Why do people/parents put a BABY ON BOARD sticker on car window?

Question

I think it is stupid...............what makes them so special .Everyone deserves common courtesy

Answer 1

That is one of my biggest peeves!!!!! Thank you for bringing it up! Do they think people will see the sticker and drive safer around their car than others. I agree with you, it is stupid!

Answer 2

You're right -- everyone deserves common courtesy. Unfortunately, not everyone gives common courtesy. A baby on board sticker might be a good idea in that hopefully the less-safe drivers out there will care more about the baby's safety than they do about their own or the rest of the general populous' well being. I'm not going to do that when my baby comes, but I wouldn't put any sort of bumper or window sticker on my car, just because they look like crap when they start to weather. I made sure I bought a car with a high safety rating, so hopefully, we'll be good. Another good reason for having a baby-on-board sign is that you're proud of your baby, and although it may be tacky, there's nothing wrong with bragging about that.

Answer 3

Baby On Board stickers means someone just got a baby and it's special fun sign for newborns on earth.

Answer 4

Origins: In the early 1980s, the highways and byways of North America became the showcase for America's latest pet rock, the "Baby on Board" sign. The five-inch, black-on-yellow diamond-shaped signs which became an overnight sensation were usually placed in corners of vehicles' rear windshields with suction cups. Unlike what is implied in the gruesome folklore that has come to be associated with these advisories, their purpose was not to alert rescue workers to the presence of babies at accident scenes; they were instead supplications to other drivers to exercise additional care, reminders that they shared the road with vehicles carrying children.

Though the backstory about an infant who died in a car crash because he wasn't found in time is one that would chill any parent's blood, how these signs came to be is far removed from the lore. There were no dead babies, no horrific crashes.

In 1984, Michael Lerner founded Safety 1st for the purpose of manufacturing "Baby on Board" signs. The inspiration for the signs came not from a deadly accident that took the life of a youngster but from a friend who saw similar stickers in
Europe.

Mr. Lerner himself was occasionally worked into the rumor — some versions asserted this childless bachelor had first developed the ''Baby on Board!'' idea after losing a son or a daughter in an accident.

From its humble beginnings, Safety 1st went on to become a juvenile products marketer with a lineup that included teething rings, potty chairs, and electronic baby monitors — 650 items at all. The company went public in 1993, then was bought by Dorel Industries Inc., its Canadian rival, for $195 million in 2000.

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." 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.

Answer 5

It's to show how proud they are of their little baby! It makes me look inside the car and admire the fat cheeks and big eyes of the little joys that will build our future! It's not just for common courtesy, it's a pride thing.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Okay, that's funny. I so agree with you. I've always found it ridiculous. As though I'm going to drive any different because they've got a kid in the car. I'm going to drive the same all the time, defensively in my case, no matter who's in the car in front of me or behind me. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Answer 8

Purely Idots.

Answer 9

It's just a fad, like the garfield cats of the 80's

Answer 10

maybe they are hoping to make other drivers more cautious.... Kind of like the children at play signs you can buy to put in your drive way.