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Parking illegally outside school

144 replies

deviladvocate · 13/03/2012 23:03

Had a big row this afternoon with one of the regular offenders at school - on the zig zag lines, no possible excuse, she was aggressive and entitled.

Head has spoken to the regular offenders, signs have already been attempted, there are regular reminders in the newsletter. All ignored.

We need some constructive ideas for how to address this, help!

OP posts:
Debeez · 14/03/2012 00:14

Unless you're in a van with "Free Sweets and Kittens" on the side you'll be fine :D

WorraLiberty · 14/03/2012 00:15

Hahaha! FFS have you any idea how much coffee burns when it shoots out of your nose? Grin

Debeez · 14/03/2012 00:27

You're smiling so it can't be that bad worra. :D

Gosh I'm loving venting about these lazy morons. Seriously even the mad scottish man who lives here DP ;) is on here reading this now. They drive him mad too.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 14/03/2012 00:29

One parent parks on the zig-zag lines at our school and puts a scrawled car broken down note in the window.

I've seen it 3 times at least.
But f**k me, they seem to be able to fix it to drive home Shock

Still desperate to be a P/T Traffic Warden when my DD leaves this school.
I'll flipping well earn my commission.

toomuchmonthatendofthemoney · 14/03/2012 00:35

The presentation to the kids might work if they rely on wide eyed idealistic kids passing on the message to their parents "noooooo can't park here, it's dangerous, the policelady/man said so!" type idea.

treadwarily · 14/03/2012 00:38

We have a school engineering group who did a study of this and posted it in the school newsletter, complete with photos of offending cars (and numberplates)

MIssMarplesSideKick · 14/03/2012 00:39

ohy! Lucy88!

Big larx arse here! I park on yellow lines near schools!

I have every fucking right to even in cheese string pants! due to my blue badge!

One day you may meet a tradgedy Lucy and get a lard arse of your own!

WorraLiberty · 14/03/2012 00:39

toomuch but parents as easily guilt tripped nice as you would probably never put kids in danger anyway with your parking so it's like preaching to the converted.

MIssMarplesSideKick · 14/03/2012 00:40

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WorraLiberty · 14/03/2012 00:42

MissMarples to be fair to Lucy she was only slagging off illegally parked fat people Grin

I realise this probably makes no difference to her ridiculous rant case.

MIssMarplesSideKick · 14/03/2012 00:44

How does she know they don't have a blue badge, I don't put mine up for the thirty second drop off! Hoik em up Lucy!

differentnameforthis · 14/03/2012 00:50

WorraLiberty

OH YES! Have done that way too many times...

lazylula · 14/03/2012 01:00

Traffic wardens were outside our school on Monday, no parking on the double yellow lines right next to a mini roundabout for a change. It looked very empty!

Somersaults · 14/03/2012 01:30

The head at our school is always out and about talking to parents so it's not the zig zags we have problems with, it's the ones who park across residents driveways.

I'm seeing it from a residents point of view now that I'm on may leave. I live on a little road with a school on it and from 3-3.30 every day you cannot move down our road. They block every driveway on the street and I've even seen cars parked on both sides of the road and cars parked in the ridiculously narrow space in-between so you can't even drive through bringing the whole road to a standstill. If I had an emergency and had to get DD to docs or hospital for example I wouldn't be able to get my car off the drive. Emergency vehicles couldn't get down the road either. I've been very tempted more than once to write on windscreens/bonnets with dry wipe markers but everything I've wanted to write has been far too rude to be seen by the eyes of children so I've restrained myself and just muttered profanities under my breath while giving them death stares from my window.

Somersaults · 14/03/2012 01:31

mat leave

Stupid phone.

kipperandtiger · 14/03/2012 01:41

Somersaults - I think blocking a driveway is illegal. Have you told local police/traffic warden/council and what did they say?

MIssMarplesSideKick · 14/03/2012 01:45

Was your house cheap? I can't think of any other reason to buy next to a school, unless you get off on being angry? No one should block your drive. You get angry over other things though Somer, its part of living next to a school.

SkipTheLightFanjango · 14/03/2012 01:51

Somersaults I can see what your problem is. I have to drive to my dc's school after house move (over 2 miles away and down a 60mph road with no paths, before anyone says we should walk it). I leave early to ensure I get a parking space. The buggers that park opposite me, obstructing the entrance to the road, do not.They are always the same cars, always there after I drop my dc's off and always still there after the official "you must leave by" time, ergo they are always late! I had to mount the pavement to let the binmen past, lucky I was back at the car or they would never have made it.

bemybebe · 14/03/2012 01:59

"How does she know they don't have a blue badge, I don't put mine up for the thirty second drop off! Hoik em up Lucy!"

Well, you should by law.

sashh · 14/03/2012 06:23

Adjust the health and safety policy. Keep all kids in school, have a couple of people, one inside the school, one outside with walki-talkis.

Only allow a child to leave if the parent has parked safely.

Make a rag doll the size of school child, dress it in school uniform and as someone parks on the zig zags either throw it on the windscreen or under the front wheeel - should give them a shock.

Use stickers - with very strong glue - no allowed to put them on the windscreen but a big sticker saying you are parked illegally that takes 10 mins to scrub off.

Sparklingbrook · 14/03/2012 06:43

I was surprised to find out that this all continues at High School. Then you just park inappropriately with your hazards on waiting for your teenager to come out. Shock

alistron1 · 14/03/2012 07:21

I encounter 2 women EVERY MORNING who not only park illegally, stand and have a chat with their car doors open thus blocking the pavement as well as the road. For gods sake, go to cafe nero you silly buggers.

Tw1gl3t · 14/03/2012 07:37

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RuleBritannia · 14/03/2012 07:41

Some years ago, I learned what it was like to have someone in a wheelchair. I printed self adhesive labels telling drivers who parked on pavements what pavements were for and asking them to park properly. I also did some for people who parked in disabled bays and failed to show a blue badge. The best place to stick them sneakily was on the offside mirror because they would not be able to miss them. Was I breaking the law?

OhChristFENTON · 14/03/2012 07:48

We have the same offenders day after day at DS's school. One in particular who is not in the least bit lardy btw, but is a bit mahogany, only lives about 300 yards away, - she gets the place at the top of my shitlist.

Btw I have new found respect for troisgarcons after the retorts on this thread Grin