Just been abused on the school run.. parking!

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My three children attend two separate schools on the same road. I always make sure I park somewhere that isn’t blocking someone’s drive etc. DH parked in the usual spot today and I waited in the car today (I have a disability and get flare ups in the colder weather). She pulled up to the window effing and blinding then she got out the car and started recording me swearing in front of all the school kids. DH returned back and she started to recording DH and the kids. It was her dad’s property and she had accused us of blocking him in. We left more than enough space for him to get out I even offered to move the car.

I have attached a pic (the silver car wasn’t in front so if her dad needed to get out he had more than enough space. We parked on the white mark and there are other parents parked behind us.

I am trying to move my kids to a nearer school so I can walk and finally put the parking drama to bed. However currently going through the appeals process as the local school has stated that they have no space.

Were we unreasonable? I’m at the stage where I don’t even want to take them to school now because of lack of parking and the dirty stares and arguments being caused by this. I can appreciate it’s frustrating living near a school!

I regularly had to do a 10 point manoeuvre off my drive, it was just the drivers parking right up to the edge of the drive - but the drivers parking opposite

it would cause chaos, as it’d take me a while to get out, inching backwards and forwards, fortunately I only have a short 🚗

so whilst I’m doing this the other roads would become jammed as everyone has to wait.

i try not to go out at school drive time, but sometimes I can’t avoid it

Not in my area it wouldn’t. We have countless roads nearby that would only involve a maximum five minute walk (most less) that aren’t busy at school times.
It’s just lazy parents who can’t be arsed to walk a bit and need to get as close to the school as they possibly can. Even if that means being an arrogant twat.
For instance, there’s a regular car that parks across my neighbour’s driveway. Completely blocking it. They were there from at least 20 minutes before pick up time. There were countless spaces just a 10 - 20 SECOND walk away.
It’s relentless and baffling how entitled how these people are.

It would still move it to somewhere else who then wouldn’t be empty

It’s highly likely that the resident puts the barriers up at drop off and pick up times to stop entitled parents parking on their actual driveway.

Na - you can see they’ve not been moved for a while

and they’ve left a gap to go in and out

I think you were perfectly considerate OP - it’s usually far worse near a school