to call the police

[gettinfatter]

Ok, it's another school parking rage incident.
I live at the top of a narrow lane. At the bottom is a primary school. The lane just about squeezes 2 people passing in a couple of places. Right outside the school entrance are zigzags.
This morning, I went to get up the hill and there's a woman parked on the zigzags so I couldn't get past. I gave a smile and pointed up the hill to show i needed to get past and she needed to reverse about 2 feet to the passing place.
She shook her head and just sat there. I pointed again and mouthed" move back" and she mouthed back no.
So, I drove towards her and started to try and squeeze past which forced her to go back the 2 feet so I could pass. As I drew level I said " that's all I needed, you to go back a little bit".
I got the hugest mouthful of abuse with her saying she'd just dropped her son off and I should effin wait. I pointed out she was on zigzags which is when she told me she was going to "smash yer fuckin face in".
I haven't got her reg. but I thought if I 'phone the community police they might have a ticketing blitz to stop people parking on the zigzags so I can reach my house hopefully without my face being in lots of little pieces.
I was thinking of contacting the school too, or am I over reacting?

I would definitely speak to the school. Disgusting behaviour. Next time get her reg.

There's no harm in trying it.Parking wardens are out in force at the school next to DS's nursery - lots of plonkers coming back to parking tickets!

Contact the school and let them know that next step is the police. They'll email the parents

What an utterly odd way for the other driver to behave.
Must have really shaken you

I am very shaky. I don't do conflict very well and she was very scary!

The Police are having a blitz round our area at moment and checking all schools in the area for parking issues etc. Defo worth contacting them.

Perhaps she was having the worst day of her life and is now weeping into her coffee mortified at her behaviour toward you...too ashamed to even tell a friend

There, that makes it a bit better, doesn't t?

No popint in contacting the school really- they can't do anything , but the Community police would probably come and loiter at drop off/pick up time for you. Of courser this only resolves it while they are there, but some people just don't know how to exist peacefully with their fellow man

yanbu, caretaker now every morning eyes everyone up outside our school gate, right there if some idiot thinks it's an appropriate place to pull their car up on pavement (sigh). PCSOs also sporadically turn up & have little chats with drivers, too.

Call the school. Tell them about the tirade of verbal abuse you got from one of their parents and tell them you'll be contacting the police. This woman was parked illegally and also made threats - so 2 things for her to be hauled up over.

She didn't look like anything had ever mortified her!
But I shall hold that thought. maybe she'll be sat there with a big bunch of flowers for me on Monday. ( very unlikely, but you never know)

Report it, zigzags are there for a reason . I had an incident yesterday with a bloke parking FULLY over my drive while his Wife went to get their Grand daughter from the nearby school. When I asked him to move he asked why. I replied[very calmly] that it was my drive and he had no right to park over it. He looked at me like I was shit off the sole of his shoe! but he moved.

The school won't do anything as the incident was off premises. We are in a similar situation - live about 300m from a primary school in a narrow road. Residents park both sides, leaving room for only one car at a time to pass through. Parents insist on trying to park in our road rather than in the school's huge car park because that way they can avoid going onto the A road and the traffic lights.

As a result, there are incidents like yours almost every day.

Would you be better speaking to the council? I thought parking wardens worked for the council.

When I went to pick up my daughter I accidentally parked partially over someone's drive and I was mortified. I was about to reverse when someone parked really close behind me and jumped out before I could say anything. Some people just don't have any consideration for other people though.

Our PS have just sent a flyer home to us all about this so some schools will do something!
They reminded us about the residents and the importance of good relations and people's entitlement to enjoy their own property and then highlighted just how completely madly some of us were parking.
They said they would have some members of the PTA assess the situation over the next few weeks and if no improvement they would request the police to address the situation.
The PTA moved people on for the first week and it has gotten better. Not sure it'll last though