one of our local schools has a large banner on the railings outside it stating "parking near the school entrance is selfish and dangerous". It seems to work.

You should have asked him if he had "pavement" tax. Which would have been a no. And it would be a shame if the path had been reduced to such a width that the odd scratch might have appeared along his doors. It amazes me that they can't park a street away because their little cherubs can't walk the length of their own flabby a***s.

Report to head of school who will contact neighbourhood police team to sort them out or local council to issue parking fines. Nip it in the bud before it becomes the norm.

Irresponsible parking outside schools is a real danger to everyone in the vicinity.

Parents/carers generally ignore double yellow lines and zigzags or park half on the road half on the verge.

The situation was so bad here that the Police where called in and as soon as someone stopped where they shouldn't to let the little darlings out, they wrote the time and car reg on a prepared ticket and slapped it on the window. Needless to say, parents thought this was some form of witch-hunt - which it was - and their divine right to park anywhere was being infringed.

And to cap it all, it's a primary school, and I bet 99% of the children live within a mile or so.

What happened to cycling to school? Oh, forgot; it's too dangerous outside the school gate because of the mayhem caused by "safety consious" parents.

Edited by BigJohnD on 04/10/2010 at 14:12

In my area it varies considerably between schools. With some the disruption is minimal but with others you have to allow perhaps an extra 10 minutes to get past the school. The most irritating are the people who double park and then decide they need to have a conversation with their kid as they get out the car! Even worse though are those people who dump their ankle biters in a nursery all day. They seem to think they are so important that they can park where they like and then barge through people wuth their 4x4 push chairs!

The story has a nearly happy ending, of sorts anyway!

Firstly the recent school newsletter has warned parents from parking outside school, with the threat of police presence. This is after complaints from residents apparently.

Second, parking outside school is very difficult at the moment anyway because the gas board are digging up the road.

Third, the school now closes the gate across the road into the school to stop people driving in and/or turning.

Parking on one side of the road is generally okay as this slows traffic down on a very straight road, which is quite good when there are lots of kids about.

We tend to avoid driving past school at in and out times if possible, its wrth driving an extra half mile to avoid the stress and avoid adding to the chaos!