Every time you drive by and look at one of those signs is another 2-3 seconds you’re not looking at where you’re driving. The sign putter uppers are just contributing to the problem!
I watched a jerk driving in the parking lot of a college going a couple times over the speed limit not just in the parking lot (where there are constantly a lot of pedestrians), but even over one of the speed bumps.
I was disappointed that nothing happened to the car.
@PocketBrain Yeah that would be true. I used to live on a dead end street where the kids play in the street. Then some of the kids became old enough to drive. Then it wasn’t safe to be any where near the street…
My kids know how to look out for cars and follow the laws, so they want me to drive more reckless? I will continue to drive like ‘your’ idiot kids live here, the kids that chase after a ball into the street without looking. The kids that try to skateboard with traffic, the ones that run stop signs with their bikes, the kids that expect you to stop for them when j-walk across the street instead of waiting for your car to pass.
I will continue to drive like your idiot kid lives here, I can’t afford the car insurance if I didn’t.
edit:
Sorry not idiot kid, but undisciplined spoiled child.
Don’t get me started on parking lot runners.
@caffeine_dude you assume so much about other people’s kids here - while also assuming your kid is not an idiot. Or spoiled, or undisciplined.
Some kids are runners - and it has jack shit to do with discipline. Some of these kids are also escape artists.
Everyone’s kid does dumb shit sometimes. So I’ll keep driving like your kid is a kid and might have a dumbass moment. You do the same and maybe all of our kids make it home safely.
@Thumperchick
The sign implies my kid is going to do this and it pissed me off, I spent time making sure they would not run into a road without looking.
The examples are real live kids I have experienced. I did not mention my neighbor kids that uses the driveway as a ramp to speed into the road in a small unpowered car, (think Fred Flintstone) so far all they get is honked at, my wife said something to the kids, and the honking has stopped, but it is also cold out, so we will see.
We have never seen the parents out there saying anything, but at least they are not out there yelling at the drivers and telling them to “slow down my kids are playing over here”, or putting up signs.
Ever see those little “slow down” plastic statues that look kinda like a kid holding a flag? Whenever I see one I instinctively pump my breaks. I guess that means they’re effective, but I’m not sure that’s the best outcome.
@ACraigL I was going to mention this sign. A neighborhood that I sometimes drive through has that sign, it also says, “Kids at play.” They leave it out constantly, even at night. I’ve never seen any kids playing. I don’t react to it. I just drive at a normal speed.
@darksaber99999 I thought I was the only one who thought they look like turtles! I wasn’t aware anyone could place them wherever…I have only seen them near schools.
@bloondie2 I feel like a school ought to have a more official warning sign than a plastic turtle anyone can buy. In my area all the schools have big official DOT signs and now basically all of them have flashing yellow lights to alert drivers of when reduced speed limits are in effect.
@chienfou you’re onto something here. Part of driving is pulling into a driveway and parking. In particular, as a parent, that’s generally the part you do the most where your kids live. Feel free to start a DLYKLH driveway invasion movement.
Why do they assume I’m driving? I could be jogging, or bicycling, or riding in the back of my pimped-out stretch limo drinking champagne. Did they ever think of that, huh? Well, did they?
Here we have roadside shrines where pedestrians have been killed. Those definitely get my attention, especially when they are on residential streets. Not “slow down, somebody could get killed”, but “slow down, somebody was killed”. Even if you don’t slow down for fear of a repeat, it’s sobering to know someone’s life was abruptly ended there.
I’ve often considered having some bumper stickers printed up that say “Parent your kids so I don’t have to” and pasting them on such signs. Maybe it’s not pertinent in this situation (I think it is) but I feel like many so-called parents want society to raise their kids for them. It makes me want to cry whenever, for example, some parent/parents group gets up in arms about a TV Show or a Video Game being inappropriate for their children when there are rating systems in place for exactly that reason to guide the parent in selecting age-appropriate content for their kids.
