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

In my area it is chaos at school time. We are over run with traffic wardens at other times of the day but at school time they are all in the pay and display car parks ( of which there are many) ticketing the people who have overstayed by one minute. It is easier than being abused by parents.

Police officers can give points for parking offences.

I suggest that if they did it would 'deter' at least some drivers

Either that or start towing

It’s not a new thing , my kids are 33 and 35 and we had dickheads parking irresponsibly then . I regularly drive past my local primary school and the parking is crazy , on the double yellow lines , the zigzag lines , over residents drives . Today I saw a parent doing a three point turn outside the school gates!!!! . 8.45 am really busy with parents and children .
some parents leave their brains at home on the school run and it’s often the ones in big SUVs and 4x4s.

My kids' school is always emailing about this. It's a real issue.

My Dad lives opposite a primary school. There was this one parent who parked on his driveway every day, blocking his car in. He repeatedly asked her not to, to which she giggled and said "Ooh but it's so handy" 🙄 The head eventually managed to get her to stop, so now she parks on the zig zags instead. What a prize tosser.

It is hardly likely to happen though is it? There has been more children killed riding a bike to school in the past couple of years than children being dropped off safely by parents. But that fact is too inconvenient a truth for the anti car brigade agenda pushers!

At our school they show up every couple of weeks and on the days they do, people suddenly seem to be very considerate drivers and parkers. Next day it's back to normal. I think unless they are there daily it makes no difference. The area we are in is very suburban so they would never just be passing by.

Think about your logic there. A car driver killed a child... but you say it doesnt count as the child was on a bicycle instead of on foot.

No prizes for guessing if you are one of the offenders, @Wishingplenty

Yes but schools actively encourage children to cycle to school instead of been driven by their parents, pretending there are no risks involved. Where I live two children were killed by vans within a year of each other whilst cycling to school. There have been no children killed so far by children being dropped off by parents, not to my knowledge anyway.

Apologies, meant to cite @Wishingplenty. I've now amended my post!

YABU for asking if YABU! Its against the law isnt it for that kind of parking?

Nope sorry I am not. However I have witnessed vigilante type behaviour from parents directed at other parents and the outcome was not good. I don't think it is good to encourage parents to turn on each other, often the "do gooders" end up causing the most harm.

@Wishingplenty we are not the "anti car brigade" - I and DH are both drivers, as are most parents. I am, however, an anti "selfish parent driver" . It's fine to drive your child to school if you have to, but there is absolutely no need to park dangerously, block driveways, park on yellow lines or zig zags etc. people who do that are incredibly entitled and have no worries about putting children in danger

They dont care.

Im sure I their minds they have a reason
I have to get to work
Im in a rush
I cant park further away
We'll be late
Its only a few minutes
Everyone does it
Its not a big deal

Agree. I live very near a school and it seems parents turn into monsters at drop off and pick up times. We get sworn at or screamed at if we point out that theyre blocking a drive or parking dangerously. Just park a little further away. Often the parents and their kids who park on the zig zags look like a bit of exercise would benefit.

Tbf near us you really have to drive at 2mph and be super vigilant to avoid an accident. There's a road just next to the high school that we have to turn right into to get DCs to the nursery behind, and the boys on bikes appear out of nowhere and bomb across without looking. It's really frightening when you think you've done your checks and can see all the pedestrians stopped but then the bikes don't. I do crawl and just stop if I see a hint of a wheel.

I know lots wouldn't though.

By people, do you actually mean parents?
because you can say that.

The argument will be "But where do you expect us to park?", as though parking at the immediate destination is a right akin to breathing (breathing apparently less of a right, for the children who stand breathing the fumes from their idling engines as they wait on the zig zags). Because people cannot countenance walking a couple of streets. Of course they would be horrified if they had to explain to their DC that a classmate was dead. I imagine each one thinks they personally are only making things a little bit unsafe, and don't stop to think that their selfishness multiplied by many parents means significant danger for a lot of children.

Agree, I guess they're thinking of people with disabilities? But I wouldn't think OP meant those who legally can park differently due to this.
A lot of people who don't have kids think that those of us who do these days tend to be very entitled. Can't deny a lot are. But I suppose a generation or two ago, most mums didn't have to rush to work, and grandma/dad often didn't work so could help with pick ups, roads were quieter, schools were smaller so parking spots weren't all taken, and generally kids were better behaved, so less last minute rushing, so it was easier in the past.
But it's no excuse, and I wouldn't park badly.

Bizarrest thing here is the school has a car park that parents can use... but apparently parking on the housing estate opposite is better.

Just responding to the yellow lines part - don’t forget, those with blue badges can legally park on double yellow lines for up to 3 hours, as long as they are not blocking anyone’s driveway or obstructing a lane.