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| Thread ID: 48485 | 2004-08-24 10:26:00 | OT - Stupid Car Stickers | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 264967 | 2004-08-24 19:42:00 | > Ironically enough the child was on a road, > unsupervised, without a helmet. No disputing the girl and those that were responsible for her supervision were at fault. There were actually 2 versions of this AD. They rarely played the 2nd but in this version he was driving at 50km and he stopped less than a metre in front and both got a shock but she lived. The point of the ad was 'If only......." |
sam m (517) | ||
| 264968 | 2004-08-24 20:21:00 | "Baby on Board" as I heard it orginated in the US after a series of fatal card crashes where kids were in the back seat but due the the damage to the car weere overlook by the rescue people. So Baby on Board signs were introduced to alert the rescue people that there were children in the car as well as adults. I do agree that thay should not be used when there are no kids in the car and some of these signs are so old that the kids are now driving their own cars.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 264969 | 2004-08-24 21:35:00 | I recently saw one that read: "This is a stupid yellow sign." Another one I liked was on this lowered Japanese performance car with mags, tints, etc. It read: "Don't laugh. Your daughter could be inside." |
Alasta (1420) | ||
| 264970 | 2004-08-24 22:00:00 | Hehe... I was just goin to post exactly what Alasta just said.. We actually had our Van fail a W.O.F. because we had that sign on the back window just two months ago ?:| |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 264971 | 2004-08-25 00:38:00 | Not on a car, but a sign of equal relevance somewhere in America: 'Do not throw stones at this sign' S. |
Spartacus (3313) | ||
| 264972 | 2004-08-25 00:56:00 | The truth. www.snopes.com |
godfather (25) | ||
| 264973 | 2004-08-25 01:24:00 | Well there you have it.. The real story. Good link.. Judging by the way some of those with these signs drive in NZ the sign should be placed on the windshield in front of the driver to remind them that there is a "baby on board".. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 264974 | 2004-08-26 03:36:00 | Godfather - thanks for the link to Snopes Urban Legends. I especially like the following: >>>Because few situations or admonitions are deemed so serious that they rule out all opportunity for humor, straightforward "there's a child in the car, so drive carefully" requests quickly spawned a number of parodies, including "Baby Driving," "Warning: Baby is Closer Than it Appears," and the ever-popular "Baby Carries No Cash." :^O It wasn't long before some communities were attempting to bar these parody signs, stating their presence took away from the message conveyed in the original and worked to desensitize drivers to what was meant as a safety measure. Michael Lerner was similarly displeased by the parodies because he believed they mocked a serious effort to achieve safer roads. ''Our concept was to really improve driver awareness of child safety,'' he said. ''Car accidents are the number one cause of child deaths in the United States.'' In 1986 a study conducted by a Bronx assemblyman's office found humorous plays on the "Baby on Board" sign outnumbered the real thing by five to one. |
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