Just been abused on the school run.. parking!

The abuse is wrong but living near a school at drop off times is pure hell.

because more often than not no cars are meant to stop on the road. So much erratic pulling in and pulling out. Darting in front of cars. Massive congestion because no one can get past because of all the dangerous parking.

it’s infuriating, when if you parked just off the main thoroughfare it would be easier and safer for everyone involved. Everyone says just 5 minutes But it’s that times 100 all at the same time!!!!!

she was probably being unreasonable and just snapped. No excuse but it’s over now and no lasting damage.

they just need to double yellow and anpr outside schools, the first few rounds of fines tends to change behaviour.

It's a dropped kerb. The white line is showing where she parked, but the whole thing is on a dropped kerb, so she shouldn't park there.

How you know it's not an actively used drive, I'm not clear.

Not the point of the thread, but if you and DH both do the school run, can you drive round the block a few times while he gets the kids? Not particularly environmentally friendly or good for your fuel consumption, but solves the parking problem?

Where the white mark is, is dropped though. It's not really relevant whether you think they still had enough room or not, you shouldn't park on a dropped kerb. And no one should abuse anyone, of course, but having seen and heard so many 'but it's only a little bit over', 'but I'll only be a minute' etc etc outside DCs primary, I imagine she was at the end of her tether. And presumably the red barriers are because others have parked on his drive, many times before.

She was out of order and reacted badly. However she’s probably at her wits end. If you was there and the silver car then no way could he get out safely at school pick up time with lots of people and cars around. I think the issue is with school parking is everyone’s in a rush and people park selfishly thinking that people can wait for ten minutes. If you were sat in the car then surely she could have asked for you to move?

It’s hardly an actively used drive

white lines are not enforceable

plenty of room to get out

can’t understand how anyone can conclude your blocking drive!

Do I understand that the silver car in the picture isn't yours? Yours was parked behind the large white mark and isn't pictured?

The silver car is parked slightly across the dropped kerb from what I can see so might be causing an issue, but if that isn't your car then you are not the cause of said issue.

If your own car was parked back from the large white mark then I would say you wouldn't have been encroaching onto the dropped kerb area, so were probably fine.

Whatever the case, abuse from the woman involved was unacceptable. However, it happens I'm afraid. Parking issues and squabbles about it are very common around schools, especially primary schools.

Hopefully you get a place at your local school soon.

Looks like you’re on a dropped kerb and although technically there’s room he wouldn’t be able to swing out easily (especially if a car opposite his drive)or see safely of oncoming traffic. Should not have been so abusive but suspect she (and her dad) have had to deal with it a lot.

Park where there’s more space OP. It’s simple. You’re parking like an idiot I’m afraid to say

Yes. People are commenting on the location of the white mark, which does appear to be beside the dropped curb.

Yes, the OP said they were parked where the white mark is- which looks like the kerb is dropped.

The white mark looks as if it’s slightly over the dropped kerb, and if there’s others parked like that silver car is, you’re making it very difficult between you for them to get in and out.

she shouldn’t have lost it but I had similar at one point when I needed clear access for me to get in and out for hospital stuff and it was just a stress that near broke me.

Agree you look like you’re on the dropped kerb. If you and dh are both doing the school drop off, but you wait in the car while he takes them, could you park slightly further away and he and dc walk? How far away are you?

It's a pic of the drive from Google, the red barriers likely aren't there anymore depending when Google drove down that road

Do people realise the car in the pic isn't op? It's a photo from Google. You were fine Op

Were you over the dropped kerb?

Your picture isn’t that clear, but it certainly looks like you are over the dropped kerb, which you shouldn’t be.

I think you're too close, but surely the red barriers blocking their drive are more of an impediment?

Even if you were technically not blocking the drive, it is really annoying when someone parks so snugly to a driveway that it’s tight to get out and limits your visibility.

That picture is not very clear because it mostly shows the drive and dropped curb where you obviously shouldn’t park and most of the back story is irrelevant. But if you were legally parked then you did nothing wrong. If however you were over the dropped curb even just a little bit or ignoring parking restrictions or something then he might have a point.

Park further away where you don’t need to block someone’s access to their property.

school parking seems to bring out the selfish is too many drivers.

The white mark does seem to be over the dropped kerb so you shouldn't have parked there. But obviously she shouldn't have reacted like that.

I live next door to a school and have a dropped kerb; periodically people do park over it and it is annoying. I understand it both ways; I do try to be patient with people.

I think you need to be the bigger person and just not do it again, however awful her response was.

It doesn’t really matter if there’s still room to squeeze out, none of your car should be over anyone’s driveway if there’s a dropped kerb (which it looks like). You don’t ’leave enough space to get out’, you can’t park on it at all.

You have to park further away, that’s it.

It does look like you were on the dropped kerb, unless it's my eyes.

That white mark looks like it does cover part of a dropped kerb though. She’s probably had enough of people doing this sort of thing too.