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Aibu to want something to be done about this?

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lovelyjubilly · 02/12/2019 20:41

My DC go to a small 1form-entry primary school with a pedestrian entrance that goes straight onto the playground.

It's a nightmare. The school repeatedly requests that parents do not use the entrance as a drop-off point as it causes traffic congestion on the quiet one-way residential street that it is accessed by. These requests are largely ignored.

The main issue however is that there is a very busy garage on the same street, just round the corner from the school which has multiple customers double-parked/reversing/driving the wrong way as they wait to be seen.

This morning a car nearly reversed into my dd in her buggy as we started the cross the road and then this afternoon (at school pick-up time) some idiot crashed into a wall driving the wrong way, requiring 2xpolice cars, ambulance, fire engine... I felt bad for the guy but I really felt it illustrated my long-held view that I do not feel safe walking my DC to school.

I intend to go and chat to the school office about it in the morning but I don't really know what they will be able to do, if anything.

Aibu to think that I should be able to walk my children to school without fear of being mown down?

OP posts:
lovelyjubilly · 02/12/2019 20:42

Sorry everyone, wrong board! I've reported it.

OP posts:
novasglowx · 02/12/2019 20:42

You might want to report your post and ask for it to be moved. You've posted in Gardening.

RivkaMumsnet · 02/12/2019 21:21

Have moved your thread as requested OP.

MadeForThis · 02/12/2019 21:32

What could the school do? Would it not be an issue for the local council?

Ghia135 · 02/12/2019 21:44

I would contact the council if the school has already told parents not to drive there.

Stayawayfromitsmouth · 02/12/2019 21:51

This is a problem for the council. Traffic warden patrols at school drop off and pick up times might be a lucrative money spinner for the council.

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