Taking kids to School

[Deleted member 26715]

Regards the OP though, I'm not sure you can do much about people parking in your cul-de-sac. It's lazy but it's not illegal.

The post wasn't about them parking in the cul-de-sac although it does piss me off when they sit there in winter with the engine running & the heater on, or in the summer with the engine running & the air con on, it was more about not walking 450M but driving nearly 1KM

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There is certainly a problem with people feeling entitled to walk the minimum possible distance to complete their task

and if their kid is involved then some people get even worse

WHen I pick the granddaughter up I generally park a fair distance up a nearby road - where I can easily park and not get in anyone's way

other people seem to happily park across drives and on the bend for corners

I often end up picking up her cousin as well (which makes it awkward as he doesn;t know me much and has less discipline in his life!) and if I can manage with those 2 then whatsit with her Range Rover (in aintree?? really???) can cope with her one kid without making the whole damn area a nightmare

still - people!!

 

[matticus]

Regards the OP though, I'm not sure you can do much about people parking in your cul-de-sac. It's lazy but it's not illegal. UNless they are blocking your driveway

Are you serious? There are LOADS of things you can do!

Oh .... you mean legally, I guess. As you were ...

 

[Drago]

I feel your pain Phaeton.

I have on these hallowed pages myself previously described how I was waiting outside school and observed a woman reverse her car off the driveway in the adjacent cul-de-sac, drop the kids outside the school a whole 100 metres away, then drive back.

And cul-de-sac abuse annoys me too. Those are turning bays built into the end, not car parks.

Our village is a little over half a mile long, the school, pretty much bang in the middle, and the schools catchment radius does not even extend to the edge of the village, so it is impossible to live more than a 5 minute walk away. And yet most people drive their overweght offspring to the gate. Indeed, they often pull off their driveway was I walk by and are still circling like sharks looking for somewhere to park as I stroll up to the gates. The effort and expense required to be that lazy is just indescribable.

 

[Dirk]

I used to live on a cul de sac opposite a school in a North Worcestershire village.
School run time was a nightmare to access our driveway, despite double yellow lines and signage.
One woman, in particular, used to drop her little darlings off in her Range Rover Sport and then drive home - all of 200 yards up the road.

 

[oldwheels]

Both my grandchildren and some friends cycled nearly 3 miles to primary school every day. They were escorted by a parent across a potentially dangerous main road half a mile away from home but otherwise were on their own up a cycle path. On the return journey they phoned home when leaving school so somebody met them at the main road crossing.
Where I live parents park on a steep hill with a right angle bend near the school entrance. You cannot see up or down at the bend so an accident waiting to happen. Cannot understand why the local police do not take any action. The constable who lives nearby walks his kids to school when off duty.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

All this made me wonder about the grandkids cycling to school - and if it is possible

A little bit of thinking and I realised that it just can;t be done
They are generally not taken to school by the same person who picks them up. Often the person who takes them will be on his way to work in a car - and has a 30 minute or so journey after they are dropedd off.
Hence, there is no-one to cycle to school with them - and then there is no bike at school for them to ride home

When my daughter was at Primary school the, in summer and good weather, I did often load her bike and my ex-partner's bike's into th ecar boot and leave early for work. On the way I would stop off at the church near the school and lock the 2 bikes to some railing at the back (the vicar agreed to the idea!)
tyhat worked well but is not always practical - can;t see how it could be done with the grandkids!


anyway - worth thinking about - although she would need a new bike - current one was bought about 3 years ago and hasn;t been out of the shed for 2 years!!!

 

[Drago]

Both my grandchildren and some friends cycled nearly 3 miles to primary school every day. They were escorted by a parent across a potentially dangerous main road half a mile away from home but otherwise were on their own up a cycle path. On the return journey they phoned home when leaving school so somebody met them at the main road crossing.
Where I live parents park on a steep hill with a right angle bend near the school entrance. You cannot see up or down at the bend so an accident waiting to happen. Cannot understand why the local police do not take any action. The constable who lives nearby walks his kids to school when off duty.

Unsure how it is up there, but down sooth the police don't have a power to enforce a field of view, unfortunately.

 

[slowmotion]

When I was six, I would walk to school 1.3 miles across Winchester with my seven year old sister ( and sometimes my pal Benny from across the road).


We had it tough....


........we saw a fair bit of white dog poo as well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

........we saw a fair bit of white dog poo as well.

A major hazard back in the day. I blame the milky bar kid.

 

[Alex321]

5 days a week, twice a day onward journeys? I'd be surprised

He might be dropping kid off before commuting to work.

Not that many people have jobs where they can start and finish at appropriate times for start and end of school, but some do.

 

[Alex321]

A problem arising from allowing parents to choose schools that are not local to them.

They don't always have a choice. Quite a few new housing estates have been built without any schools, even with 1000+ houses.

 

[Time Waster]

5 days a week, twice a day onward journeys? I'd be surprised

Have you observed that he's done this trip twice a day 5 days a week? The second trip of the day could be from another destination to the school then home. That would make more sense and would mean some business during the day needing the car between the two daily school trips.

BTW we were in the process of moving house to a village 15 minute from the town we lived in. Our primary school aged son was going to the new village school. Our old house sold and there was a long delay with the buyer. So for several months we did two return trips to the new village primary school because the new school year had started and it's better to change schools at a new year, less disruptive.

My point is there was a very good reason for our school run. Other parents at that school and neighbours in our soon to be old neighbourhood would not know that reason without us telling them. Could that parent possibly have a good reason that you have not been informed of? You can't know for sure other's situation without talking to them about it. Is it right to jump to conclusions? Times are hard and and not everyone has a straightforward situation.

 

[Dadam]

It’s the same mentality as people who spend five minutes driving round the car park so they can park as close as possible to the supermarket door. I tend to park at the far end and will often be in before they get out of the car. Many of these people will go to the gym, in the car, and also park as close as possible to the door. And wouldn’t get the irony.

 

[Time Waster]

Range rovers! I parked near a white one today. It was as long as our vehicle. We have a van! No way a car should be as long as a van like a vivaro or transit! Sorry they should have a extra class for them with extra testing like psv or hgv imho. Plus a lot higher ved and insurance. Not that it would price ppl out of buying them. Some pratts have too much money for their own sense!