Dear parents of the world, please use the rating systems, enact parental controls on your cable box, don’t buy little Timmy the game ‘all of his friends have’ without doing your due diligence, and for the love of your children teach them how to cross the street safely and that the roads are not a playground. I get it, you want people to drive slowly in your neighborhood, but that’s why the government has enacted a residential speed limit of 30 M.P.H. and slower limits where there are schools. Instead of glaring at law abiding drivers as they pass while frantically waving your arms about maybe you should keep your eyes on your child.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And yes, I’m sure when/if I become a parent I might behave just as irrationally, but while I’m still sane this is where I sit.
@medz I heard a comedian say one time he wondered what happened to all the slow children when they grew up, then it hit him when he saw the sign on the highway: Slow workers ahead.
I’m enough of a contrarian that signs like this (high in command language and nanny-ish intent) only make me want to drive more recklessly. I group them with the insanely slow “made for minivans” suggested speeds around sharp turns. I don’t actually drive more recklessly, but if I ever snap, you can bet part of the fallout will be me making it my goal to at least double the speed limit every time I see one of these.
Also, DLYKLH signs are usually in suburban places that already have 30mph or less limits and roads that are 3-4 cars wide. If your kids can’t avoid an incident with that much going for them, they might deserve what they get.
I think these signs are akin to the “baby on board” signs. They’re an exercise in parental vanity and ego.
Random Stranger was going to crash into your car, but WAIT, they saw your sign and decided to not get into an accident with you, because you have a Baby on Board!
The people hauling ass down your residential street - the ones who ignore speed limits, school zones, and even stop signs - they don’t care if your kids are playing there. They don’t care if they’re breaking the speed limit in your neighborhood. Some people even see that sign as some weird affront to their driving ability and go a wee bit fast, to spite the sign.
Very few people see those signs and actually slow down. The ones that do are looking for your kids - the ones who are never outside where the damn sign is.
Put away the sign. We have enough nanny-state laws as it is, no need to hall monitor your block. If people are breaking the law, call the police. If you annoy them enough, they may park a cruiser on your street for a few days, which will definitely slow people down more than your tiny turtle lookin dude.
@Thumperchick I think I saw someplace that the Baby on Board signs are supposed to alert emergency personnel that there might be a baby in the car (or ejected) in the event of a crash, not somehow convince people to not crash into the car in the first place.
@chienfou Someone told me that once, and I said geez, you’d think people would pick something a little more robust than a novelty-grade suction cup to attach a sign intended to survive a wreck.
I have never seen the signs described in the video. By that, I mean I don’t think they exist in my area, not that I am oblivious to them (but I suppose that is a possibility).
I guess I am in the minority, but I think this really is a case of it bothering people more than it should. People occasionally use neighborhoods (in which they do not live) as “short-cuts” between major thoroughfares and will fail to re-calibrate their driving style accordingly. The signs are just a reminder to the driver that he has left the major traffic artery. The hope is that it is (perhaps) more conspicuous than the speed limit sign which is also almost certainly present. It doesn’t mean “make sure you don’t hit my kids” and any claims that it reeks of nanny-state or suggesting that parents are pawning off responsibility are specious.
Anybody who will, out of spite, intentionally speed up and drive “worse” is not just an a-hole but an idiot.
@DrWorm I was going to post something similar. Driving ends up being either a game for a lot of people or just something to do as quickly as possible. So, it’s very easy to forget about possible consequences of speeding.
Signs like this are posted in a specific part of my neighborhood, where the asphalt road is faster than other brick roads nearby and it is the only realistic alternative to bypass a traffic light one block over. Very easy to go 35 when the speed limit is 15, and there are a lot of young kids on that block. The sign is a good reminder, it adds a little bit of meaning to an otherwise arbitrary-feeling speed limit number.
