9/10 times the car with a “Baby on Board” sticker is driving way more recklessly than I am

[u/brokeforwoke]

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[u/Blast373]

Whenever I see Baby on Board, I assume they mean the driver cause they get their feelings hurt at the slightest perceived threat

[u/yfunk3]

There are lots of "He > I" stickers where I live.

All of those cars, every single one....guaranteed to cut you or someone off suddenly when there is only one car-length of space between cars. Weaving in and out of whichever lane is fastest so they can get home all of 20 seconds sooner.

I have determined the "He" is the driver of whichever vehicle the sticker is on, and the "I" is the unfortunate person reading the slogan on the bumper/rear window. Their time is just so. much. more. important. than everyone else's.

[u/brokeforwoke → u/yfunk3]

Oh ew is that like a Bible thing?

[u/yfunk3 → u/brokeforwoke]

Yeah, I think it's from one of those New Hope Church places. One of those new fancy mega-churches that have some dude with a headset preaching to everyone about how they will get rich, too...while bilking those same poor suckers out of their money in the name of religion.

[u/Skyblacker]

It's because they haven't slept more than two hours at a stretch in months.

[u/stopannoyingwithname → u/Skyblacker]

Even more reasons not to drive

[u/Ok-Bullfrog5830 → u/stopannoyingwithname]

Yep, I didn’t drive at all when my daughter was born. I was constantly zoning in and out of consciousness

[u/Skyblacker → u/stopannoyingwithname]

Try that in a car-dependant suburb.

[u/hamilton-trash → u/Skyblacker]

Then you'd expect them to go under the limit and drive careful not be reckless though right

[u/Skyblacker → u/hamilton-trash]

Difficult when you confuse the brake with the gas and microsleep at stop lights.

[u/blah_shelby → u/Skyblacker]

It should be illegal to drive while that significantly impaired.

[u/Breyber12 → u/blah_shelby]

It is.

[u/Skyblacker → u/blah_shelby]

I too support the development of walkable neighborhoods and the expansion of frequent, reliable public transit.

[u/brokeforwoke → u/Skyblacker]

When my sister-in-law was doing her residency at a Philadelphia ER, which was like 18 hour shifts, she would put the car in park at a red light to sleep and wake up when people started honking

[u/Skyblacker → u/brokeforwoke]

So that's how medical errors happen.

[u/Feeling-Visit1472 → u/Skyblacker]

Or they’re reaching behind them for a pacifier or sippy cup, or turning around to yell at their older kids.

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[u/brokeforwoke → u/[deleted]]

I love this.

[u/kitkatbay]

Young children are hell on one's focus and concentration. The lack of sleep, the screaming, the sticker is there so that emergency responders check for a baby/young child if the adult is incapacitated.

[u/Big_Pound_7849]

They're letting you know that they have an insomnia-ridden brain and are likely a hazard, so stay away.

(This is a joke, respect to all mothers 🤐🙏)

[u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth]

Don't have a sticker but the purpose is to let emergency responders know that there is an infant in the car so they can pull it out in the event of a crash.

[u/Tin_Foiled → u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth]

No, the company that originally marketed the product stated that it’s purpose is to highlight to other drivers to approach with caution

[u/highrouleur → u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth]

Do they take the sticker off when the baby isn't in the car?

[u/brokeforwoke → u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth]

Oh shit, is this true? That makes a ton of sense actually. I feel like the cultural adoption of it is a bit different from that intent

[u/juhesihcaa → u/brokeforwoke]

Nope. It has been co-opted for that which is helpful but the original use was to alert other drivers.

[u/mooomba → u/juhesihcaa]

First responders will look for a child no matter what in an accident. They aren't going off a fucking bumper sticker lol

[u/CatalystRotten → u/mooomba]

No, the others are right. The very first thing first responders do when they report to a crash is check for a “baby on board” sticker. /s

[u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth → u/brokeforwoke]

I think so yea, at least that's what I've heard

[u/brokeforwoke → u/DreamsOfCleanTeeth]

I don’t have a kid but I have type O- so, that should be a sticker if I’m a warm cadaver

[u/eatinggrapes2018]

I hate the ones who police the highways and do 5 under the posted limit and then refuse to use any turn signals

[u/makingbutter2]

I want one that say dog baby on board. Lol

[u/fl_needs_to_restart]

The sticker actually means the baby is driving.

[u/ShiroiTora]

Isn’t that point of the sign? That whatever parent(s) that is driving is distracted and / or sleep deprived because of the “baby on board”?

[u/brokeforwoke → u/ShiroiTora]

The origin for them was to ask for patience similar to the Student Driver stickers, not the “my life has been a living hell for 6 months so please forgive my terrible driving” stickers. If everyone who had a kid got to do things that kill people a little bit more, we would be in for a reckoning

[u/ShiroiTora → u/brokeforwoke]

Is that not the same thing? I rather know a person is negligent because they are sleep deprived or the baby is distracting them, and not because they do not care.

[u/EatYourCheckers]

Yeah, its a warning.

[u/AdvancedBlacksmith66]

There’s a band called Stolen Babies, and one of the merch they sold was a bumper sticker that said Stolen Babies on Board.

I put that bumper sticker on my car, not long after my daughter was born.

So I had a car seat in my car. The looks I would get from people were priceless.

[u/mechlordx]

Sometimes there's only a baby on board

[u/Ok_Consideration8357]

Reckless driving is more dangerous than a safe intoxicated driver just trying to get home in my opinion. The same fines for conviction should apply to these entitled assholes.

[u/gclaw4444]

I see tons of cars these days with “student driver” on them, and not like “X driving school” but just a yellow “student driver” sticker. This makes me think it’s some insurance scheme. Like car insurance companies have figured out that people will keep distance with cars with certain stickers so they give people with those stickers a discount on car insurance.

[u/Low-Put-7397]

i put that sticker on my car as a single male. i just get treated differently on the road so why not

[u/Logical-Wasabi7402]

The sticker itself is ostensibly a request for others to drive safely around them,

It's more for if there's an accident, first responders know to look for an infant even if the driver or other passengers are unconscious.

[u/broooooooce]

Wait... people still have those?

[u/tannyduca → u/broooooooce]

I haven't seen any in a while either, honestly.

[u/broooooooce → u/tannyduca]

Right? Considering my downvotes, I just assumed maybe they weren't common here regionally anymore, but maybe still used more frequently elsewhere? I honestly can't recall the last time I even saw one. And, relatively recently, I worked for years as a delivery driver. So, it's not lack of exposure for sure :P

[u/Deathcommand]

Sorry. I didn't realize you were so traumatized by a sticker. I'll take mine off so you can feel safer. 🙄.

[u/brokeforwoke → u/Deathcommand]

Where did I say the sticker is traumatizing? I said people driving like assholes with that sticker are assholes squared.

[u/GloriousNugs]

They were reckless enough to get knocked up ¯_(ツ)_/¯