Let your kids walk from school

Alistair D

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Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car.
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Why do some parents insist on picking their kids up from the school gates? Where I stay the road outside the Primary School is really congested when it's the end of the school day, but at the end of the road there is a Retail Park and supermarket with ample parking.
Go stand at the gates, wait on your kids and make the 2 min walk to the car. You'd probably save time and it would be less dangerous for your loved ones dodging traffic.
Moan over, enjoy life and what it brings you.:thumbs up:
 
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When i first read that i read it wrong and was going to reply about the wrong uns in society etc.
However, i read it again and totally agree.
The school where mine goes gets mental busy with cars all trying to get as close as possible despite double yellow lines.
Seen busses hit and crunch cars there, it gets that congested once a day for half an hour it's mental.
They even get the odd traffic warden now and again but it does not discourage them for long, but does make them all park further away.
 
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CHEZ said:
When i first read that i read it wrong and was going to reply about the wrong uns in society etc.
However, i read it again and totally agree.
The school where mine goes gets mental busy with cars all trying to get as close as possible despite double yellow lines.
Seen busses hit and crunch cars there, it gets that congested once a day for half an hour it's mental.
They even get the odd traffic warden now and again but it does not discourage them for long, but does make them all park further away.
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It's a GREEN thing like you've to save the planet, you've to stop buying diesel, you've to stop burning coal, and you've to do everything you can to help our little ******; but not me, it doesn't apply to me, I can do whatever 'cos it's just me - me, me, me and/but everybody else just has ta!

And of course, we're all £s poor and can't afford sooo much; but motorin' little ****** to and from school - or dance classes and parking wherever - let's not go there...
 
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Don't start me off on this one , our local school causes total chaos daily with drop off's etc , then all over again in the afternoon with collection, 90% of the parent live in the village and just cant be bothered to walk the 5 min or less distance to school .
Nope its all in to the Chelsea tractor, drive 100 yards then back home again for something or other....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,really gets right on my tit's frankly.

anyway , you know what i'm saying chaps.
 
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Just Rob. said:
really gets right on my tit's'
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Let's not bring 'tit's' in to it, Rob; nothing wrong with tit's... Avtar catapult smiley





 
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CHEZ said:
When i first read that i read it wrong and was going to reply about the wrong uns in society etc.
However, i read it again and totally agree.
The school where mine goes gets mental busy with cars all trying to get as close as possible despite double yellow lines.
Seen busses hit and crunch cars there, it gets that congested once a day for half an hour it's mental.
They even get the odd traffic warden now and again but it does not discourage them for long, but does make them all park further away.
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Sorry don't see many Traffic Wardens up here, is this what you mean?
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I live in the same road as my daughter's school and it's a nightmare. They've got a parking warden who stands there a fee days a week and people still try and park on the yellows
 
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They’re either lazy or they want the convenience. I’m sure there are other reasons.

I can’t be bothered with all the hassle of parking outside the school so park in a housing estate the. Walk through the small park to the other side. It’s about a 5 minute walk. I’m sure I can save two or three minutes parking g outside the school, it what’s the point.

The worst I’ve seen is a blue badge holder parking on the school zig-zags. I seem to remember they can’t leave the car, but not in this case.
 
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CHEZ said:
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That's a nice pair of tits.
Getting back to topic:
When I was of primary school age, my dad would leave for work at the same time I walked to school (his route took him past the school) the only time that he would give me a lift would be when it was torrential rain. 10 years later when I couldn't make my own way to college, he would drop me off at the road end and walk the last mile. I'm not looking for sympathy.
This may say more about him, but it made me more independent.
I know times are different and the roads are busier, but the councils should be promoting an alternative to dropping off/picking up from right outside schools.
 
I allways walked or rode to school , whatever the wether , and my daughter also walked to school when in the village school....none of this dropping off fuff.
When she moved up she walked to the local bus stop and took the bus.....
Everyones gone nanny state over the top with children these days, cant walk to school, can take conkers, cant do this ,cant do that, cant have too many germs, etc etc...madnesss frankly.
Children need a reality check as do parents , stop fussing them and let them get on with things themselves.
 
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My old school years were great, no excesive intervention at all, it was more like "please sir & fen street " ….lol

 
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Just Rob. said:
I allways walked or rode to school , whatever the wether , and my daughter also walked to school when in the village school....none of this dropping off fuff.
When she moved up she walked to the local bus stop and took the bus.....
Everyones gone nanny state over the top with children these days, cant walk to school, can take conkers, cant do this ,cant do that, cant have too many germs, etc etc...madnesss frankly.
Children need a reality check as do parents , stop fussing them and let them get on with things themselves.
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Totally agree 100%

(P.s. can you have a word with our lass for me please mr rob?)
She is far too soft, I don't know where she got her silver spoon from
 
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I have the opposite problem in that I can't visit the local shop at 9am or 3pm because the car park is full of cars waiting for little Johnny at the school down the road!
 
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Alistair D said:
That's a nice pair of tits.
Getting back to topic:
When I was of primary school age, my dad would leave for work at the same time I walked to school (his route took him past the school) the only time that he would give me a lift would be when it was torrential rain. 10 years later when I couldn't make my own way to college, he would drop me off at the road end and walk the last mile. I'm not looking for sympathy.
This may say more about him, but it made me more independent.
I know times are different and the roads are busier, but the councils should be promoting an alternative to dropping off/picking up from right outside schools.
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I've just walked past the Primary School and over the last couple of days these signs have been stuck to the pavement leading from the Retail Park to the school.
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Let's see how many parents will take heed and also how long before some brainless idiot will vandalise them.
A big thanks to the people with this idea.:thumbs up::yes: It's a step in the right direction.:whistle2:
 
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I do not seek to drive a car to the very school, but still I put my car in a parking lot nearby and go to meet the child on foot. Recently, the children of some of my friends are increasingly faced with abusive behavior at school from other students https://studydriver.com/school-violence-essay/, and I feel calmer when I meet my son myself. Yes, it doesn't change much, but when I see that after school he goes out with his friends, communicates and smiles, I feel a little calmer.
 
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Alistair D said:
That's a nice pair of tits.
Getting back to topic:
When I was of primary school age, my dad would leave for work at the same time I walked to school (his route took him past the school) the only time that he would give me a lift would be when it was torrential rain. 10 years later when I couldn't make my own way to college, he would drop me off at the road end and walk the last mile. I'm not looking for sympathy.
This may say more about him, but it made me more independent. Now it's easier for kids to learn, read more here.
I know times are different and the roads are busier, but the councils should be promoting an alternative to dropping off/picking up from right outside schools.
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I think you're right.:icon thumright:
 
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They won't stop bringing their cars right up to the school gates, but if you start issuing them with traffic fines then they might.
The traffic wardens are usually too frightened to slap a ticket on a car.

And a useless traffic enforcement car speeds past, but no one seems to get a fine.

They worrying thing is that if we cannot solve this simple problem then.............
 
We have a primary school at the end of our road, about 200 yards away. To be fair the congestion outside the school isn't bad, they've really clamped down on people stopping right outside. But venture into the neighbouring streets, including ours, and you see why. Cars parked over drives, cars parked ON junctions, its mayhem at drop-off/collection times. In all honesty I don't really have an issue with the volume of cars, the school has quite a wide catchment area and i'm mostly out between 8am and 6pm anyway, its just the sheer lack of common sense that gets me. I mean why park in safe sensible spot 100 yards away when you could park in a dangerous but convenient one 90 yards away!
 
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