Pregnant women should be given a one-use blue flashing light, like the ones the police use when they commandeer a civilian vehicle, to put on their cars so people know to give them way on the way to deliver the baby. Of course it would be a crime for a car without a woman going into labour to...

+209 Pregnant women should be given a one-use blue flashing light, like the ones the police use when they commandeer a civilian vehicle, to put on their cars so people know to give them way on the way to deliver the baby. Of course it would be a crime for a car without a woman going into labour to use it, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Very rarely do women need to 'rush' to the hospital. More often than not labor takes a very long time.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You wanna take the risk?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Considering it's very low risk, sure. There are a lot of reasons a person could need to get to the hospital right away, with about the same probability of it actually being needed. Should we give everyone these lights?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I've always thought delivering a new life, which you have put in great effort to sustain for nine months, is more important than anything else. Plus, it would be more effective to wait for an ambulance and paramedics for life-threatening injuries. Pregnant women can actually walk to the car with little or no assistance or ill effects

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Probably not if it's an actual emergency where they need to get to the hospital immediately. I imagine that walking would be a pretty painful experience if you happen upon the small chance of being pregnant and needing to get to the hospital asap.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But they could if they really had to. A person with smashed legs couldn't walk no matter what and would need an ambulance no matter how fast he needs to get to the hospital to save him from blood loss. the light is to help people with things that are predictable. Giving birth, alive or dead, is an inevitability once someone is pregnant, but there's no way to predict a car crash or getting shot.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well this was a thrilling conversation. I admit you make a good point. Its just too easy to try and argue with people on the internet i admit i fall prey much too often.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

At first I read this as a flashing blue car, and I thought it would be kind of inconvenient and take up a lot of space

by Anonymous 11 years ago