To ignore the school parking diktat?

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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??

As others have suggested, the OP needs to ask the school 'why'. It is possible that the street concerned is an unadopted road so normal highways rules don't apply as it would be the residents who pay for the upkeep. We had a road like this near us . No-one realised as residents hadn't raised any objections to the odd few people parking but over the years more and more inconsiderate parking occurred so residents got organised and refused to let people park there any longer. The usual brigade spouted off about right to park on the highway until it was pointed out to them that it wasn't actually the highway.

Just a clear cut case of a wankbadger disease (highly contagious it would seem) - is there a cure that doesn't wear a uniform and wave a ticket machine?

OP, what was the point of this thread? Did you just want to provoke a bunfight? You're going to keep on parking there unless there is a change in the parking restrictions on the road and nothing anybody says here is going to change your mind.

If you would honestly rather that the headteacher of your children's school spends a significant chunk of their time placating local residents instead of dealing with matters directly relating to education then do crack on, and enjoy your pride in sticking it to the man .

Mary I would hazard a guess that she's perfectly capable of walking there. People do this at our school too - arriving half an hour early every morning and afternoon to save them 500 yards.

OP: AIBU?
5%: no, park where you like! It's the residents fault for living there
95% : YABU
OP: No I'm not, i will do whatever I am entitled to do and ignore what I should do

As an asid, I've been going to our primary school for 13 years now. Not only has the parking got busier, the number of total arseholes has increased exponentially.

piefacerecords The poster was talking about someone who arrived an hour and a quarter early rather than half an hour early. I think it is unlikely someone would do that to save a 10-minute walk if they were perfectly capable of walking. Unless you know someone very well you don't really know why they do or don't walk so rather ignorant just to assume that they are so lazy they will waste hours of their time.

I started the thread to get opinions. Soup - the majority aren't always right! The vast majority who have said I'm unreasonable have based that on their experience of inconsiderate drivers/parkers, and as I am neither of those then I disagree with them. What has made me think has been the points made about generally reducing the number of cars near a school being a good thing.

Mary no, she said they waste 2.5 hours a week, so that can only be half an hour a day.

So also 'rather ignorant' to not be able to divide 2.5 hours by 5

I bet if you were to ask any of the inconsiderate parkers outside any school if they were bad/inconsiderate parkers the vast majority would say they aren't.

You pay road tax that entitles you to park anywhere you like (obv avoiding yellow lines etc) ignore letter if you want to, it bears no legal sway.

Wonder if the local residents knew that when buying a property in the same road as a school there might be traffic problems at certain times of day...

As this thread shows, every parent who parks near the school has a really good reason why their need is greater. (I except the blue badge holders here, as they really do, otherwise they wouldn't qualify for the badge! Two fingers up, though, to the families who bring the blue badge holder along so they can park where they want, and leave them in the car. This is missing the entire point.) Presuming the same applies to all the parents who don't happen to have posted here, that means that every parent is perfectly entitled to drop off their child right outside the school and intends to carry on doing so. No wonder the roads are chaos at collection time.

I don't live next to a school btw. However, moving into an area that doesn't have any schools on any of the roads I may have to travel along didn't seem practical, somehow.

You must park legally.
You should park considerately.
If you've met those 2 criteria, park where you choose.

So also 'rather ignorant' to not be able to divide 2.5 hours by 5

I am able to divide 2.5 by 5, thanks I assumed it was 2.5 per day as that is what you would waste if you parked outside my nearest primary school from 2.30 (they finish at 2.45) , assuming you parked similarly early in the morning. Regardless, half an hour is still a long time and it is quite ignorant just to assume that people who do that are perfect capable of walking.

2.45 3.45

I'm saying that if I can park considerately on a public road then I am allowed and not unreasonable to do that

Are you parking considerately though, if you are parking in a road that the school have asked you not to use? I'd say you are parking legally, not considerately.

The school will have asked this of the parents for good reason, most likely for the safety of the children. If you choose to ignore this, then no, IMO you are not parking considerately at all.

You pay road tax that entitles you to park anywhere you like (obv avoiding yellow lines etc)

There is no such thing as road tax.

Oh please

My snotty faces were aimed at PP trying and failing hopelessly to illustrate my ignorance. I really need to step away from this very annoying thread now.

It's like trying to argue with a troll which I probably am

Anniegetyourgun It's not only blue badge holders that can't walk (or find it difficult to walk) from their house to school. For example, in my area, you would only get one if you can't walk more than 50m.