Pedestrians walking on one way street

[Kiran48]

There's a one way street I drive down every morning to drop off my ds for school. I previously used parked on pavement briefly to let him out and ensure other cars could pass by. I know this was not fair to pedestrians and have stopped doing this. I now stop very briefly at end of road and he hops out. There is a man who walks his 3 kids plus 1 in pushchair down that road around the same time. First time I saw him I had parked briefly on the pavement and he took picture of my car as he walked pass. Fair enough, I was in the wrong and have not parked on pavement since then. However, I've seen him a few times since then and he deliberately walks on the road when I try to drive past him (his kids are on pavement). Done this a few times now and I feel intimdated by him and dread the mornings now! AIBU as I drive v slowly past (5mph) when he does this? Not sure what else to do? When I drive past I see him turning back to look at me in my rear view mirror. Should I stop and talk to him to see what issue is. I don't make eye contact with him when he walks on the road as I feel intimidated.

You’ve got form for being inconsiderate. He’s checking to see if you will do it again. He’s calming the traffic ( albeit dangerously) but it’s doing the trick.

It's good that you're not going to drive onto the pavement again, but he has no way to know that.

Could you not walk your son to school also?

Get a new car. Learn to behave like a responsible road user

He's making a fair point, but putting himself and the child in the pushchair at risk in doing so. Don't stop to confront him - you know what the issue is and you'd look silly.

Take a different route and park sensibly to drop your child off

Turn your window washers so they point forwards. Enjoy.

Well you have form for inconsiderate selfish behaviour, so he’s making a point. Hes not to know you’ve apparently seen the error or your ways is he?

We all make mistakes and learn from them. I think most people have broken the rules of the road at least at some stage so I think you cant beat yourself over it.

I think he is more out of line by doing this as its consistent and deliberate. Hard to know what to do but if it was me I would try to drive by him even when he comes out on the road. You could try beeping him but he could be spoiling for a fight - so if you would prefer to avoid a confrontation then take the above advice and just change your route or time you go that route.

Or you could start to park on the path again and tell him to mind his own business if he says anything to you.

Smile and wave at him every time.

You don't park on the pavement, so the @themental can jog on for calling you a cunt.

Don't let him intimidate you. Next time he is intimidating tell him to stop or you'll call the police.

Bet he wouldn't do it to a male driver.

Another vote for smile & wave! Whatever our past fuckups, we should have space to move on.

@MinervaSaidThat the op literally admitted she parked on the pavement?

And I maintain that is cunty behaviour. We have an area in front of our school that's a pedestrianised road, kids running around everywhere. Do you think that stops cunts in their 4x4s who probably live closer to the school than I do parking on pedestrians space, reversing into us, driving at 20mph (which is still too fast when there are children everywhere).

Honestly good on the guy. Op admitted she has stopped parking on the pavements and is forced to crawl along the road at 5mph. Maybe if everyone had to do this they wouldn't feel the urge to drop their precious child right outside the front of the school. I might actually go to the next PTA meeting just to suggest we take a similar stance at our school and all start walking along the road in the morning -- since you can't currently get along the pavement due to cunts parking there or opening their doors while they fanny around with car seats, blocking the whole path and forcing everyone else onto the road.

YABU if you park on the pavement. Just ignore him, if he is foolish enough to put his child at risk to prove a point then that's his issue to deal with and not yours. Neither of you look that great - you are both adults not children squabbling in the playground.

He is a bully. He would not behave like that to a male driver.

Just park somewhere else.

Obviously she was obstructing pedestrians though, or he wouldn't have been able to take a picture of her car.

Another vote here for just smile, wave and drive on. He definitely would not do the same to a male driver but if you show him it's not bothering you he will start to feel very silly

Shamefulblanket - it sounds like she was blocking pedestrians way as she said it isn’t fair to them.

That is awful driving, particularly near a school OP. You were putting convenience of other cars above the safety of children trying to walk to school.

Just drive safely in future and he won’t have a cause for complaint.

Instead of parking on the pavement or stopping in the road for him to jump out why don't you just park up like everyone else? (I assume it's because you're so terribly busy doing more important things than all the other parents).

It's frustrating trying to cross the road outside of our school with parents pulling up as close as they can, trying to dodge them and not knowing if they're coming or going. It's very selfish.

Just ignore him. There is nothing he can do if you’re in your car, and it doesn’t sound as if he’s doing anything more than making sure a previously inconsiderate driver slows right down and doesn’t park dangerously on the pavement again.
Can you not park a little further away and walk your DS to the gate?