AIBU to continue turning in the school gate?

I walk past a primary school at drop off, there’s always a Land Rover (driver sat in it) where they have mounted the pavement. Taking no notice of Y5/6 pupils walking alone or parents with pushchairs. The ignorance and entitlement is shocking.

Clearly you need to park infront of someone's driveway and walk your little darling to the gates.

Unless this is a joke you are being totally and utterly selfish.

YY carry on doing what suits you and fuck the rest of the world. Your child must be proud.

The cul de sac which leads to our local primary school entrance was made no entry for vehicles (except for residents) at school drop off/pick up times to protect children walking to school.

Except of course for some selfish parents who thought that didn’t apply to them as their precious child needed to be dropped oh so close to the gate.

Park further away & walk, OP, or continue being a twat and putting other people’s children at risk for your own convenience.

Someone regularly parks right across the zebra crossing by DD’s nursery, with her hazard lights on because she’s only going to be 2 mins.

So I believe OP is genuine. Some people are just selfish and oblivious.

clearly not a reverse - OP can only do 3 point turns in restricted areas 😂

It must be so nice to live in a world where only you matter.

‘Really hope this is a reverse..’.

Not sure whether it was intentional to call it ‘a reverse’ in a thread about driving and turning around… . Anyway, made me smile.

I’m assuming this is a reverse and OP isn’t the entitled twat she’s painting herself to be.

You park. You get out the car and walk your child to school. You walk back to your car and drive away.

Crikey. Has to be a reverse!

Presumably they’ve put up the sign because they think you and others turning around in the school might risk a child being run over.

Our school had to send something round basically saying ‘don’t act like a dick you’ll run a child over in the carpark ’ but in much nicer language as parents were ignoring the instructions they didn’t think applied to them.

You carry on driving and turn around at a safe spot, or do a loop around another road and come back on yourself. Obviously the school have decided its not safe to turn at the back gate.

There's a school near us where parents occasionally do three point turns in the road despite oncoming traffic. Drives me mad.

Are you related to the drivers who think its necessary to mount the pavement outside our local school so that "technically" they aren't on the double yellow line?

(Nb... it is illegal parking and they get tickets when the police do their irregular checks. There are frequent near misses)

erm....... just drop you child off a bit further away from the school gates surely?? If Child is too young to walk themselves just park somewhere safe further away and walk them in. Dont add to the traffic chaos.

Right, what you need is a big big car. Whatever you've got, get a bigger one. Got an Astra? You need a range Rover. Got a range rover? Buy a bus. Got a bus? Buy a double Decker bus. Really let the school and all the other parents know you need all the space in the road, you are the most important of all road users and you don't give a shit about their children or their safety. Fuck it, run a few reception kids over, that'll teach them.

Or, park further away where it's easy to turn and walk in with your DC.

Park somewhere else where you can easily turn and walk your children a little way, it won't kill them or you to use your legs.

Stop being a twat and take notice of the sign.

Be the parent who knocks down and kills one of the kids, as happened at the school someone I know worked at.

Oh sure. The sign is clearly not meant for you. You're special.

They don't mean you, carry on. It's everyone else causing bother, you're far too special to kill a child.

It's unreasonable for a car driver to expect to be able to drive so close to the school to do drop offs, even more so if using their gate to turn around. Sounds like time the school block off the roadway outside at school start/finish time for children's safety! Just park further away and walk your child to school if they're too young to walk themselves.

This back gate to the school - is it an access point for children? I can totally understand why they wouldn’t want this being used by vehicles to turn. Find a local street or stopping place further away and walk a short distance to the school?

I’m sure as the parent of a child attending the school you can appreciate their position to keep children safe and want to do everything you can to look after the safety of your DD and other children

Yeah. Go for it. Absolutely. The sign applies to everyone except you. Your convenience is priority here. If you get out of the car and take a close look I bet you'll find "except Yourname" in small letters at the bottom.

Just run passing children over, OP. I mean, you wouldn't want to have to drive on past the school to circle around to where you want to be, right?