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From: dws@tolerant.UUCP (Dave W. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re: "Child in car" signs
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 20:44:29 EDT
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> 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.
...
> 	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
> 	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA

I first saw these signs last fall in Germany.  A local explained that the
sign was intended to keep 200km/h Autobahn crazies from mowing down cars
with children in them.  (On the Autobahn, drivers who get rear-ended in
the fast lane are considered to be at fault for not getting out of the way
(this may not be the law, but it's what the tour-book said)). The yellow
"Baby Am Bord" triangle is visible from a reasonable distance.  I didn't
notice any of these signs in use on cars without child occupants.
-- 
  David W. Smith             {ucbvax}!tolerant!dws
  Tolerant Systems, Inc.
  408/946-5667