to think people should be able to park more considerately outside the school

ha ha - good luck

It is a serious on-going problem at our school. We are on a main road, in the middle of a residential are and surrounded by double yellow lines.

yesterday, I saw a traffic warden explaining very politely to a parent that it wouldn't hurt his child for them to walk for 10 mins or so if he parked a bit further away.

There is one (very vocal) parent who seems to think that she has a right to park on the double yellows merely because she is picking up her child

We have a supergrass lollipop lady who is quite willing to tell off parents freckle
And we get polite but firm letters home too
Lollipop lady even gets the police along from time to time (we also have a problem with [people driving the wrong side of the traffic island to save queuing in traffic for 30 secs FFS)
We live near the school and walk, and some of the parents' parking is an absolute menace to road safety for pedestrians and other vehicles

I called the traffic wardens today to ask them to send a patrol to the boys' primary school. There are a couple of parents who persistently park on the yellow zigzag keep clear signs, often blocking the view of children emerging from a footpath. I don't know why these parents think that the rules don't apply to them. It's not as if there is no other room in the road. There is, but they'd just have to walk a little further.

The wardens sent a patrol up previously, but they just came 3 days on the trot when the offenders avoided parking there and then things went straight back to normal when they didn't appear.

I've asked them to send up irregular patrols and that they arrive at 3.20pm rather than 3pm, so that they can see what it's like.

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