I've just had ANOTHER stand up row in the street!!!

ClareEmily

I really don't think it is worth raising your blood pressure about, as long as you have warned your children about watching out for idiot drivers and mentioning it to the school again, not much you can do, there are always those who break the rules.

I agree with another poster, I remember someone yelling at my mum when I was little and I was really upset, please don't do it.

look_after_the_pennies

Neil_B wrote: »

Which, incidentally, they are allowed to do!
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Of course, just as long as they aren't parking on the zig zags.

look_after_the_pennies

imfedup wrote: »

I live opposite a school and every september is the same - parents parking over my drive blocking me in so that I cant get to work - one parent even had the cheek the other week to ask me what my problem was when I asked them calmly to move their car as I needed to get out. Their reply was "cant you wait I will only be about 10 minutes!"

So every year is the same, they soon get the message though when I see them getting out of their car and I reverse right up to their car and put my hand on the horn. It certainly works no one parks over my drive now well not until the new term next september :rotfl:

Similar what to my boyfriend does if he comes home early and sees a car blocking our drive. He'll get in his car, drive down the drive and beep. Parent moves off, boyfriend drives round the corner and back and parks up. All a game but what happens if there is an emergency and you need to get out of the drive urgently? I think it is bad manners that people don't think.

N1ckR

Making a log and taking photos IS worthwhile.

One course of action is taking photographs of the vehicles, making a log (date/time, reg plate, brief details of driver, number of children entering/leaving car) report the incidents on a weekly basis to the Police.

This information will be useful to the Police (even if its not "evidence") and could well be enough for the Police to decide to pursue the issue further.

I did Jury service a few years ago and it was someone logging repeated incidents that caused the Police to investigate further and ended up with the person causing the problem being brought in-front of Judge and Jury.

Obviously I not suggesting it will get this far, but I would hope for some visual presence from the Police at key times enough to deter.

Cheers Nick.

Minxy_Bella

ClareEmily wrote: »

I really don't think it is worth raising your blood pressure about, as long as you have warned your children about watching out for idiot drivers and mentioning it to the school again, not much you can do, there are always those who break the rules.

I agree with another poster, I remember someone yelling at my mum when I was little and I was really upset, please don't do it.

I promise you, I wasn't yelling. I raised my voice, which I'm cross with myself about as I'm honestly not a chavvy streetfighter . I would never embarrass or upset my kids or anyone else's - (ask my OH's ex-wife - she's tried to get me to snap in public more than a few times :rolleyes:)

look_after_the_pennies

N1ckR wrote: »

Making a log and taking photos IS worthwhile.

One course of action is taking photographs of the vehicles, making a log (date/time, reg plate, brief details of driver, number of children entering/leaving car) report the incidents on a weekly basis to the Police.

This information will be useful to the Police (even if its not "evidence") and could well be enough for the Police to decide to pursue the issue further.

I did Jury service a few years ago and it was someone logging repeated incidents that caused the Police to investigate further and ended up with the person causing the problem being brought in-front of Judge and Jury.

Cheers Nick.

Yes I totally agree. In a separate case, my brother in law did exactly this as someone repeated blocking his drive and he doesn't even live near a school! After repeatingly reporting this to the police, the police requested that the council painted a white line on the road across the drive which they did.

Minxy_Bella

Neil_B wrote: »

Which, incidentally, they are allowed to do!
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Sorry, I might be being a bit blonde here but I don't understand why you've said this.

I park a few streets away - where parking is permitted - and walk to the gates, so why shouldn't everyone else do the same?

Are you suggesting that a) I resent other people picking up their children?? or b) that there is some by-law stating that parents are permitted to park away from schools??? Sorry - you've really lost me...

ClareEmily

Minxy_Bella wrote: »

I promise you, I wasn't yelling. I raised my voice, which I'm cross with myself about as I'm honestly not a chavvy streetfighter . I would never embarrass or upset my kids or anyone else's - (ask my OH's ex-wife - she's tried to get me to snap in public more than a few times :rolleyes:)

I hadn't imagined you as a chavvy streetfighter honestly.

Cos I'm bored at work, just been looking up similar case, makes interesting reading, maybe contact your local council:

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/news/70-fines-parents-park-outside-schools/article-945052-detail/article.html

jackie_w

some parents park on the zig zag lines at my sons school and younger sons nursery.

A couple of years ago, on the school railings, there was pictures of cars on banners showing the registration numbers of the cars that parked on the zig zag lines, now it was a big banner, and looked professionally done, so I dont know if it was the school who arranged it, the police or the council. It didnt work though they still do it.

And last year at my sons numrsery there is a primary school across the road, and a little boy got knocked down at home time coming out from the school, and many people contacted the local paper about the parents parking on the zig zag lines. Again, didnt make any difference, because when I was picking my son up fron nursery there was still parents parking on the zig zags, and there was no police around even though a little boy got knocked down.

pin1onu

Perhaps its worth keeping on at the head of the school. Most of them want to keep their neighbours happy.

My children's school has it's problems with parking. The current head tries a carrot and stick approach.

He's negotiated with a local pub for parents to use their car park for pickup and drop-off and reminds parents of their responsabilities in monthly news letters. He also publishes the VRM's of persistent offenders.

Also he contacted the council and asked them to get CEO's down periodically to handle the zig-zag parking issue. In addition they get periodic visits from a PCSO with enforcement powers. They have ability to issue FPN's for obstrcution (people parking over driveways) - £60 fine.

It might be worth suggesting something similiar.