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nursery enabling someone to park on double yellows

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MrsHardy1 · 08/06/2016 00:18

Nursery is a pre-school attached to a primary and junior school. It has 2 doors. Door 1 opens up on to a bit of pavement and a road so you have to walk through both school playgrounds to collect ds from the main nursery entrance (door 2).

There's a dad that always parks directly outside the nursery, on the pavement which is painted with yellow lines. The school have text parents about parking before. The dad has given me a mouthful of abuse for nearly knocking his car whole trying to squeeze my buggy past. Told nursery, the school sent another text about parents not parking on yellow lines.

The nursery staff allow him to pick his DD up from door 1. Just so he can park in his convenient spot! Today I was walking past this door as his DD was being handed over. I stopped and thought they might send my ds out, to which the teacher tells me I'll have to walk all the way round as they aren't meant to let children out of this door due to it being near the road! Which is fine, but why can't they tell this man the same?

I really want to say something tomorrow. I feel like they are enabling/encouraging this man to park on yellow lines on the pavement. I'm sure he'd be discouraged once he was told he'd have to walk around to the main entrance everyday like the rest of us!

And no, he isn't physically unable. We're members of the same gym. Just can't be bothered to walk the long way/sometimes has his dogs in the car. I don't know if I should say anything to nursery tomorrow?

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Arfarfanarf · 08/06/2016 11:50

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LurkingHusband · 08/06/2016 12:28

Blue Badge holders can stop / park on double yellow lines.

Not automatically. You still have to respect local bye-laws (which may prohibit any parking). You also have to park safely (i.e. not near junctions, or blocking visibility). There's also a time restriction.

leopardgecko · 08/06/2016 17:47

I see reading back to leopardgecko that this is more common than I thought.

You cheered me up mrssmith79 - thank you. Nice to know I am not the only one who lives this crazy life that we can't tell others about, but sadly have to take the abuse from others about!!

Oh not that the OP or others aren't anything other than nice, I meant the parents in the school playground that can be a bit difficult.

leopardgecko · 08/06/2016 17:58

If he is collecting from another door I would assume it is an arrangement he has come to with the school that they are happy with, it's really not anyone else's business. The parking however-if it's onstreet parking (and he has no blue badge) can be dealt with by ringing your local council and asking for traffic warden to come around at drop off/pick up time.

We have permission, well actually been advised, that we should park on double yellow lines for my foster child's safety. Both within the car park, and also on the road outside another exit unused by other children. Most of the local police know, but we have on occasion been challenged by a PCSO and once a traffic warden. We gave them a code word to give to the police so they could check. Obviously there is no outward sign on our car of having this permission.

ShootingStar75 · 08/06/2016 19:07

We have permission, well actually been advised, that we should park on double yellow lines for my foster child's safety. Both within the car park, and also on the road outside another exit unused by other children. Most of the local police know, but we have on occasion been challenged by a PCSO and once a traffic warden. We gave them a code word to give to the police so they could check. Obviously there is no outward sign on our car of having this permission

I understand that permission can be granted in cooperation with the authority and the police I know of one or two people with similar arrangements at different schools within the our area Smile

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