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School Parking
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Just been on ITV about school cars blocking driveways. There is a sign opposite from where I park saying school pick up cars will be clamped .People insist on parking there. I live in a cul de sac but we are all courteous of each other where to park. Made me feel a bit guilty when I park outside a house when picking my grandson up but I am only there about 10 minutes. We have free 30 minutes parking with a disc I get from school but it is only a small car park and is mostly full .
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The house we've just moved into is on the edge of a hamlet and it seems to be a drop off point for the school coach to drop kids and then their parents ferry them home to the outlying hamlets and for about 15 minutes twice a day it goes from being totally deserted to being like a crazy circus of cars and vans, but it's only for a few minutes a day so what's the problem? You can't just go around clamping cars willy nilly either, that's totally unreasonable if soemone's only there for five minutes. I wouldn't worry about it.
Quite often people don't just park for 10 minutes.
Clamping though seems an odd approach. Better surely to issue sharply worded warning notices to regular offenders, placed under the windscreen wipers. Most people will respond to that whereas clamping makes a victim of the offender (and also does the opposite of what you want - i.e. get rid of the wretched vehicle asap!)
Clamping though seems an odd approach. Better surely to issue sharply worded warning notices to regular offenders, placed under the windscreen wipers. Most people will respond to that whereas clamping makes a victim of the offender (and also does the opposite of what you want - i.e. get rid of the wretched vehicle asap!)
We live about ¾ of a mile from a local school which is on a busy road used by buses and HGVs. At school times it is quicker to turn right and drive the long way round through the village then try and drive the short way by the school. A friend of mine who lives near the other local school gets up early to partk his car on the road or the school run parkers make it virtually impossible to get out of his drive.
Near us in the afternoon the cars arrive about 30 minutes before the primary school finishes as they all seem to want to be as close as possible to the school. As the road is narrow they park on the pavements so pedestrians have to walk on the road. Many live within half a mile- I don't understand it at all
My Father lived almost opposite a primary school and because of his frailty didn't get out very often. This was considered a good enough reason for a selfish parent, waiting for his child, to actually park on his drive. When My Father complained, he was told it was his fault for buying a house near a school. My Father explained that the school wasn't even there when he bought the house and that was still no excuse for parking on his drive, the parent replied"my child's safety is more important ". He quickly changed his mind when my Brother clamped his car a couple of times .