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!

How would someone in a wheelchair get past your car on that pavement?

Not entitled I’m just not going to be verbally abused and recorded for the sake of a cm or two. I wouldn’t block someone access getting in out of there property.

Well presumably she can park there because it’s her dads property?

its a normal sized pavement?

*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. "

If your car was parked on any part of the orange line in your picture you were definitely being unreasonable and not considerate like you tell yourself you are....

By a massive bush, and were you parked completely on the road or partly in the pavement?

But you admit that you did park over the dropped kerb, so you were blocking access

Pic is from google maps and has no relevance here.
for all we know, your car could have been over the dropped kerb 🤷‍♂️

no need for the verbal though but it is bloody annoying when some people park inconsiderate at schools just so there darling child doesn’t have to walk far..

Zooming in - That photo shows you parked across the dropped curb making you in the wrong ( as is also the silver car )

its illlegal to park over the dropped curb section because otherwise it does make exit and entry very difficult

I suppose if it’s happening often she is getting very pissed off

i suggest you refresh your understanding of the Highway Code

Were you up on the kerb at all?

But that cm or two means you did block their access?

Well of course, how would you moving 2cm be helpful?
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as has been asked, why don’t you drop dh and dc and then drive off and circle back so you’re not blocking people and being a hazard?

Abuse is never ok but if you live near a school selfish people blocking your drive way is a constant pain and it can become really stressful.

You are too close to the entrance once you are overlapping- people forget this - as coming in and out needs both a turn and visibility. It's dangerous to be overlapping or butt up against it.

I could tell you some horror stories about people being unable to get to hospital in an emergency (driving to someone unexpectedly dying or help their adult child to look after grandchildren in an crisis) because a car has been left over a drive entrance by a school. Elderly people are more likely to need regular access and emergency access.

Probably she deals with this all the time and you caught her in a bad moment and she lost it.

Please don't think 'oh it's only two minutes while I leave the car' or park too close/overlapping because it's dangerous and unfair. Your kids will only be at that school for a few years. Some of these people live in their homes for decades.

Your slightly blocking their drive. Yes there's enough room to get out but it's a bit of a pain. I've lived somewhere before that's prone to having the driveway blocked. Im sure everyone parking is thinking "but I'll be here two seconds" but they don't realise that it happens so frequently from multiple people that you end up being inconvenienced a lot.

Don't think you deserved to be sworn at or recorded though.

But you had 2 people in car. So park and walk.
Sorry but you were in the wrong. They shouldn't have shouted but it is so annoyingiving beside a school and they were fed up.

Surely that's an issue for the people who own the bush, they are blocking the pavement

In my very humble opinion if you don’t want parking dramas twice a day then you really shouldn’t buy a house near a school (or a hospital). It never fails to amaze me that people buy these houses and then get all up in their arse about parking when it’s clear to anyone with half an ounce of common sense what’s going to happen.

Theres a road very near my work (hospital) where the residents have taken to damaging (with a key) the cars parked there of staff from the hospital. It has no restrictions for parking!

What if there’s no curve - like in the OP?

Learn to read. That’s not her car.

Doesn't follow. In the case of the people I was referring to the houses and residents pre-dated school traffic.
Tiny cottage school built later most people walked. Over years, more population, more building to the school, much bigger school, more and more pupils, more and more cars. The parking has increased exponentially. Majority of house owners are older and been in their homes from when there was virtually no traffic and have drama that came to them in a previously quiet area not the other way round.

I don't think a dropped kerb should come into it.As long as there is enough space for someone to get their car off their drive, there should be no problem.

School parking is a nightmare and people like that just cause unnecessary additional stressed to us frazzled parents

Or maybe people should just park legally and not be dicks for the sake of saving a few minutes of walking time.

She was OTT, should have asked politely but you were in the wrong.

Better to get the bus, walk or cycle if you can't park safely.

That’s a gate? Surely no car is coming out there

It looks like the dropped curb ends at the back of the white line - so further into the hedge section. If you parked that end of the white line then I think you’re fine. The front of the white line and you’re on dodgy ground. But as long as that silver car isn't there (who is definitely too close) or similar (I know it’s a google photo). There should be enough room to get out as the driver will have the drive, plus the width of the gate and a bit further.

what isn’t clear is what is opposite. If it’s parked cars and tight then it would be good to leave even more space.

the abuse is not ok though regardless. They should apply for white line outside their property if it’s a recurring issue as I imagine it drives them mad.