Outside The School Gates At Pick Up Time Yesterday. (Rant)

[ferlew]

My son had just picked up my grandson, and was walking him up the road to the car.
In front of him a woman in a burkha got into a 4x4, shut the door and he saw the reverse lights come on. She was parked on a single yellow line, halfway on the pavement.
He had a gut feeling something was going to go wrong.
His feeling was correct.
She went right into him hitting him in the tummy and going over his feet, thankfully he had pushed my grandson toward the wall by this time.
He gathered his wits as she shrugged at him and drove off.
He noted her wing mirrors were damaged (from a previous encounter with something) and there was no way she could use them.
Tonight he waited for her to appear, and she was between 2 other cars held up when he spotted her. He told her she had run into him and advised her to get her mirrors fixed.
She refused point blank to speak to him, and wound up her window and looked straight ahead.
He said to her that if she wouldn't speak to him, she had better be prepared to speak to the police. (He wasn't really going to report it).
Headmaster and one of the teachers and a couple of parents have advised him to carry through in order to make her (and the others that were illegally parked there) consider the safety of their actions.
It led me to think, surely wearing this garment, and with smashed mirrors, her peripheral views must have been greatly reduced?

[Spicerack]

Well, I ain't 'friends' with FerLew or anyone else and nobody likes me. In case you think I'm in a 'gang'. ;)

[Baldric]

I am not part of any 'Club' the opinions I post are mine and if they happen to agree with someone else, so be it.

[Jahulaye]

LOOL, like you I roll alone spicerack so am not swayed from right and wrong due to peer pressure ;)

[baza]

I am not in any gang and only repeated on here an actual event, I might also add the driver lived in Luton and was white.

[Islay]

Had someone just run over my feet and nearly knocked my child over I would take note of the number plate and ring the police.

[Spicerack]

We walked or if a fair way caught a bus/minibus. Can't remember anyone getting picked up. Not many parents would have had cars then.
Sorry for the slight diversion.

[ferlew]

Thanks all, he did report it in the end and was indeed told it was an offence to drive away. Head is going to raise the issue yet again in the school newsletter. It seems this problem is quite an old one for them.
The situation isn't made any easier by the fact the lollipop man is currently off sick.
Anyway, comments passed on, and up to him and his concience what the next move is. Like his mum, he is one for a quiet life if at all possible.

Love those claw things you linked to Tonyav :)

[tonyav]

he did report it in the end and was indeed told it was an offence to drive away.

Hope the cops follow it up and book her then, ferlew.

[Gherkins]

"surely wearing this garment"

I drive with my hoodie up over my baseball cap sometimes and this obstructs my vision. Every time I do it, it's only up for seconds before I remember why I don't have my hoodie up whilst driving.

[Spicerack]

You'll be quite safe, Gherkins.
Several ABers have driven around with a piece of paper with a slit cut in it. Didn't obstruct their vision in the slightest. ;o)