rap@oliven.UUCP (Robert A. Pease) (07/24/85)
I'm looking for those signs that people are putting in car windows
that say something about a "Child in car". Anyone that knows where I
can find them, please send me some E-mail. Thank you.
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Robert A. Pease
{hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!oliven!rapdwl10@amdahl.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) (07/26/85)
> I'm looking for those signs that people are putting in car windows > that say something about a "Child in car". Anyone that knows where I > can find them, please send me some E-mail. Thank you. > Why? People will continue to drive like assholes, with or without "Child in Car" signs. If you have an accident, are people more likely to rescue you when you have one of those signs? Yet another sign of Yuppidom! :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lowrey "To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question.... ....or is it?" ...!(<sun,cbosgd,ihnp4}!amdahl!dwl10 [ The opinions expressed <may> be those of the author and not necessarily those of his most eminent employer. ]
timr@hercules.UUCP (Tim Riordan) (07/26/85)
> I'm looking for those signs that people are putting in car windows > that say something about a "Child in car". Anyone that knows where I > can find them, please send me some E-mail. Thank you. > -- > > Robert A. Pease > {hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!oliven!rap Why would anyone put such a sign in a car window? Which windows do they put them in? Which way do the signs face?
faunt@hplabs.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (07/29/85)
> > > Why? People will continue to drive like assholes, with or without > "Child in Car" signs. > People, especially those with NO child in the car, drive worse with one of those signs. I know it's hard to believe. -- ....!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay.ARPA HP is not responsible for anything I say here. In fact, what I say here may have been generated by a noisy telephone line.
stv@qantel.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499) (07/29/85)
I always thought you got one of these signs free when you buy certain
brands of child car seats.
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Steve Vance
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dual!qantel!stv@berkeley
Qantel Corporation, Hayward, CAmayo@ucbvax.ARPA (Bob Mayo) (07/30/85)
Actually, these signs make a lot of sense. Just the other day I saw (on I-80) 2 other signs: "Caution: Race Horses" and "Caution: Show Dogs". Now, when I am about to crash into another car at high speed (killing myself and causing a trail of carnage down the expressway), all I have to do is count all of the little signs and run a cost/benefit analysis to see who I should plow into. --Bob Mayo P.S. Why should I be more concerned about plowing into a car with a kid in it that one with an adult? Should I be more concerned about plowing into cars with show dogs than cars that don't have show dogs? A better sign might be "look at my cute kid", and tape a picture next to it. Show dog owners and race horse owners could do the same. P.S.S. These signs are sometimes hard to read at high speeds. I have to pull up within 6 or 8 inches of the car in front in order to read the sign. Maybe somebody could come up with a larger model that fits on top of the car -- like taxi ads.
reid@Glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) (07/31/85)
I had just assumed that a sign saying "child in car" was the same sort of warning as "student driver"--letting me know that I should be alert for the driver of the car doing something quite erratic when the child pulls the glasses off the driver's face or throws a doll that lands wedged under the brake pedal, or starts a tantrum that causes the driver to take his eyes off the road. On the other hand, I most frequently see these signs on the back of Volvo station wagons, which makes the signs somewhat redundant, because I am already very afraid of the kind of driver who would buy a Volvo station wagon; the knowledge that the driver may at any moment veer suddenly to the edge of the road to get out to re-buckle the child's seat belt and wash orange juice from the inside of the windshield does not make me any more afraid than I already am. -- Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Laurie Sefton, C/O chuqui) (08/01/85)
Just a guess...
Since there are "child in this room" stickers for houses, might it not
make sense for a sticker to alert the ambulance/police personnel that there
might be a small body in the wreckage? And yes, I realize that the sticker
might be destroyed int the crash, but at least there's a chance that
*someone* will see it....
Laurie Sefton
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:From the carousel of the autumn carnival: Chuq Von Rospach
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Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside!dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) (08/01/85)
> Since there are "child in this room" stickers for houses, might it not > make sense for a sticker to alert the ambulance/police personnel that there > might be a small body in the wreckage? And yes, I realize that the sticker > might be destroyed int the crash, but at least there's a chance that > *someone* will see it.... > True, but shouldn't the 'small body' be in it's car seat, or belted in? No need for a sign when the kids are where they are supposed to be. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lowrey "To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question.... ....or is it?" ...!(<sun,cbosgd,ihnp4}!amdahl!dwl10 [ The opinions expressed <may> be those of the author and not necessarily those of his most eminent employer. ]
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (08/01/85)
> P.S. Why should I be more concerned about plowing into a car with a kid in > it that one with an adult? Should I be more concerned about plowing into > cars with show dogs than cars that don't have show dogs? ... I think the point is missed here. When I asked a neighbor why they had a "Child in Car" sign, they said it was to inform rescue personal that they should look for a child in the car. The neighbors mentioned that they had bought it before they had a child seat and were worried that in the case of an accident their kid could end up in a not so obvious place. (I believe she mentioned under the seat as one such place.) Although somewhat macabre it sort of makes sense. They also have a "Child in House" for the firefighters. --Chuck -- "Unix, the Teco of Operating Systems." - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}