To ignore the school parking diktat?

[Ginmakesitallok]

I drive to drop off andpick kids up from school - too far to walk and on my way to work. Its busy, but i usually get a space in the street beside school.

Theres a note in a recent school newsletter to say that parents shouldn't drive into this street, that there's no parking for parents there and that the yellow lines are for kids safety.

Now - it's a public road, no restricted parking, only yellow lines are at junctions where I'd never park. Surely the school can't think that it can stop parents parking where they want if they are parking legally??

It is really sad that common sense has to be enforced by law isn't it?

Until then, you are perfectly entitled to park there and to school can get to fuck.

A delightful attitude.

Magic - that's my thinking. School ar saying that there is no parking available to parents on that street. But there is - there is parking for parents, for teachers, for folk just shopping there, for residents - it's a public road with no restrictions! Wouldn't be so bad if the order was for peak times - but note says not to drive into street between 8 and 6. So, if I'm doing a bit if shopping at lunchtime according to them there's no parking for me there?? Load of utter bollocks.

Oh -and if I'm going into school at 7 for parents evening or whatever suddenly there is parking available??

Also meant to mention, we have problems with the parents parking at our local school. It's actually not bad during the week as my husband leaves very early and I walk to school so don't need to get the car out. However at the weekend it's become a real problem as for the last few years they have been running sports clubs on a Saturday which seem to last from 9am until about 12.
We became so tired of trying to get our car out with cars parked either side of our drive, often slightly over our drive that my dh has now put two large stones either side of the entrance into our drive! They are not bollards as such, more decorative looking and this has certainly improved things (no one wants to risk scratching their bodywork obvs!)

So an idea maybe for all you lot in a similar situation?

OP you should read more you know, try and expand the old horizons a bit.

How is it common sense? You have not seen the posters school, nothing that he or she has said makes me think that the people parking legitimately are being twats. Parking outside could be perfectly safe and banning cars could actually cause other problems.

bushy what you need are penguin bollards

It is really sad that "considerate of others" is getting drowned out by "me me me me MY RIGHTS MY WANTS MY NEEDS THE LAW SAYS I CAN DO THIS NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT INCONVENIENCES YOU MY RIIIIIIIGHTS".

I will be very happy to consider them aworldofmyown - When I find out what they are !

DO NOT GOOGLE!!!

Faith it is equally disappointing that the bigger picture is being completely ignored. Just as long as the few that have complained are happy eh

Actually mary it is the case for the shoe catchment area of the school. House here first, school later. And one other poster on this thread has a similar scenario so clearly it is not unusual at all.

Was the school built because of a new housing estate?

Faith- I'm not saying I should be able to park anywhere I want and not consider other people? I'm saying that if I can park considerately on a public road then I am allowed and not unreasonable to do that.

aworldofmyown, they are not "running around in the road". Don't be obtuse. It figures that if you have 350 children (in my schools' case) crossing the same road that their school is on there is going to be a child trying to cross the road safely between say 8.30 and 8.45 pretty constantly. If every dickhead parent has decided then can't be arsed to walk 5 or 10 minutes and because its "legal" and they are "entitled" to park where the hell they like and so are driving and parking down that same road, its going to be dangerous for the kids.

How can you not see that?

What about folk in social housing who can't chose where to live?

As I said, I don't have much sympathy for the people who have chosen to live by the school and then complain about the volume of traffic or parking (rather than just illegal or very inconsiderately parked cars).

Nope. You can park where you like that is legal.

But...

There will be a reason that this has happened. Taking you at face-value that you always park considerately and legally. Perhaps not all you fellow parents are so considerate. Perhaps THAT is where you concern should lie-it is THOSE people that ruin things for the rest.

So when you see a tosser block a drive, ramp up the kerb and park on the pavement or on the yellows too close to the junction or doing things like this that endanger other children or other residents, make sure you SAY SOMETHING.

Because if you don't, then like in this case, it DOES become YOUR problem too.

OP, there are probably around150 parents at my child's school. If just a third of them drove and took the attitude that they were perfectly entitled to park on the same road as the school for 2 minutes between 8,30-8,45 ther would be 50 cars jostling for position making the road a very dangerous place for the 350 children trying to cross it to get to school. Perhaps there is space on the road because most parents do as the school asks.

Well, here's hoping lots of people agree with folk on this thread and go park elsewhere - will leave more space for me!

What I can't get my head around is how none of these pig headed parents seem to realise it could just as easily be their child getting run over as anybody else's.

We all have children we care about at these schools so why is it that there is always a proportion of parents who don't seem to care about the safety of theirs? If everybody parked a little further away, or walked if they can, the areas around the schools would be quieter and calmer, and everybody would be a little bit safer. How can that be so hard to understand?

I really should keep away from these school parking threads because they drive me fucking nuts.

There's a woman with kids at my kids school who has "her" space - which is actually the turning space at the end of my culdesac. She is here every day on the dot at 2.30pm to secure "her" space. She wastes 2.5 hours of her life every fecking week because she can't be arsed to park 5 minutes away and walk. And I know where she lives too - 10 minutes walk away. She could have an extra 20 minutes at home, leave at 2.50pm, WALK to school and still be on time.

Lazy cow - and too right I judge her for it.

Because pieface, their precious child is so close to the friggin gates they are not in any danger.

We also had this problem at DS school. The repeated gentle reminders were ignored and eventually the residents had the road made permit only.

The local police and parking enforcement agents allow blue badge holders to park there still as long as they don't park over driveways. Taxis are allowed too as they're dropping off.

The problem is, the blue badge thing hasn't been well publicised. I regularly park there with my badge, at the end of the road with fences, no houses, so I'm not blocking anyone. Other parents see this and decide they'll park along that road too. Going back to my car one morning I saw the traffic warden go past my car and start writing a ticket for the person parked in front of me.

The woman was actually walking behind me and started yelling at the warden to stop, then noticed I didn't have a ticket and started yelling why not. The warden said why and she started going on about how unfair it all was. I've had looks and moans from other parents too.

Another mum was recently moaning on Facebook that she'd been 'abused' by a teacher for parking in the car park even though this has always been forbidden. She has a massive range rover too.

So even with a CPZ parents park where they want anyway, there isn't alway anyone on duty and the taxis park wherever they like.

We also live next to the secondary school and our flats have their own little car park. Parents are always pulling in to drop off, not using a space, but just pulling in to be off the road so they can drop off their darlings. They often block us in and the drop off is never as quick as they think - the kids don't jump out immediately, it appears to be having a chat/arranging when/where to pick up, kids get stuff together, goodbyes, kids get out, kids go to boot and start sorting out bags/pe kit/cookery stuff, then door open again to ask a question/say bye again, then parent watches them leave and waves, then parent does a 65 point turn to get out of car park and then I can finally move. Getting out of the car, evils, beeping, asking politely if they'll move gets either ignored or told "it'll only be a second" or at its worst "fuck off, love".

Boils my piss, but I'm aware that to others I look like part of the problem.

There's a woman with kids at my kids school who has "her" space - which is actually the turning space at the end of my culdesac. She is here every day on the dot at 2.30pm to secure "her" space. She wastes 2.5 hours of her life every fecking week because she can't be arsed to park 5 minutes away and walk. And I know where she lives too - 10 minutes walk away. She could have an extra 20 minutes at home, leave at 2.50pm, WALK to school and still be on time.

Maybe she can't walk that far very easily. I certainly couldn't. It would seem very odd to sit there for 2.5 hours otherwise.