Page 3 | One of nursery staff left their car running

EnglishBrits · 2026-05-06T08:07:09+00:00

Whilst she went into side to drop of her children. It was off nursery premises and she works part time and children attend the nursery as well. Aibu to report it? She does it daily.

TeaPot496 · 06/05/2026 17:12

A well timed visit from parking enforcement or PCSO will deal with it..

Nursemumma92 · 06/05/2026 17:11

EnglishBrits · 06/05/2026 10:41

Leaving a car running..... Yeah all well until her kid in the back of the car goes on the handbrake and her car crushes a kid????

But it will move if the kid takes the handbrake off whether or not the engine is running? I agree the engine shouldn't be left on but your point doesn't make sense to me as you agreed with another poster it was safe to leave them in the car but not with the engine running?

xyz75 · 06/05/2026 17:10

Report to who exactly?

SingedSoul · 06/05/2026 17:06

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:31

And it's nursery so parents will be with the small children, lots of them strapped into buggies, holding hands, being carried etc...

It's not like a madman is driving through a school field at playtime in a tank....

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Madman is driving through a school field at playtime in a tank....

I'll keep checking the tabloids for this headline! 😆

Original poster

EnglishBrits · 06/05/2026 16:54

Sesma · 06/05/2026 16:10

Why did OP suddenly have a child in the back seat when the thread wasn't going her way

No. It doesn't matter.

Ultimately a car shouldn't be running regardless if it's empty or not.

The women was no where to be seen.

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Catwalking · 06/05/2026 16:49

JohnofWessex · 06/05/2026 16:40

In Highway Code speak Must Not means its illegal Should / ShouldNot is a reccomendation

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Precisely 👌

JohnofWessex · 06/05/2026 16:40

Catwalking · 06/05/2026 16:33

have any of you read your highway code?
“Rule 123 of The Highway Code looks at ‘The Driver and the Environment’. It states that drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while the vehicle is stationary on a public road.”
And if i do it in my car an alarm sounds!!

In Highway Code speak Must Not means its illegal Should / ShouldNot is a reccomendation

MotherofPufflings · 06/05/2026 16:39

AgnesMcDoo · 06/05/2026 16:27

It’s real easy to see why totalitarian regimes are so stable because so much of the population love to report things.

This. I wouldn't personally do what this particular driver has been doing, but I'm rolling my eyes at all the posters desperate to tell tales on the naughty rule-breaker. Ostensibly because they have the best interests of asthmatic children at heart but in reality because they like feeling superior.

Catwalking · 06/05/2026 16:33

have any of you read your highway code?
“Rule 123 of The Highway Code looks at ‘The Driver and the Environment’. It states that drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while the vehicle is stationary on a public road.”
And if i do it in my car an alarm sounds!!

ButterYellowFlowers · 06/05/2026 16:33

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:31

And it's nursery so parents will be with the small children, lots of them strapped into buggies, holding hands, being carried etc...

It's not like a madman is driving through a school field at playtime in a tank....

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A car was left running by a man on my road a few years ago and someone got in it and smashed it into another car. Leaving the car running means other people can drive it.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 06/05/2026 16:33

JohnofWessex · 06/05/2026 16:32

This isnt the only thread with entitled drivers alas

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Makes a change from entitled cyclists then.

JohnofWessex · 06/05/2026 16:32

Tekknonan · 06/05/2026 15:05

Apart from the fact it's illegal and adds to the pollution of the environment, what is there to worry about here?

A lot of entitled drivers on this thread.

This isnt the only thread with entitled drivers alas

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:31

SingedSoul · 06/05/2026 16:23

It's not Herbie went Bananas or Kit from Knight Rider. I assume the handbrake is on, it's in neutral and she hasn't put a brick on the accelerator or tied an unsuspecting infant to her gearstick.

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And it's nursery so parents will be with the small children, lots of them strapped into buggies, holding hands, being carried etc...

It's not like a madman is driving through a school field at playtime in a tank....

ButterYellowFlowers · 06/05/2026 16:28

Technically it’s illegal if on a public road. Though not a private driveway.

AgnesMcDoo · 06/05/2026 16:27

It’s real easy to see why totalitarian regimes are so stable because so much of the population love to report things.

AgnesMcDoo · 06/05/2026 16:24

Flamingojune · 06/05/2026 16:17

I might start cycling on the pavement if we're letting things go

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Legal to do exactly that in lots of places

SingedSoul · 06/05/2026 16:24

EnglishBrits · 06/05/2026 13:31

Are you unhinged?

Apart from the air pollution we don't leave cars running whilst we aren't in them

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Are you? You've left your mind in the glove compartment and your humour on the M6.

Sesma · 06/05/2026 16:24

Flamingojune · 06/05/2026 16:17

I might start cycling on the pavement if we're letting things go

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it's what most people seem to do

SingedSoul · 06/05/2026 16:23

BleedinglyObvious · 06/05/2026 16:05

Fat lot of use that would be if the unattended car killed a toddler or two.

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It's not Herbie went Bananas or Kit from Knight Rider. I assume the handbrake is on, it's in neutral and she hasn't put a brick on the accelerator or tied an unsuspecting infant to her gearstick.

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:21

Flamingojune · 06/05/2026 16:17

I might start cycling on the pavement if we're letting things go

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Do it, loads of people do!

Feel free to notify the police next time you see someone doing it...

SingedSoul · 06/05/2026 16:19

Absolutely. Report it to the King of The World, then please update us with how that goes.

Flamingojune · 06/05/2026 16:17

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:10

Like park the wrong way in the road at night... Getting drunk down the pub... Honking horn for aggressive reasons... Littering etc

All sorts of illegal things happen every day...

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I might start cycling on the pavement if we're letting things go

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:11

Ironplate · 06/05/2026 16:08

Who would know how many asthma attacks are caused by the high levels of pollution caused by cars idling outside schools? But we do know it's some, and increasing, whilst, thank fully RTA deaths are reducing.

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I'm going to guess zero toddlers have been killed by unattended parked idling cars...

Sesma · 06/05/2026 16:10

Why did OP suddenly have a child in the back seat when the thread wasn't going her way

tnorfotkcab · 06/05/2026 16:10

Flamingojune · 06/05/2026 16:05

Ooh like what?

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Like park the wrong way in the road at night... Getting drunk down the pub... Honking horn for aggressive reasons... Littering etc

All sorts of illegal things happen every day...