When will we be 'allowed' to give lifts?

wonderstuff · 2021-04-16T08:57:12+00:00

Can't see it mentioned on the road map, right pain at the moment not being able to share lifts to get kids places.

nordica · 16/04/2021 10:01

I expect next month when household mixing indoors is allowed?

It is frustrating at the moment, though, as I could take a taxi at any time and be in the car with a driver who has had dozens of others in his car this week. But my friend is not allowed to give me a lift, even though I know she is wfh and very, very likely doesn't have covid so would be much safer with her really.

BogRollBOGOF · 16/04/2021 10:04

I'm not aware that there's a specific issue against it. Taxis continue, driving lessons have resumed.
If it's children who are unlikely to distance during a sporting activity then the additional risk is pretty low. Ventilating the car with windows open is a sensible meaure to keep pulling in a fresh air flow.

teenagetantrums · 16/04/2021 10:06

We have been getting lifts all through this . We take each other to work .wear a mask and open the windows..l don't think anyone is going to stop you.

SirSamuelVimes · 16/04/2021 10:09

Who gives a shit? Just do it. Crack a window and wear a mask if you feel worried.

Mylittlesandwich · 16/04/2021 10:12

I've been giving lifts when required, I get my passenger to sit in the back. Open the windows and wear masks.

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wonderstuff · 16/04/2021 10:13

It makes zero sense @BogRollBOGOF and an exception for children would have been sensible but the current travel guidelines are to avoid sharing lifts.
Dd and friend getting bus to town this morning, bus didn't show and I offered a lift but friends mum can't and lifts aren't allowed, although I'd just stick them in the car obviously lots of people feel they have to stick to every rule, which is entirely reasonable.

Finding the whole thing such a grind now, kids are 13 and because of pandemic this is their first entirely independent trip to the town. Just got to taking them in and letting them wander off for a couple of hours before the world stopped.

Very small fry I know but it's all the little things that are getting me down at the moment.

May is only a month away, I've never been a patient person!

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PatrickBatemann · 16/04/2021 10:14

@nordica

I expect next month when household mixing indoors is allowed?

It is frustrating at the moment, though, as I could take a taxi at any time and be in the car with a driver who has had dozens of others in his car this week. But my friend is not allowed to give me a lift, even though I know she is wfh and very, very likely doesn't have covid so would be much safer with her really.

Soooo go with her then?

GravityFalls · 16/04/2021 10:15

I've taken DC's friends in my car since outdoor mixing was allowed (parents were OK with it). They're together at school and I don't see the problem.

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wonderstuff · 16/04/2021 10:16

I would just do it, but others around me are very cautious. Dd has always been a stickler for rules and other kids parents are generally following everything to the letter. Very conservative (small c) where I live.

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skeggycaggy · 16/04/2021 10:16

A friend and I were discussing this & concluded it is allowed from May 17th when households indoors can mix. But we are lift sharing the kids anyway - they are in the same class at school travelling to the same activity, being forbidden to be in the same car seems ridiculous...

LilyPond2 · 16/04/2021 11:33

Is giving lifts actually against the law at the moment or is it just guidance? Does giving a lift count as an indoor gathering?

itispersonal · 16/04/2021 11:34

I would rather my child gets a lift off a friend than I would them getting a bus or taxi with lots of other people.

I've recently given my friend a lift over to my friends house when we were outdoor visiting, window slightly ajar and all is good.

Theimpossiblegirl · 16/04/2021 11:38

Lifts have been unavoidable for us because of our carpool arrangements for school. We're rural, no spaces for sixth formers on the school bus and no other bus.
Most of us have worked as normal so arrangements had to continue.
The school acknowledges this and asks everyone to limit as much as possible and wear masks. I still think my car is safer than a bus or taxi.

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wonderstuff · 16/04/2021 11:40

@LilyPond2 I can't work that out.

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poppycat10 · 16/04/2021 11:44

Last week I went to a small group session with my running club and two of the ladies arrived in the same car and I was a bit surprised because I didn't think it was allowed. But everyone is incredibly well behaved where I live (and some people are still petrified and wearing masks outside etc), so if they're doing it, I imagine it must be ok.

On the same evening a car suddenly screamed into the car park, handbrake turned into a space and four teenagers got out and started kicking a ball around. They didn't look like they were from the same household either.

OliveTree75 · 16/04/2021 11:47

@LilyPond2

Is giving lifts actually against the law at the moment or is it just guidance? Does giving a lift count as an indoor gathering?

Sure it is just guidance but I could be wrong. DP's work advises against car sharing but loads do it anyway. Loads of the TA's car share at my school too.

I have just been to Zumbini with my SIL and our 2 little ones. We went in the same car. We do childcare for eachother 2 days a week each so I am around them loads anyway.

Silverparting · 16/04/2021 11:51

We've been car sharing again since schools went back.

DC are 15 and so my friend takes them and I pick up.

We open windows, wear masks, kids tested twice weekly and us, we've both had first vaccination and one of the DCs has had Covid.

Silverparting · 16/04/2021 11:52

So her child and mine.

Chickenriceandpeas · 16/04/2021 12:08

I’ve been doing school lift shares throughout with 2 other families. No masks or windows open as it’s too cold. When I drop them off at school I can see a lot of other parents doing the same thing & no-one seems to care (or have dropped down dead - only one case in their school of 1200 since September)

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 16/04/2021 12:13

The government site says avoid car sharing with anyone from outside your household or your support bubble, unless your journey is undertaken for an exempt reason

I presume that may change on 17/5 if household mixing goes ahead but as there’s no room to SD much in a car maybe not.

Learner drivers were allowed back to lessons on Monday which presumably means they can now practice with household members as that wasn’t allowed during lockdown.

carrythecan · 16/04/2021 13:27

We've also been doing lift sharing for the school runs since schools have been back. Live rurally and no other way for kids to get there otherwise. There's no way each family is going to do an hour round trip to school & back, rather than car pool, for the kids to then mix in school!

No masks or open windows either as too cold & it seems rather pointless for such a long journey.

MaxHanno · 16/04/2021 14:11

Who gives a shit anymore? I don't care about daily figures, waves, roadmaps.....I don't care if I get it. I don't care if it kills me.

osbertthesyrianhamster · 16/04/2021 14:12

@SirSamuelVimes

Who gives a shit? Just do it. Crack a window and wear a mask if you feel worried.

This. Been doing it for months, but no masks or opening the windows to freeze.

Looneytune253 · 16/04/2021 14:15

Seems like one of the crazier rules tbh. If I was going out with someone and was not allowed to give them a lift they'd have to go on public transport which surely is higher risk for them and a larger risk for the community as a whole if everyone is also on the public transport

thenightsky · 16/04/2021 14:16

@MaxHanno

Who gives a shit anymore? I don't care about daily figures, waves, roadmaps.....I don't care if I get it. I don't care if it kills me.

This. I can't keep up anymore so I've stopped trying.