AIBU- Fellow school mum drives every morning

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So..hope this doesn't out me.
We live in a very small close knit area. All kids attend the same school, lots of us live on the same few streets.
Every morning and pick up we ALL walk the kids to school, bar the few who have to rush off to work etc (it's a 5-10 min walk)
One parent on my street... drives! Big 4x4, she has NEVER once walked her DS.
She doesn't work, no where to rush off to. She has no mobility issues etc neither does the child..
Why does this iritate me so much??

Yabu- live and let live
Yanbu- she should be walking

@ShittyGlitter

Nah I'm with you OP.

Would have to be an an incredibly life limiting illness to not be able to walk 5-10 minutes. Don't know why that's always the first assumption by people, what about the environment?

Anyway, what's wrong with a mobility scooter? Kid could walk at least.

FFS where to start with this? You're understanding if mobility issues really needs some expansion...along with perhaps your tolerance

@Momicrone

It's neither over the top or ridiculous, its spot on.

Of course it is. If the neighbour holds a UK driving license and is driving a vehicle that's passed an MOT she's permitted use of the roads as much as anybody else and is not a threat of harm to children. She's simply qualified and insured to do her journey of choice. A choice none of us know the reasons for.

@gorseinonn22

A £10 a day congestion charge outside schools, with exemptions for the parents of SN children, would soon reduce the numbers of cars. Also would probably improve the health of parents.

As for 4x4 cars, I would require you to take your test again in one before you can drive them. Or have a smaller car. I expect the latter option would be taken up by many people.

It would cost more to collect than it would raise.

@gorseinonn22

A £10 a day congestion charge outside schools, with exemptions for the parents of SN children, would soon reduce the numbers of cars. Also would probably improve the health of parents.

As for 4x4 cars, I would require you to take your test again in one before you can drive them. Or have a smaller car. I expect the latter option would be taken up by many people.

...and put thousands of poorer people out of work in cities because the schools are on those roads that they have to drive along to get to their employment.

Just thinking about my bus route to work, which is a very straightforward one of two lefts, two rights and two 'follow the road' - I pass six one way, ten another route and if I were to take another diversion and increase the mileage a tiny bit, I'd go past another eight, whether I stayed on the same road or tried to nip around the smaller streets as people with cars would try to do. Frankly, if I could fly in a straight line, I'd still be passing directly over seven and if I were to be working at any of the hospital trusts within five miles (there are three), I'd be going past significantly more.

I mean, if you actually just want to ban poorer people from driving or working at all, making a trip to work cost them a grand a week by charging a tenner for each school they have no choice but to pass would work.

Cities are moving towards car free centres, wi th the aim of finding other ways of transporting people, be it public transport, cycling, etc. Private car ownership is going down in cities

It's none of your business. Worry about your own life.

@VoiceOfCommonSense

It's none of your business. Worry about your own life.

It is her business - it's all of our business how congested and polluted our neighbourhoods are. And it is worrying about her own life - and the safety of her kids, which excessive traffic affects.

if there was a genuine problem as to why she couldn't walk trust me we would know

Maybe she just doesn't want to walk with the bitchy, judgemental Mummy Mafia.

Why are you actually bothered? Your the type of school mum I'd avoid and would drive as well to avoid you and your judgey mates.

I'm hoping there aren't mums like OP when my kids start school, I always hope the judginess and horror at not conforming to the norm is a rarity, but maybe not.
She doesn't need a medical condition or a good reason for wanting to drive. Maybe she can't be bothered walking, maybe she likes the A/C on when it's hot and the heating when it's cold, maybe she doesn't want to get fully dressed and go straight back to bed after drop off... No one's business but hers.

It is her business - it's all of our business how congested and polluted our neighbourhoods are. And it is worrying about her own life - and the safety of her kids, which excessive traffic affects.

The only problem with that is that the OP never actually mentions environmental concerns. She criticises this woman for being lazy; she doesn’t like the fact that she doesn’t walk when ‘We ALL do’… she doesn’t seem particularly concerned about congestion or fumes.

Or could it be its just much more pleasant to walk kids to school when there aren't tonnes of metal everywhere