For a long while I have disliked "Baby on Board" and similar signs in cars. Why have them? To deter evil-minded drivers from acts of malice? "I was going to run you off the road, slaughtering you and all your passengers, but I note you have an ickle bubba in the car so you may live"?
A former work colleague told me they were for the emergency services in the event of an accident. I pointed out that her sign was still in her car, but the baby wasn't. I imagined the paramedics,... "The sign says there's a baby in here! Check the boot again and I'll look in the glove compartment!".
However, I now get it. Having nearly been hit this morning by a car (with said sign in window) which bumped up the kerb, in thick fog, with no headlights on, Mummy holding her mobile phone, seatbelt-less child leaning between the front seats, I realised that "I Am Driving Like a Moron as I am Distracted by my Kids" may be too big for the rear window...
A former work colleague told me they were for the emergency services in the event of an accident. I pointed out that her sign was still in her car, but the baby wasn't. I imagined the paramedics,... "The sign says there's a baby in here! Check the boot again and I'll look in the glove compartment!".
However, I now get it. Having nearly been hit this morning by a car (with said sign in window) which bumped up the kerb, in thick fog, with no headlights on, Mummy holding her mobile phone, seatbelt-less child leaning between the front seats, I realised that "I Am Driving Like a Moron as I am Distracted by my Kids" may be too big for the rear window...