Mother parked on the yellow zigzags outside school today

[AngelaD]

Would you have said something ?

She arrives late every bloody morning in her merc convertable and pulls this poor little 4 year old up the path, did I mention she's late.
As we came out I saw her today and then looked past her to see where she'd parked, I was going to wait and say something but lost my bottle - would you ?

pmsl

Like yr style VVV pmsl.

Is there not a school crossing patrol who could have had a word with her, it would be within the realms of their job description therefore you wouldnt need the confrontation?

We have the same problem at my DS's school, always the same culprits, even if there is other spaces on the opposite side of the road. For a while the head teacher recruited a couple of 'Specials' from the local police station to patrol up and down and move the inconsiderate sods on, which worked for the 1 week they were there! Since then, the morons have returned. It drives us thoughtful, considerate parents round the bloody twist, short of yelling at them (although that probably wouldn't work either) what can we do? It'll never be there kid that gets knocked down because they come straight out the gate and into the car!

Grr this makes me so mad. One Dad does it at our school everyday, he then reverses into the school entrance to turn around. I struggle up the road with pushchair, preschooler and 5 and 6 year old whilst he waltzes in with 2 older kids. Head too scared of him to sort it.

If the head is too scared to deal with a parent, how the hell does he cope with the kids!!! LOL!!!

School has a fab caretaker - he's out there every morning and evening exchanging banter with parents. His presence cuts down on bad parking. Don't think he's paid for this btw.

I can't believe this is being discussed. OF COURSE you should do something about it. Apart from being a danger, it's against the law. What kind of example is that setting her daughter? That if you're late, or have a big car then you can park wherever you like? I get really annoyed by people that use disabled/parent spaces just because they're too sodding idle to walk a couple of yards further. I'd tell her in no uncertain terms, and tell the school. Rant over.

Yes, because this happened a few weeks ago outside our schgool (rather happenss every day- parking atrocious here but still) and I got knocked over, had I not whisked DS3 away in time he'd have been dead. I only got a battered hand (the hand that ahd been holding DS3 scarily).

The person in the car on the zigzags just reversed without looking.

Zig zags apply to all. Like speeding, parking restrictions (acknowledging exemptions) and my current bug bear, one way zones (we live in a very narrow one way bit with an autistic unti on one side, d'ya think the taxi drivers care? oh no}

god, how scary! Did the driver realise what they had done wrong?

said I was over reacting

H Teacher didn't seem to think so, mnd you!

So she was in the wrong, hurt you and almost killed your ds...
Glad the head saw it differently.

totally unacceptable! i'd be very annoyed.

I s'pose you could make a paper plane and fly the message into her car that says: An opinion poll via mumsnet shows that behaviour, such as parking on zigzags outside the school, makes you this week's winner of being the most *stupid/inconsiderate/unfit/roadhog/whatever parent. And Mumsnetters aren't bovvered about the Merc to make us feel lesser-beings. Cut the muck and park proper!
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Who dares wins!!!!

What you need is my DS1 who is very hot on illegal parking (at the tender age of 5 1/2!!!). He just walks past the offending car/person and in a very loud voice says "Mummy, that person shouldn't park there should they?"

Saves me saying it!!! Our school mention it now and again in the newsletter and get the police down from time to time as a deterrent too.