Warning…Baby!
What started out as probably a good idea, okay, well, maybe not good but at least heart-felt were the “Baby on Board” warning signs. But eventually, these started popping up all over the place as did joke signs like “blonde on board!” and it sort of lost its significance. But you can still buy these today. The one pictured is from Saftey Central.
The Bad Fads Museum has this interesting tid bit about them: Like many things, the ‘BABY ON BOARD’ signs started off as a good thing and quickly became an annoying, gimmicky eyesore. The signs were originated in 1985 by a child-safety oriented company as a way of letting parents inform drivers around them that extra care should be taken to protect the small inhabitants within. Initially, the public reacted very favorably to the signs leading several other companies to begin marketing their own versions of the sign as well as alternative signs - it was these alternatives which would become their undoing.