To think people shouldn't park on yellow lines or park dangerously near schools?

Oh my goodness that’s awful.

They need to start doling out heavy fines and points and CCTV. That’s the only way things will improve.

Completely agree. There’s a school near us where two children have been hit by cars right outside the gate in the last 6 months.

They should yes. However, unfortunately every school has a small group of hardcore entitled arseholes who cannot possibly be expected to use their legs for more than 20 steps. Some don't even get out the car.

I also hate the parents that don't switch the engine off and leave the car idling whilst they sit waiting on the school run - best of it is in order to get their "space" they are there 40 mins before school drop off and collection.

The head has done everything they can, the police have been out. They just continue their selfish behavior.

I have actually noticed (many round us have personalised numberplates) that they are entitled arseholes wherever they are, not just the school run. I regularly see the zig zag/ drive blocking/ engine idling knob head's cars parked in disabled spaces, across dropped curbs, on double yellow lines, up on the path so no-one can walk past them. It's just who they are.

Just wondering if the headteacher thought to ask the parents directly why they are parking there before contacting the police? It seems extreme to call the police on children's parents. Have they ever thought of the knock on effect on the wellbeing of the children in her care if the police choose to act on it. The implications for the children could be severe if parents get into trouble.That should be at the forefront of any good headteachers mind instead of willy nilly contacting the police.

Who are the 18% who think you are being unreasonable?!

Assume they are guilty of doing it. I live near a school and it drives me nuts the amount of entitled parents I see.

I don't think there is anything that can be done. Our school send out at least one email a week about it (with pictures), the head comes out, some times they have the traffic wardens down. I live about 2-3 minutes walk from the gate and no one parks this far down even though there is plenty of room. We are all worried there will be a bad accident due to the road layout how people leave their cars, only yesterday my husband saw an extremely close call, and it's regular. And these are all parents, so I can't quite work it out. I overheard a couple of them finding the school emails about poor parking funny when they had featured in them. I just hope none of their (or other) children 'feature' in an accident as a result.

Hard agree. Parents go absolutely insane over parking. We had several issues last year where parents were verbally abusive towards the (very nice) local parking warden in front of all the kids at drop off. I think the head teacher had to intervene at least once. Despite it all, parents still park and drive in an extremely dangerous and illegal manner.

I agree OP. It astounds me that they're usually parents at the school, but are perfectly happy to endanger their children's classmates for the sake of their own convenience.

Sheer laziness and lack of respect for authority. Me me me.
This happens every day God sends at DD (primary) school.
Same parents every day.
They trot over to the school gates and breeze past the Headteacher, HT has repeatedly had words about the zig zag parking, she's contacted LA, Police, sent out texts and emails and nothing changes.

There is definitely a very rebellious, hard core group of folks around here who just pathologically defy any rule, suggestion, or law.

Eldest DC and I saw a child launched 2 metre in the air after being hit by a speeding driver.
It was hideous, sobering and the child's poor mother was beside herself.
I will never forget it.

For some reason normakly sane and sensible people lose their minds near schools. Which logically, you would think they would act more cautiously than normal due to the sheer number of vulnerable pedestrians.

Completely agree. Common sense goes completely out the window during the school run - not to mention the vast increase in self entitlement and desire to break the law and ignore the Highway Code. Utter muppets.