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Parents' parking around schools is getting more dangerous

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Nickynicks · 13/09/2024 21:28

A large primary school on the crossroads of a major A road and a busy B road. Parents used to park in the Lidl car park on the opposite corner and walked. Now they have installed APNR cameras and touchscreens in the packing area for shoppers to enter their reg details.

Now these parents are parking on the corners of the crossroads, making it difficult for drivers driving towards the crossroads. I drove past the school about 40 mins before the school closed and parents were already parking in dangerous positions like the above.

Another school which is en route for a colleague to go to work says parents are parking cars blocking entrances to side streets/cul de sacs.

The only thing to teach parents that this parking behaviour is unacceptable is to hit them in the pocket - fine them.

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Soonenough · 14/09/2024 06:22

Secondary school in middle of town has huge problems. An older building that has no parking facilities at all even for teachers. No place to go except the streets double parking even. People try to be considerate. What is the solution?

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Nickynicks · 14/09/2024 06:14

One high school there is a lay-by outside the school which fits 6-7 cars. Seen parents park in there and do their work in the car - not WFH, but WFC. Firstly must be difficult to work properly in a car, two, how sad and three, where do they go to the loo? Doubt school would let them.

Parents won’t change until a child gets killed or seriously injured because of selfish dangerous parking which causes blindspots

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Katemax82 · 14/09/2024 00:40

Is it in ashford kent?

JenniferBooth · 13/09/2024 23:43

Bluevelvetsofa · 13/09/2024 22:00

One of the worst things is that people park very early because they want to get as near to the school as possible, so for at least half an hour before school ends. In the colder weather, they sit with the engine running, causing even more pollution.

One of the arguments is always that people have to use cars to drop children off, but if you’ve got time to sit and wait for half an hour, I think you’re probably not rushing from work.

It’s a problem in all schools and, without sanction, which would probably involve police on a regular basis, there’s probably nothing to be done, except urge people to be more considerate and to promote walking to school, certainly at primary.

I live opposite a school and they park in the car parks here which is housing association property. They were parked here at 2.20pm today. Kids dont get out until 3.15pm I had one swear at me when i was being picked up in a car by a friend. My reply was "i bloody live here" Our HA did bring in parking tickets back in 2009 but the bloody wardens would ticket the cars belonging to tenants as well. Despite the fact we had parking permits in the windows next to the tax disc. We got one (DH no longer drives) and it took four months to get the money back.

Terracata · 13/09/2024 23:20

My son's school is like this, people parking all over the place. Doesn't bother me. They never hit any kids. Mostly sensible just very congested. Think it's part and parcel unfortunately.

ridl14 · 13/09/2024 23:18

I don't think the parking is awful outside the school I work in but it's the sudden pulling out and in, doing three point turns in the middle of the road, suddenly backing out into oncoming traffic, Ubers stopping in the middle of the road. Definitely frustrating at peak times

CraftyOP · 13/09/2024 22:36

People will only change if they decide themselves to be more considerate. Our school publish a walking zone to encourage people to park further away and it works quite well. Traffic is often horrific anyway so quicker to park further. What really gets my goat is the people that stop in the middle of the road for the kids to get out. It's a narrow road and gets congested if people stop in the middle of it, it always takes longer than they think.

LadyInDecline · 13/09/2024 22:11

I live very close to a primary school....I've seen it all over the years. The entitlement is ridiculous!!!

There is a single yellow line outside my house as we are so close and there is a school crossing. Parents park on the yellow line, block my drive, park on zig zags.....its endless. There is plenty of parking within a very short walk .....but everyone wants to be virtually in the yard!!!

The local council is now using a cctv car .....I love seeing it drive by knowing that lots of people will get tickets.

Snowpaw · 13/09/2024 22:05

I regularly have to dodge my daughter out of the way of drivers that just completely mount the curb, at some speed, with half their cars whilst we're walking past on the pavement. Complete dicks with no regard for anyone other than getting their stupid electric Tesla's as close to the school as possible as they have rushed from their important jobs and their needs are more important than the safety of children.

Bluevelvetsofa · 13/09/2024 22:00

One of the worst things is that people park very early because they want to get as near to the school as possible, so for at least half an hour before school ends. In the colder weather, they sit with the engine running, causing even more pollution.

One of the arguments is always that people have to use cars to drop children off, but if you’ve got time to sit and wait for half an hour, I think you’re probably not rushing from work.

It’s a problem in all schools and, without sanction, which would probably involve police on a regular basis, there’s probably nothing to be done, except urge people to be more considerate and to promote walking to school, certainly at primary.

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Nickynicks · 13/09/2024 21:52

TickingAlongNicely · 13/09/2024 21:45

Massive problem here with patents mounting the pavement so they aren't on the road on the double yellow line... the Police come out periodically but they can't control what they do when they aren't there

Put up random cameras outside schools for 2-3 days - don't tell parents when their DC;s school(s) will have cameras and fine any parent who parks on zig zags, DBY etc

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TickingAlongNicely · 13/09/2024 21:45

Massive problem here with patents mounting the pavement so they aren't on the road on the double yellow line... the Police come out periodically but they can't control what they do when they aren't there

TheSmallAssassin · 13/09/2024 21:45

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Or demand better? Why let people get away with this kind of dangerous, or even illegal, behaviour?

Baldyheed · 13/09/2024 21:34

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knittingdad · 13/09/2024 21:33

I was driving into town the other morning and was delighted when I had to wait for a group of 38 cyclists - mostly schoolchildren - cycled along the bypass across the junction I was waiting at, presumably on their way to school.

Seems like a better option than having to work out where dozens of cars are going to park.