I have never seen these signs either, except the turtles with hats, but only near a school driveway. To those of you who have, and noted therected are no children anywhere to be seen is most likely because they are all inside playing those R-rated video games and watching R-rated movies because both parents work (or are oblivious) and no one is around to watch out for them. A lot of parents today (not ALL) are more concerned with being their childs’ “friend” instead of setting boundaries, good examples & teaching important life lessons. You’re doing your children a great dis-service. They crave rules and consistency. If these signs were in existence 30+ years ago, then I could see their necessity. That’s when kids still played outside and used their imaginations creating games and such. Sorry for standing on the soap box, I’ll get down now. I’m just so sick of kids growing up feeling entitled, un/under disciplined and without social skills. Again, I am not talking about every child or parent, sadly, just the majority. All you need to do is go to any supermarket, movie theater or restaurant where they hire HS kids. They barely make eye contact with you and if they do, they’re usually rolling their eyes or look like a deer in headlights. Again, sorry for the rant and yes, possibly this bothers me more than it should.
Recently, in southern California, the illuminated freeway signs read: “Be alert Pedestrians Don’t Have Armor.” Am I missing something?! 1. Pedestrians are not supposed to be on the freeway. 2. Armor would not properly protect them from a 75 mph vehicle. Anyone able to clue me in on what I am missing?
WHAT?!?!?! no LED light or bluetooth speaker psh MEH
Well said.
Every time you drive by and look at one of those signs is another 2-3 seconds you’re not looking at where you’re driving. The sign putter uppers are just contributing to the problem!
Beats speed bumps, I guess.
@KDemo
I watched a jerk driving in the parking lot of a college going a couple times over the speed limit not just in the parking lot (where there are constantly a lot of pedestrians), but even over one of the speed bumps.
I was disappointed that nothing happened to the car.
Live like your kids drive here!!!
@PocketBrain Yeah that would be true. I used to live on a dead end street where the kids play in the street. Then some of the kids became old enough to drive. Then it wasn’t safe to be any where near the street…
DRIVE LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING
CHANGE LANES WITHOUT SIGNALING LIKE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN HURT
Based on the way Irk moves when he walks, what must his legs look like?
@miko1 an arm.
We do not have this signage in our area yet.
My kids know how to look out for cars and follow the laws, so they want me to drive more reckless? I will continue to drive like ‘your’ idiot kids live here, the kids that chase after a ball into the street without looking. The kids that try to skateboard with traffic, the ones that run stop signs with their bikes, the kids that expect you to stop for them when j-walk across the street instead of waiting for your car to pass.
I will continue to drive like your idiot kid lives here, I can’t afford the car insurance if I didn’t.
edit:
Sorry not idiot kid, but undisciplined spoiled child.
Don’t get me started on parking lot runners.
@caffeine_dude you assume so much about other people’s kids here - while also assuming your kid is not an idiot. Or spoiled, or undisciplined.
Some kids are runners - and it has jack shit to do with discipline. Some of these kids are also escape artists.
Everyone’s kid does dumb shit sometimes. So I’ll keep driving like your kid is a kid and might have a dumbass moment. You do the same and maybe all of our kids make it home safely.
@Thumperchick
The sign implies my kid is going to do this and it pissed me off, I spent time making sure they would not run into a road without looking.
The examples are real live kids I have experienced. I did not mention my neighbor kids that uses the driveway as a ramp to speed into the road in a small unpowered car, (think Fred Flintstone) so far all they get is honked at, my wife said something to the kids, and the honking has stopped, but it is also cold out, so we will see.
We have never seen the parents out there saying anything, but at least they are not out there yelling at the drivers and telling them to “slow down my kids are playing over here”, or putting up signs.
Ever see those little “slow down” plastic statues that look kinda like a kid holding a flag? Whenever I see one I instinctively pump my breaks. I guess that means they’re effective, but I’m not sure that’s the best outcome.
@ACraigL Ouch too many false positives will diminish your driving skill.
@ACraigL I was going to mention this sign. A neighborhood that I sometimes drive through has that sign, it also says, “Kids at play.” They leave it out constantly, even at night. I’ve never seen any kids playing. I don’t react to it. I just drive at a normal speed.
@ACraigL You mean that’s not a turtle?
