I keep a “baby on board” sticker on my car so people will assume I’m an exhausted parent and be less likely to pull a gun on me in traffic if I do something to annoy them.
Just American things™
I’ve never understood why people think those signs are so you won’t hit them. They are for first responders to know to look for a kid in a wreck. But people don’t take them off when the kid isn’t in the car so they are mostly ignored.
I always assumed they were just another way for people to broadcast mundane factoids about themselves to total strangers that don’t care. Like an early form of social media, if you will.
Yes. It was early social media.
I always kept a Garfield plushy in my car window, to let people know how I felt about Mondays.
We were pretty desperate back then.
People used to post their phone number in newspaper personals so they could talk to someone. Now they’re probably live streaming on twitch
I once stumbled across a VHS recording a 1980s public access equivalent of a hot tub stream, it was about as surreal as one would expect.
You’d think the car seat might be a literal bigger indicator.
Not if you get to the scene from the back of the car, where the sticker is and from where you can’t see the seat.
Those baby on board stickers were so helpful, you’d see one and think okay, I’ll be extra careful not to crash into that particular car.
And somehow many people with those stickers drive like the biggest cunts. Like having a kid excuses failing to yield or slamming on the brakes then turning without a signal.
Would make sense since new parents lacking sleep struggle a bit
Yeah I suppose that makes sense.
Like 10 years ago and suburban with one of thos was doing 35 in a 55 so I tried to pass him. Dude speeds up and proceeded to brake check me yelling out tge window that he has an effing kid in the car, like what? so i get beside him flip him off and go on my way. Dude followed me and called the cops on me like im at fault, long story short he got in trouble
That poor kid
Same with the brand new bmws and Porsche cayennes with “new driver” stickers.
A 17 year old kid in a brand new Subaru WRX totalled my car by ramming it from behind at ~90mph. Buying a car like that for a child should be a crime, it’s like giving a kid a loaded gun.
I think of it more of a “give me extra space because I may be distracted and exhausted” warning sign.
Orr they could be having babies consecutively. know someone who has 6 kids one after another
Easier than having them in parallel, like a wanna-be octomom.
In Korea, people put “초보운정” stickers on their cars. “Beginner Driver”. They’ve been doing it for decades, so you see some pretty old ones. How long does one remain a beginner exactly?
There’s also 차사순, who is literally famous for failing her written driver’s test 950 times before passing.
Legend. She needs a 차사순 sticker so people know to stay at least 4 car lengths away.
Only 50 fails until glory
She even failed at being incompetent I guess.
The point of those stickers isn’t to ask for kindness. It’s to let you know shit can happen on board and you may start driving like an idiot. Better stay a bit back so you have time to react.
If I remember correctly, the actual point of the signs in car windows is to alert emergency services to a child being in the vehicle in case the vehicle is in an accident. I could be incorrect however, it was just an explanation I heard decades ago at this point.
And also that honking/screaming at the car is (even more of) a dick move now.
What if they had another baby the following year and just never updated the sticker?
or the kid is already dead
Something something Burt Ward.
