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My understanding is that the BABY ON BOARD sign is to notify emergency personnel arriving to a car accident that there is a child/baby in the vehicle who will n
by angmarsbane 9y ago
My understanding is that the BABY ON BOARD sign is to notify emergency personnel arriving to a car accident that there is a child/baby in the vehicle who will not be able to get out of the vehicle on their own etc.
Personally, I've also looked at the BABY ON BOARD signs as a heads-up that the person driving that vehicle may be more cautious or slower than other cars. I treat it like a student driver decal.
- onion2k 9y agoI don't believe the emergency services would check based on a anything like a "baby on board" sign. If they can check then they will, regardless of any sign. For a start, anything like that is going to fall off in a significant crash. Secondly, plenty of cars don't have them, and other cars have them when there isn't a child on board. Thirdly, a plastic sign would be one of the first things to melt if there was a fire. And lastly, if it was true then the emergency services would recommend drivers have them. They'd give them away as promotional items. No one would need to buy one. It can't be true.
- khedoros1 9y agoWishful thinking on the part of the parents. It doesn't have to actually be effective for that to be the intended use.
- dharmab 9y agoSimilarly, I've heard that motorcyclists should not leave their passenger footpegs folded down when riding solo, as emergency responders will look for an ejected passenger in event of a crash.
- mulmen 9y agoSo am I supposed to weld them in place? How is something like that going to remain in place during a crash? I would find that claim slightly more believable if they were to remain up to prevent snagging the rider during a crash. My motorcycle foot pegs are mounted and hinged in a way that they fold up when they contact the ground, I believe this is typical of most motorcycles.
- sundvor 9y agoYou have two of the passenger pegs, and (typically, unless you crash in a truly spectacular fashion) only one side to land on. Your riding pegs are designed to fold so that you don't go flying when riding on the limit. (Source: Used to ride MCs, and got through a low speed yet very expensive high side. Have also been dragging my knees and shaving the pegs at the Phillip Island GP Circuit.)
- mulmen 9y agoI'm aware of how the passenger pegs work and why. If the passenger pegs are meant to be a signal to emergency responders then Honda should have used a more positive locking mechanism. As it stands the pegs could quite easily be folded up or down in a slide, even on one side. They are not a useful indicator of the presence of a passenger. I don't think source means what you think it means.
- illicium 9y agoThey're ubiquitous for the same reason as those Apple stickers: bundling, in this case with baby car seats.
- usrusr 9y agoThat doesn't explain the semi-ironic ones very well, and the individualized ones (the ones with the baby's name) not at all. Maybe they are all gifts given by people who want to signal that they care but consider it too boring to give something that is actually useful. And who either don't care or understand or who secretly enjoy that they are forcing the receivers' hands into making a fool of themselves out of politeness.
- astrobe_ 9y agoI interpret it as a warning that the driver may be distracted by their passenger and for instance brake or slow down unexpectedly.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoI'd think more likely tired and stressed out. but YMMV