Entitled school mum parking (with diagram)

[OneGreyBiscuit]

I will probably get flack for this but this is the second time this has happened in as many days. I get to school pick up early, parked my car noone in front and another car few metres behind. Another car comes and parks a few metres ahead. Another one comes and parks in between me and car ahead. Plenty of room to leave her car also bang in middle of both, but no she has to move her car as near to my bumper as possible. I move car back and she moves her car forward again right on top of my bumper. I beep my horn, she gets out of car asking why I did that, I said cos you've parked as near to me as possible, she says there's a load of room behind you, I said what if someone parks the same behind, then I'll move back she said (bear in mind she was leaving her car) and everyone's happy except you, i told her to sod off. And she parked over a dropped kerb. Aibu to think she could've just parked between the two cars leaving enough room both ways

There probably aren't pavements in a very rural area. I don't see why parents shouldn't drive to school, they have as much right to use the roads as anyone else.

I am a bit confused as to why the woman parking was a problem though, because you had space behind you to get out. I don't get why you were upset that she parked close ro your bumper in the first place, she wasn't blocking you.

Some people think you need miles of space in front to get out of a parallel park.

Honestly, is this all you have to worry about?
Just reverse a bit to give yourself more space.
This is a non-issue.

The way you’ve responded so rudely to some people on this thread really doesn’t show you in a good light, OP.

Yes two massive gaps that someone could park in easily without having to kiss my bumper. You don't know the dynamics of this road or school for that matter. I leave early as I've said numerous times I'm about a 15 mins drive away (not all of us live in urban areas) and I like to leave before the school run starts up my road, and I park away from school so I don't have to encounter the type of prat that i did earlier if that's ok with you, anything else you would like to bash me for?

So basically there is not enough safe space to park near the school?

I've only responded rudely to the ones who've been rude to me

I am likewise baffled. I think we need a better diagram, to scale, with both dropped kerbs marked. Otherwise I don't understand why @OneGreyBiscuit was in any way inconvenienced.

The pavement quote was about the roads some on here think that my DD should walk down so I don't have to drive, nothing to do with the school road

Thst makes it ok then 🙄🙄🙄. I haven’t actually seen anyone being rude to you.

They weren’t. They were just pissed off as they think getting there early entitles them to get a big space.

So you could still pull out easily by reversing?
Wish I had so few problems that this would bother me!

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She sounds a bit much but i find the way you parked odd as well: I live in London so would always park up close to another vehicle rather than leave dead space ahead of me the way you did. But i realise that may just be decades of London parking.

Like @FancyBiscuitsLevel I don't understand why you moved back. I'd have stayed put. You had plenty space behind you which you reduced by moving back.

She maybe even thought you were moving back as a courtesy to allow her to move further.

She thought someone might block her from behind!

But she couldn't back up because there was a dropped kerb behind!

For the love of God, will somebody please make it make sense?

Sorry but I think you might be the entitled one here. Its obviously a busy parking road by school because of the number of cars arriving at that time. Its inconsiderate to leave a gap like you did and means others have to reverse park into a space rather than just pulling in. Sounds like she was trying to make as much space as possible for others. Most cars have such good sensors now that getting in an out of tight spaces is pretty easy.

Not a london thing, I live in an welsh mining village with rows and rows of terraces and if you routinely parked selfishly here you'd have your arse handed to you on the local facebook group.

Really ok then

It drives me mad when im picking ds up and people leave massive gaps between them and the next car rather than parking properly so as many people as possible can get in safely.

I think I fully understand why the driver was apparently “condescending” to you.

And there endeth the lesson for today, ladies and gentlemen.

I try and avoid this by parking next to/behind/in front of an already parked car so I can control the distance left one at least one side. It doesnt always work but its worth a go!

Looks like she was leaving room to be able to drive off without having to manoeuvre out of the parking space when she wants to leave. Also, she is in the wrong to park across a drop kerb as that is potentially blocking and exit/entrance.

No it's not. Hers may have inconvenienced you and the person who may have used the dropped kerb. Yours inconvenienced everybody around. Don't do that.