@ACraigL Yes! I have yet to see any kids playing within a block of any of these signs.
@ACraigL I see these far more often than the Drive Like Your Kids Live Here signs, these or the Slow Children At Play signs.
Turtle Boy!
@darksaber99999 I thought I was the only one who thought they look like turtles! I wasn’t aware anyone could place them wherever…I have only seen them near schools.
@bloondie2 I feel like a school ought to have a more official warning sign than a plastic turtle anyone can buy. In my area all the schools have big official DOT signs and now basically all of them have flashing yellow lights to alert drivers of when reduced speed limits are in effect.
“Drive like your kids live here”… and what… I should pull into your driveway…? Because if my kids lived there that’s what I would be doing…
@chienfou Wouldn’t that be “Park like your kids live here”?
@Ziggie After you drive into the driveway…
@chienfou ohhhhh…yeah, that makes sense.
@chienfou you’re onto something here. Part of driving is pulling into a driveway and parking. In particular, as a parent, that’s generally the part you do the most where your kids live. Feel free to start a DLYKLH driveway invasion movement.
@chienfou Love it, then walk into their house without knocking.
@chienfou @Ziggie Drive on the parkway, park in the driveway.
Why do they assume I’m driving? I could be jogging, or bicycling, or riding in the back of my pimped-out stretch limo drinking champagne. Did they ever think of that, huh? Well, did they?
@rockblossom evidently not…
Here we have roadside shrines where pedestrians have been killed. Those definitely get my attention, especially when they are on residential streets. Not “slow down, somebody could get killed”, but “slow down, somebody was killed”. Even if you don’t slow down for fear of a repeat, it’s sobering to know someone’s life was abruptly ended there.
I’ve often considered having some bumper stickers printed up that say “Parent your kids so I don’t have to” and pasting them on such signs. Maybe it’s not pertinent in this situation (I think it is) but I feel like many so-called parents want society to raise their kids for them. It makes me want to cry whenever, for example, some parent/parents group gets up in arms about a TV Show or a Video Game being inappropriate for their children when there are rating systems in place for exactly that reason to guide the parent in selecting age-appropriate content for their kids.
Dear parents of the world, please use the rating systems, enact parental controls on your cable box, don’t buy little Timmy the game ‘all of his friends have’ without doing your due diligence, and for the love of your children teach them how to cross the street safely and that the roads are not a playground. I get it, you want people to drive slowly in your neighborhood, but that’s why the government has enacted a residential speed limit of 30 M.P.H. and slower limits where there are schools. Instead of glaring at law abiding drivers as they pass while frantically waving your arms about maybe you should keep your eyes on your child.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And yes, I’m sure when/if I become a parent I might behave just as irrationally, but while I’m still sane this is where I sit.
@medz I heard a comedian say one time he wondered what happened to all the slow children when they grew up, then it hit him when he saw the sign on the highway: Slow workers ahead.
I’m enough of a contrarian that signs like this (high in command language and nanny-ish intent) only make me want to drive more recklessly. I group them with the insanely slow “made for minivans” suggested speeds around sharp turns. I don’t actually drive more recklessly, but if I ever snap, you can bet part of the fallout will be me making it my goal to at least double the speed limit every time I see one of these.
Also, DLYKLH signs are usually in suburban places that already have 30mph or less limits and roads that are 3-4 cars wide. If your kids can’t avoid an incident with that much going for them, they might deserve what they get.
I always feel like going over to the sign and taking onto it, I don’t like MY brats. Why should I care about yours?
I don’t drive through the playground.
Please don’t let your kids play in the street.
I think these signs are akin to the “baby on board” signs. They’re an exercise in parental vanity and ego.
Random Stranger was going to crash into your car, but WAIT, they saw your sign and decided to not get into an accident with you, because you have a Baby on Board!
The people hauling ass down your residential street - the ones who ignore speed limits, school zones, and even stop signs - they don’t care if your kids are playing there. They don’t care if they’re breaking the speed limit in your neighborhood. Some people even see that sign as some weird affront to their driving ability and go a wee bit fast, to spite the sign.
