AIBU to continue turning in the school gate?

[NortonBuns]

I drive my dd to school everyday and once I drop her off I turn around and drive home. I approach the back gate of the school and use this entrance to turn my car round so I can head back home.
The school have now put up a sign saying keep our children safe, no stopping, dropping off or turning in the entrance.
So where am I supposed to turn around? If I carry on I reach the front gate which is busier and has the busses. If I turn before I reach the back entrance I am doing a three point turn in busy school run traffic with lots of children walking and cycling.
So AIBU to say I am safest turning in the large double gate and ignoring the new sign?

It’s rural and they live 6 miles away.

Fair enough find a parking spot 5 mins away from school then walk.

The sensible approach would be to contact the school (ideally as a group of parents if most do as you do) and ask what the safest options might be given the constraints of the road?

I understand they don't necessarily want people turning/blocking business access but if there really is no other alternative with the road layout then they're going to have a lot of people dropping children off late.

Tell her to walk

Gross. What about all the children breathing these fumes? Asma, lungs developing wrong, dementia. All caused by fumes.

Numerous unnecessary sarcasm within some of these responses
Being's none of us have seen the school premises & the part where this Mum's mentioned there's now a sign informing parents not to use this part anymore, we don't have a right to imply she's being awkward or self seeking
Maybe it does hold potential risks, but equally we don't know whether the power & control of some in authority here, has previously been known to abuse their power
Either way, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, so please try to be kind & keep an open mind, especially in concerns with fellow, loving parents
Even when you presume they might be wrong - Kindness is The Highest Form Of Wisdom

I hope the council makes a no stop zone with cameras and fines then as it is the only thing that will deter people like you from endangering others.

Try looking at it this way: One of the many other parents ignoring this sign knocks your daughter down. (hopefully doesn’t happen) Would you be pleased they ignored the safety advice to save time and convenience?

This. With bells on.

I have autism and struggle to picture things. can you make a drawing of your predicament so I can understand

Nobody cares about this. Think about real struggles that schools (and other people across the world) are going through. First world (entitled ) problems.

Honestly when I have been in situations like this I drive the wrong direction from home, through busy roads until I reach someplace I can turn around safely! If you put your address into google maps it’ll throw up some alternative routes home for you, it might add on time but better than doing a 3 point turn in a school entrance! When traffic is bad I end up doing a crazy long loop home from dropping my daughter off as there is no way to turn around at peak times!

Yeah you crack on - fuck the kids' safety. As long as you can turn easily.

Park away from the school and walk. A long way away.

Continuing to turn where you've been told not to is selfish. And instead of suggesting that you won't stop because other parents won't is selfish too. You're approaching the issue with the attitude that you're going to come up with an excuse for every solution. You have several options:

• continue past the school and go a different route home
• drive her to a bus stop that goes to the school
• look at a map and choose somewhere within walking distance to drop off. If its a residential area with businesses nearby I don't believe there aren't any side streets within walking distance
• look at a sensible cycle route to school
• drive her to a friends house and their parent takes them who may not need to turn around

Really? You ever seen a child get knocked over!? I have right outside of a school gate due to a twat like you who thinks the rules don't apply to them! 🔔🔚

The sign is aimed at YOU.

Why not walk your child to school instead?

In the county where I live, and the one where I work, living more than 3 miles from school entitled a child to school transport at high school. Is this an option for you?

I sometime assist with primary drop off at my school and the number of parents who do u-turns in the middle of traffic across a solid white line, on a corner makes my jaw drop. If they continued on down the road, a right hand turn at the end of the road is tricky, but safer than an illegal u-turn in traffic with buses, cars etc. Other parents stop a little down the road and use residents’ driveways to perform a 3 point turn, which drives the locals nuts. The parents could park on a side street and walk their children a very short distance to the school, but that’s far too difficult. OP if there’s a sign prohibiting the manoeuvre then you need to find another way, it can’t be one rule for you and another for everyone else.

17 pages in and OP still doesn’t seem to understand this!

OP - It doesn’t matter whether other posters’ suggestions are feasible or not, a solution needs to be found (by you) that doesn’t involve ignoring the sign specifically telling you to stop doing the thing you want to do.

park and walk

Exactly this.

Wow another entitled knob

There’s a lot of posts here so maybe @NortonBuns didn’t see the repeated queries about being offered school transportation.

Just park further away from the school and find somewhere else to turn back. Not rocket science.