Do you got to a school where parents DONT park on the double yellows/up on the pavement etc?

[charliecat]

If so, share your success with me...who and how and what stopped people? Or did they never start?

Might add that the children who are dropped off rush across the roads in groups like lemmings as there are no crossings.

My 4yo ran up to his teacher one morning a couple weeks ago and said "Sorry we are a bit late, there was a bloody great Chelsea tractor blocking the entrance again!". I could have died.

Hi. I couldnt resist posting on this thread I havent read all the posts as im on my lunch break, so sorry if i repeat something tha's already been said. I work in parking - not as a parking attendant, but in the appeals department dealing with cases where people challenge why the tickets were given.

I would suggest calling your local authority parking services and informing them of any frequent problems. In the borough I work in they will send parking attendants to the school locations and the end and beginning of the school day. We also use CCTV to issue tickets, so people who park illegally may think they have got away with it ... until they receive a charge for £50 about a week later!

I am always surpirsed at the number of cases that we receive where parents seem to think that they are entitled to compromise the safety of other people's children - just so they have a shorrt a walk as possible from their cars to the school gates!

Im also watching this keenly!

YES NO PARKING AT OUR SCHOOL
BUT its brand new ( well 4 years old)

But what if we contact the authority and inform "them of any frequent problems" in that there isn't anywhere to park? Don't think they'd want to know. It got so bad at our school that my dad rang up the authority to tell them the situation and was told that it was tough basically. Very helpful. A bit of carrot and a little less stick might be nice.

Sorry Tommy ? only just seen this update (busy with work and sick child!!)

Not rural, nor a big city ? we live in a mid sized seaside town. There is very little on street parking available anywhere in the town. Resident?s permits and the like are required for most streets ? seemingly to deter the ?day trippers? from parking outside peoples houses all day.
Residents permit applies to most of the streets around the DS?s school.
There is one very narrow street near to the school that isn?t RPO where I parked at the beginning of his first term. Not outside anyone?s house?.This wasn?t ideal as to get down the street you had to drive on the pavement for most part to get past the other cars parked there.
It seems the schools new head teacher took this up with the local council and they agreed to the 10 min free spaces to alleviate this problem?.although no one seemed to be aware of it until she sent out a ?under no circumstance park in xxxx street? letter out to us all with a ?reminder???? that xxxx car park provided free parking?

thanks valnben - we're having a nightmare with this at the moment. Our council will not do anything that might "encourage car use" - even though I have told them that these parents will drive anyway but it's worth knowing that other councils will do this. Thanks

we don't really have any problems, althought theres always the odd on ethat parks in the bus stop.
It is a small school and most of the pupils are from the village so can walk. We aren't so we drive. Somtimes you have to walk a few hundred yards after parking but that's what you'd expect.

As the postman says "There are them in the village with legs, and them without."

I walk. Always. (OK, its only 7 mins at child's pace anyway) but who would dare incurr the wrath of the man who delivers all that internet shopping?

We are lucky as our school has a large car park.

One local school here has a pub just across the road and the landlord lets parents park there - good publicity and community relations for him and nice and safe for the kids as there is a zebra crossing to the pub.

Maybe other businesses local to schools could do the same?

Surprised to hear about the supermarket that stopped parents parking - I would positivley encourage it, I am sure I would pop in for something on my way home if I parked at Tescos to collect the kids.

IntergalacticWalrus - my children go to a school at the end of a cul de sac I wonder if it's the one you are talking about?

I hope I'm not one of the mothers you are talking about, couldn't be anyway as I walk to school....

Greensleeves - love the comment from your four year old!!!!!! Priceless! (Our very gentle art teacer had a quiet word with me when ou five year old cheerfully and innocently asked in class 'who split the f water?'. I ws mortified & said he must have heard it on the lyrics of James Blunt CD ...)

Our London primary school is currently doing a "name & shame" campaign & every afternoon a teacher stands outside the school gates noting down cars that park dangerously. They also get the police to pop around once a term & move people on from dangerous positions too.
I believe that about 8 years ago a child was killed, so it is taken pretty seriously by the Head.

LOl at greeny's DS. Brilliant comment.