Very few people see those signs and actually slow down. The ones that do are looking for your kids - the ones who are never outside where the damn sign is.
Put away the sign. We have enough nanny-state laws as it is, no need to hall monitor your block. If people are breaking the law, call the police. If you annoy them enough, they may park a cruiser on your street for a few days, which will definitely slow people down more than your tiny turtle lookin dude.
@Thumperchick I think I saw someplace that the Baby on Board signs are supposed to alert emergency personnel that there might be a baby in the car (or ejected) in the event of a crash, not somehow convince people to not crash into the car in the first place.
@jqubed …or maybe not ! Snopes
@chienfou Someone told me that once, and I said geez, you’d think people would pick something a little more robust than a novelty-grade suction cup to attach a sign intended to survive a wreck.
@chienfou The signs seen misguided, then. I can’t imagine they’re very effective.
Also, I haven’t seen any of the parody signs before, but “Baby Carries No Cash” is already my favorite.
@jqubed Driver Carries 20 Rounds of Ammo
I have never seen the signs described in the video. By that, I mean I don’t think they exist in my area, not that I am oblivious to them (but I suppose that is a possibility).
I guess I am in the minority, but I think this really is a case of it bothering people more than it should. People occasionally use neighborhoods (in which they do not live) as “short-cuts” between major thoroughfares and will fail to re-calibrate their driving style accordingly. The signs are just a reminder to the driver that he has left the major traffic artery. The hope is that it is (perhaps) more conspicuous than the speed limit sign which is also almost certainly present. It doesn’t mean “make sure you don’t hit my kids” and any claims that it reeks of nanny-state or suggesting that parents are pawning off responsibility are specious.
Anybody who will, out of spite, intentionally speed up and drive “worse” is not just an a-hole but an idiot.
@DrWorm I was going to post something similar. Driving ends up being either a game for a lot of people or just something to do as quickly as possible. So, it’s very easy to forget about possible consequences of speeding.
Signs like this are posted in a specific part of my neighborhood, where the asphalt road is faster than other brick roads nearby and it is the only realistic alternative to bypass a traffic light one block over. Very easy to go 35 when the speed limit is 15, and there are a lot of young kids on that block. The sign is a good reminder, it adds a little bit of meaning to an otherwise arbitrary-feeling speed limit number.
I have never seen these signs either, except the turtles with hats, but only near a school driveway. To those of you who have, and noted therected are no children anywhere to be seen is most likely because they are all inside playing those R-rated video games and watching R-rated movies because both parents work (or are oblivious) and no one is around to watch out for them. A lot of parents today (not ALL) are more concerned with being their childs’ “friend” instead of setting boundaries, good examples & teaching important life lessons. You’re doing your children a great dis-service. They crave rules and consistency. If these signs were in existence 30+ years ago, then I could see their necessity. That’s when kids still played outside and used their imaginations creating games and such. Sorry for standing on the soap box, I’ll get down now. I’m just so sick of kids growing up feeling entitled, un/under disciplined and without social skills. Again, I am not talking about every child or parent, sadly, just the majority. All you need to do is go to any supermarket, movie theater or restaurant where they hire HS kids. They barely make eye contact with you and if they do, they’re usually rolling their eyes or look like a deer in headlights. Again, sorry for the rant and yes, possibly this bothers me more than it should.
Recently, in southern California, the illuminated freeway signs read: “Be alert Pedestrians Don’t Have Armor.” Am I missing something?! 1. Pedestrians are not supposed to be on the freeway. 2. Armor would not properly protect them from a 75 mph vehicle. Anyone able to clue me in on what I am missing?
One example of a sign below.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pedestrians-Dont-Have-Armor-Signs-Around-San-Diego-415507383.html
@connorbush maybe it was meant as a notice, i.e. they won’t scratch your paint job or ruin your rims.
My favorite unPC SoCal road sign is still: