Road Safety outside Schools - has anyone campaigned successfully

[hockeymum]

Having a BAD day. It is my birthday and I've been hit by a car outside dd's school. Thankfully neither dd or ds were injured but an old biddy drove into me and my hip took her wing mirror off! She stopped and hadn't even realised I was in the road (putting newborn ds into his car seat). She has dented the door and bruised my hip.

I phoned the police but they said we couldnt prove she was speeding as we didnt have radars (5 parents say she was speeding) and as my injuries are not severe enough for hospital they say it is not a police matter, even when as far as I am concerned she is not safe to be on the road when she hadnt even noticed I was in the road and didnt realised she had hit me (someone had to stop her at the end of the road otherwise she would have driven off), a prime case of dangerous driving or without due care and attention I would say.

I called the council and they said there have to be a certain number of accidents before they make an area a "school zone" and make the limit 20. She was going above 30 in a 30 limit.

Has anyone got any info in how to petition the council on this or any other advice on what I should do?

Thanks

I just saw this. You must be really shaken by it. I don't have any advice (I managed to get the council to repaint the faded zigzags outside the school here, but that's the extent of my own experience). But I thought I'd offer sympathy and bump at the same time.

First HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOCKEY MUM. Go to M & S and buy a massive chocolate desert. About that road marking - what about the local press? Could they help your campaign? Good Luck!

This happened outside ss's school, except it was the crossing lady who got run over she's ok now tho.....the school got the local media involved and got the limit dropped, although there are still no humps, which IMO it could do with.....

we're just starting this at our school (I'm a governor). You need to speak to the Council's School Travel Coordinator or some such title and you can kick start a process to come up with a school travel plan. That could include a school zone of 20mph. You need to get everyone on board though. I've been talking about this for a year or so and it wasn't til lots of parents starting writing to the Head about it that she did anything.
Happy Birthday BTW