single time you went out without your little one. And we would also have signs saying how many babies/children/oaps/people were in the car too. It is to make other drivers aware although all drivers should be aware of other cars no matter who is in them. They were and are a great money making idea based on peoples fears. Although it is nice to see the silly ones too!

Does that mean I have to remove my "mother in law in trunk" sign when I finally dispose of the body? :j


I think the signs are a nonsense, but I love the idea of the "window pens" that they were also giving away free on this site mentioned by the OP (shame they've run out now )

Kangol_Rat

never receioved mine and sent for awhile ago!

cookiesncream

nick_b wrote:

What, are you saying that babies are more "precious" than, say an older child or even an adult? I think the only reason people have these stupid signs is to smugly show off that they managed to procreate. Well, good for you! :rolleyes:

Firstly, I am not going to get into a disagreement because someone's taken what I said the wrong way. Secondly, I never said anything of the sort. You can get 'Child on Board' stickers if you so wish. I was simply stating the fact that our children are very precious. How can I be slammed for that?? Thirdly, knowing the fact that the emergency services are trained to look for bodys not some silly sign, I was giving the true explination for someone's question.

I think everyone should climb down of the soapboxes now, we don't want to detract from the reason of the thread.

phil140701

after reading all your posts and feeling a bit disheartened i decided to speak to my local fire and rescue service turns out that whilst yes they are trained to look for every eventuality they take even more notice of baby on board signs because say a baby isn't straped in properly they know that the person carrying the signs is likely to have a child on board and can consentrate on looking under items in the vehicle and around the scene of the accident because as the chap i spoke to said all life is precious an adult if not unconsious can scream for help a baby wouldnt know any thing was wrong and so may not make any noise at all anyway i thought martin says to be nice to all money savers
my personal view is if you dont like something you should either ignore it or tell a moderator after all lifes better when we all get on

pennies2pounds_3

lilmiss1982 wrote:

hope these arrive i'm due in sept.

Mine too . Sent off for them ages ago and the wife is sat here having contractions!:j

Edna_Bucket_2

phil140701 wrote:

...because as the chap i spoke to said all life is precious an adult if not unconsious can scream for help a baby wouldnt know any thing was wrong and so may not make any noise at all anyway i thought martin says to be nice to all money savers...

Picking up the last point first, I think you'll find that most people on this thread are following that and the "if you don't agree, attack the post not the poster" principle, which is fine for a healthy debate.

With that in mind, I'm sorry but I find your post scarcely credible. It worries me that any genuine "fire and rescue" person would give such awful advice or be so lacking in basic knowledge about his/her own profession.

Anyone with even the basic rudimentary knowledge of rescue work knows that it is not the people screaming you worry about first - adult or child. It is about making a thorough search and assessment of how many people are involved and dealing with the silent ones first.

I refer you also back to my earlier post about these wretched and dangerous signs.

As they don't even appear to arrive (perhaps that's a good thing!) perhaps this thread should be now closed?

cookiesncream

I agree about the post attack. No-one is attacking any post/poster, just giving our own opinion on the use of the signs. And no-one is 'not being nice'

However, I don't think the rescue professional meant that they use the signs as a pure signal. They probably meant that if they're there, the will use them as an indication. Otherwise, they will do the usual bottom to top search. It's good that the signs are used for that reason but I doubt they're relied on too much. Putting that advice together, I think most of our opinions have turned out to all be true in one way or another

I don't think the thread should be removed just because there's disagreement over the use. It's for parents to make their own decisions about.

Thanks for taking the time to find out that info Phil.