So many fat kids around, we should encourage walking more.
As someone who lives next to a school, I can confirm it’s the parents who cause chaos outside my house twice a day every day. They’ll park across your drive, in your drive and anywhere else it suits them so they can get a few yards closer to the school.
We had this trial scheme in Denbishire about 3 years ago and it’s never been repeated or implemented, I’m convinced it;s just an excuse for councils and consultants to syphon money.
How it worked :- Two metal barriers placed across the road by two council workers with a PCSO which get man handled out of the way when needed. Turning cars away and speaking to drivers trying to work out who should and shouldn’t go down the road just caused complete chaos with the surrounding main roads gridlocked.
Safter for pupils :- 5 to 10 mph around the school gates is the norm for most parents. During the trial, the cars are all pushed back to main through roads so traffic is heavier and where it is moving, it’s moving much faster. The effect is where children would have had a 100 yard walk around slow moving traffic, they now have a 500 yard walk alongside main roads with heavier traffic and ultimately longer periods of exposure to fumes and traffic risk.
I’m all for making the journy to school safer and reducing polution but these schemes just move the problems and risks elsewhere.
I wonder given technology whether a £10 daily charge with a defined set of exemptions would have as much effect.
Or cameras that can be used so that the parents who park across drives or where it is not permitted end up with large fines, or better still, points on their licence.
I’m all for these kind of changes. If it makes it safer for kids then brilliant. Drivers only care about themselves. I am constantly seeing cars fly over zebra crossings by our school while we’re waiting.
People moan at my kids school but not once have I seen someone park across someone drive. The funny thing is the school been their for over 100years so people knew when buying there house that people will be picking the kids up
Great news, normally I hate all these nanny state policies, but people are so fucking lazy, a lot of the time it’s so they don’t change out of their pyjamas to get their kids to school on time. Some can’t even manage a 5-10 minute walk.
Lol, OP genuinely taught people will sympathise towards motorists over safety of school kids.
I’d say yup, keep cars well away from schools, sports grounds and parks (barring blue-badge spots).
Used to commute almost past a primary school and there were Polcie out at the start of every term reminding parents that throwing a 5year old out onto the kerb to cross the road themselves was insufficient and they needed to park (in the car park!) and walk their kids to the gate.
My boss is next to a primary school and he’s seen cars pull up that he knows are from houses <300yards away. Just walk FFS.
I’m battling the school run parkers who stop on yellow zigzags. I take a picture and send to the police, council and school. I have been assaulted twice so far and had abuse for just taking a picture of the offence.
Some parents are horrible and their kids seem to be the same.
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So many fat kids around, we should encourage walking more.
As someone who lives next to a school, I can confirm it’s the parents who cause chaos outside my house twice a day every day. They’ll park across your drive, in your drive and anywhere else it suits them so they can get a few yards closer to the school.
We had this trial scheme in Denbishire about 3 years ago and it’s never been repeated or implemented, I’m convinced it;s just an excuse for councils and consultants to syphon money.
How it worked :- Two metal barriers placed across the road by two council workers with a PCSO which get man handled out of the way when needed. Turning cars away and speaking to drivers trying to work out who should and shouldn’t go down the road just caused complete chaos with the surrounding main roads gridlocked.
Safter for pupils :- 5 to 10 mph around the school gates is the norm for most parents. During the trial, the cars are all pushed back to main through roads so traffic is heavier and where it is moving, it’s moving much faster. The effect is where children would have had a 100 yard walk around slow moving traffic, they now have a 500 yard walk alongside main roads with heavier traffic and ultimately longer periods of exposure to fumes and traffic risk.
I’m all for making the journy to school safer and reducing polution but these schemes just move the problems and risks elsewhere.
I wonder given technology whether a £10 daily charge with a defined set of exemptions would have as much effect.
Or cameras that can be used so that the parents who park across drives or where it is not permitted end up with large fines, or better still, points on their licence.
I’m all for these kind of changes. If it makes it safer for kids then brilliant. Drivers only care about themselves. I am constantly seeing cars fly over zebra crossings by our school while we’re waiting.
People moan at my kids school but not once have I seen someone park across someone drive. The funny thing is the school been their for over 100years so people knew when buying there house that people will be picking the kids up
Great news, normally I hate all these nanny state policies, but people are so fucking lazy, a lot of the time it’s so they don’t change out of their pyjamas to get their kids to school on time. Some can’t even manage a 5-10 minute walk.
Lol, OP genuinely taught people will sympathise towards motorists over safety of school kids.
Given that cars kill kids
[Sports pitch car crash victim is girl, 10, police say](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgz472y4p3o)
I’d say yup, keep cars well away from schools, sports grounds and parks (barring blue-badge spots).
Used to commute almost past a primary school and there were Polcie out at the start of every term reminding parents that throwing a 5year old out onto the kerb to cross the road themselves was insufficient and they needed to park (in the car park!) and walk their kids to the gate.
My boss is next to a primary school and he’s seen cars pull up that he knows are from houses <300yards away. Just walk FFS.
I’m battling the school run parkers who stop on yellow zigzags. I take a picture and send to the police, council and school. I have been assaulted twice so far and had abuse for just taking a picture of the offence.
Some parents are horrible and their kids seem to be the same.
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