Accident not in Accident Book

Tabitha_T

Again, my sincere thanks to those posters who posit helpful suggestions. As for the other sanctimonious twaddle I shall rise above it. Laughable really. My question was brief, and remains brief, not relating to any discussions regarding compensation culture. Read the post. This is about the school's failure to record a serious accident within its grounds. If it had been your child run over, anybody with half a brain would have expected the required recording of the details in the Accident Book. This has absolutely nothing to do with education and everything to do with safety. It matters not that my Mum is no longer parking in the car park (so incidentally she won't need to 'manage' with parking down the road as she can neither walk nor drive), think about it, my Mum wasn't driving the runaway vehicle, the bus driver was and still is going there twice a day. So, if according to one wag: 'it's never a good idea to use a school car park when children are around' then that makes life rather tricky for the staff, oh, and the minibus driver of course. The police most decidedly took no action in this instance due entirely to the fact it was deemed to be on private land. IF there had been a fatality or serious injury charges could have been brought. My intention was never to sue the school, the claim is against the bus company's insurer. I wish to ensure that the school takes its legal responsibilities seriously, which clearly did not happen on this occasion.

lincroft1710

The reason the accident may not have been noted in the accident book could have been because neither a pupil nor member of staff was involved. This does not mean that the accident should not have been recorded.

Johnnytwostep

Tabitha_T wrote: »

Again, my sincere thanks to those posters who posit helpful suggestions. As for the other sanctimonious twaddle I shall rise above it. Laughable really. My question was brief, and remains brief, not relating to any discussions regarding compensation culture. Read the post. This is about the school's failure to record a serious accident within its grounds. If it had been your child run over, anybody with half a brain would have expected the required recording of the details in the Accident Book. This has absolutely nothing to do with education and everything to do with safety. It matters not that my Mum is no longer parking in the car park (so incidentally she won't need to 'manage' with parking down the road as she can neither walk nor drive), think about it, my Mum wasn't driving the runaway vehicle, the bus driver was and still is going there twice a day. So, if according to one wag: 'it's never a good idea to use a school car park when children are around' then that makes life rather tricky for the staff, oh, and the minibus driver of course. The police most decidedly took no action in this instance due entirely to the fact it was deemed to be on private land. IF there had been a fatality or serious injury charges could have been brought. My intention was never to sue the school, the claim is against the bus company's insurer. I wish to ensure that the school takes its legal responsibilities seriously, which clearly did not happen on this occasion.

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arcon5

stebiz wrote: »

So why would a school not allow other parents to park in their car park but would allow disabled people? Cars and children don't mix. Park as far away from school as you can is the answer.

Are you on a different planet or something? All those cars parking are there for a reason. The reason being to drop kids off at school. So whether they all park in this school car park which allows disabled people or whether they all park 10 miles away from school there will be kids and cars :shock horror:

Why op was allowed to park in this particular car park is irrelevant.

tomtontom wrote: »

Not stupid at all - the first post made it appear that the OP wanted to sue the school. You are aware that many schools own their own buses?

Op made no such representation! The purpose of ops actions was to obtain some kind of proof that an accident took place as per CABS recommendation.

Doesn't matter who owns the bus - it's pretty obvious an insurance policy will be in place.

stebiz

arcon5 wrote: »

Are you on a different planet or something? All those cars parking are there for a reason. The reason being to drop kids off at school. So whether they all park in this school car park which allows disabled people or whether they all park 10 miles away from school there will be kids and cars :shock horror:

Obviously don't have kids.;) If you don't think it is dangerous encouraging parents to drop and pick kids up outside school in a car then YOU are the one on a different planet.

adouglasmhor

stebiz wrote: »

Understand completely. I'll ask my school where the 'bus park' is :rotfl:

Maybe there isn't one, but car parks are for, wait for it, drum roll, fanfare, cars!