Unnecessary congestion

It doesn't matter if the council have painted yellow lines, unless they're enforced, parents still park on em! I have seen policemen wander past parked cars without a glance!

I have 4 grandchildren, 2 lots of 2. None of them go to the schools near where they live, why, because the schools are full so my grandchildren have to travel 15 mins by car to go to school in another village. Both sets of parents work, so it means the kids go to breakfast club so Mum can then go to work (she is a TA in another school 20 mins in the opposite direction) the Dad is in the Army so frequently away. The other set Dad takes the kids to school then turns round and drives 20 miles to work, he's lucky in that he doesn't start work until after 9am but that means he doesn't finish until 6pm, Mum drives 20 miles to work at 7 am so that she can finish early in time to pick the kids up at 3.15. They all do this without a moan in all weathers I'm pretty sure they would love to walk their children to school in the local village but those days have gone, for many its the daily battle of trying to keep all the balls in the air. I for one wouldn't want to be  a parent these days.

It doesn't matter if the council have painted yellow lines, unless they're enforced, parents still park on em! I have seen policemen wander past parked cars without a glance!

Write your comments here...police do not enforce yellow line offences. The council do. police only deal with obstruction offences 

"...police do not enforce yellow line offences. The council do. police only deal with obstruction offences "

So why are the councils not monitoring the local chools and bad parking then?  Should we be on to our parish/borough/town/city council and complain about it?

Contact your local council (to whom you pay rates). I’d take photos and send details to them. As it’s a revenue stream for them, I’d expect there to be an interest.

Contact your local council (to whom you pay rates). I’d take photos and send details to them. As it’s a revenue stream for them, I’d expect there to be an interest.

Write your comments here...the Council....well when I was the LS for a major teaching union we were involved in the consulations about school reorganisation and the building of several new PFI schools.All of the unions pressed for cycle/walk to school routes to be included in the daft plans-which they were.Then budget problems arose and guess which parts of the plans were scrapped first?So we have shiny new schools with traffic congestion around them.

Our local primary school has for many years organised with the help of parents a 'crocodile' walk. This starts off about 3/4 mile from the school and parents and students join it on the way. This obviously reduces congestion at the gate, gives everyone more exercise and builds road safety education. Conversely at the secondary school I worked all staff had to do gate duty. Parents were insistant on dropping the child as near to the gate as feasibly possible. The staff had to prevent students running into the road between cars because they had to hurry as their pick up car was on a double yellow line. 

Finally, the increased danger around school gates, can be mainly attributed to sheer laziness by parents and offsprings alike. We all have a pair of legs why not use them? Why not consider staggered arrival and departure times. For the little ones arrange a supervised walk with them all holding a rope to keep them together. Believe it or not everyone might start having a 'real' chat on the way.

Contact your local council (to whom you pay rates). I’d take photos and send details to them. As it’s a revenue stream for them, I’d expect there to be an interest.

Write your comments here...the Council....well when I was the LS for a major teaching union we were involved in the consulations about school reorganisation and the building of several new PFI schools.All of the unions pressed for cycle/walk to school routes to be included in the daft plans-which they were.Then budget problems arose and guess which parts of the plans were scrapped first?So we have shiny new schools with traffic congestion around them.

A ‘saving’ is only that if the action is not done or done more efficiently. So often, a ‘saving’ is merely achieved by passing the buck somewhere else and in a way that costs more overall.

The clogging of areas around schools by parents' cars is happening for 3 main reasons

Laziness  / Downright Laziness / Selfishness

The parents and their children would all benefit from using their legs and walking.   

No reason why those with a few miles journey distance don't leave their cars in the local municiple car park and walk the rest of the way.

Good for the kids and good for the parents AND would improve road safety at the school gates. 

K 

We have problems with inconsiderate parking ,most days in our area ,not just when the legless ones are going to and from school,the local police (now nearly a memory)will ticket vehicles causing an obstruction ie.over dropped kerbs on footpaths and junctions( if around ) as will the parking services staff  from the council,(again if around )at the time,as stated in other posts ain other circumstances they have to see the person park /or enter the vehicle to leave,We have in the past asked why this is ?as when in car parks or yellow lines it is the vehicle that gets the ticket,and we have been informed a change in local bylaws would be needed ?