School Traffic

Tenzing

I can't see a thread on this already, sorry if there already is one. The traffic this week is unbelievable. I have to assume it is school, of course. Yet I don't see any kids in the cars, which is strange. Perhaps they are up ahead or something but I have been looking and it is mostly single drivers. The weather is so good too, no excuse for the kids not to head out themselves or do the parents need to drive them there for the first week back?

mecanoman

Yeah its crazy out there, tail backs everywhere. Might be time to be getting up and leaving earlier

djimi

Pet hate of mine. Stupid parents too soft to let their little darlings get the bloody bus. School buses should be manditory for anyone living remotely close to a school; there is no reason for cars to be blocking up towns and villages bringing kids to school.

Mimikyu

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Mc Love

Also there is more teachers (other staff involved with schools) that would see an increase in volumes

dr.fuzzenstein

All of a sudden I'm actually glad I start work at 8 am.

Anan1

djimi wrote: »

Pet hate of mine. Stupid parents too soft to let their little darlings get the bloody bus. School buses should be manditory for anyone living remotely close to a school; there is no reason for cars to be blocking up towns and villages bringing kids to school.

Surely the same could be said for a lot of commuters?

Tea 1000

Anan1 wrote: »

Surely the same could be said for a lot of commuters?

Probably, but school busses are something that are non-existant in Limerick city, and it's nuts.

dr.fuzzenstein

Anan1 wrote: »

Surely the same could be said for a lot of commuters?

Well, most school buses take the location of the kids and the school into consideration as well as the time they need to be there.
Public transport doesn't give a sh*t where I live, where I want to go or when I need to be there, so it's right out the window for me unless I leave for work two days early and take the car to the trainstation.

Anan1

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Well, most school buses take the location of the kids and the school into consideration as well as the time they need to be there.

Ish. There's only so much you can take the location of a dispersed group of kids into consideration.

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Public transport doesn't give a sh*t where I live, where I want to go or when I need to be there, so it's right out the window for me unless I leave for work two days early and take the car to the trainstation.

Given the small & dispersed population of our country, I don't think the mountain is ever going to come to Mohammed.;)

kildare.17hmr

djimi wrote: »

Pet hate of mine. Stupid parents too soft to let their little darlings get the bloody bus. School buses should be manditory for anyone living remotely close to a school; there is no reason for cars to be blocking up towns and villages bringing kids to school.

The school bus from my house to the school is €80 a month, or i can change my route to work and drop the young one off on the way..... I think ill keep my €80 thanks!!!

Alot of people just cant afford the busses, people i know who's kids used to get it cant anymore because of finances ect so some have no choice but to drive

Anan1

In fairness, €80/month is a lot.

BostonB

Its probably because parents have to drop the kids to school then continue to work in the car. Whereas otherwise they get the train or bike of something. Theres also places (usually public sector) that let people work term time, which mean only working when schools are back.

3DataModem

I am reminded of the Onion News article about a guy stating that public transport was great ... for other people.

furtzy

Schools in dublin have messed up or in some cases no catchment areas...so you get parents traversing the city to leave little jimmy off to their chosen school. Down the sticks we could only go to the schools in our areas and got the appropriate bus

dr.fuzzenstein

Anan1 wrote: »

Ish. There's only so much you can take the location of a dispersed group of kids into consideration.
Given the small & dispersed population of our country, I don't think the mountain is ever going to come to Mohammed.;)

True enough, so Mohammed is going to need a car for a little while longer.:D
Unless Gormley gets his way and we all have to live in straw lined holes in the ground and ride bicycles made from recycled cabbage.

BostonB

furtzy wrote: »

Schools in dublin have messed up or in some cases no catchment areas...so you get parents traversing the city to leave little jimmy off to their chosen school. Down the sticks we could only go to the schools in our areas and got the appropriate bus

Most Dublin schools I know have a catchment. What they don't have is capacity for the poorly planned urban sprawl around them.

Mimikyu

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WindSock

Seems worse than ever, this week. Much worse than last year. Hopefully it will ease off soon.

However it was ok today, what's up with that? Do kids not go to school on Friday

kildare.17hmr

WindSock wrote: »

Seems worse than ever, this week. Much worse than last year. Hopefully it will ease off soon.

However it was ok today, what's up with that? Do kids not go to school on Friday

I find it the same every year, for the first few days its a nightmare, people rushing and getting back into routine with the kids, eases off after that(untill it starts bloddy rainin!!) i leave same time every mornin but the last 2 days iv been early because of less traffic

Anan1

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

True enough, so Mohammed is going to need a car for a little while longer.:D
Unless Gormley gets his way and we all have to live in straw lined holes in the ground and ride bicycles made from recycled cabbage.

What'll happen in the long run is that more people will factor in public transport links when deciding where to live. Mohammed will go to the mountain.;)

Michael 09

€80 is pretty expensive in fairness... but in the suburbs of dublin the kids should be walking to school.

parents organise amongst themselves and agree who walks the kids on what day. That'll be cars off the road and less obese children in hospital in the future.

Fatswaldo

I live in the country. National School is 4 miles away and no bus whatsoever! So my two youngest have to be driven to school. Eldest goes to secondary school which, fortunately, is not too far from my route to work and so, he gets dropped off every morning. Alternative is a private bus costing €20/week and he has to walk a mile to get it.

It drives me mad to see people driving 1/2 a mile to drop their youngsters as close as possible to the school gate.:mad: Our work yard is very close to a school, parents constantly park in the opening and block the gates - ask them to move and its as if you are asking them to climb everest!

Fatswaldo

Fatswaldo wrote: »

I live in the country. National School is 4 miles away and no bus whatsoever! So my two youngest have to be driven to school. Eldest goes to secondary school which, fortunately, is not too far from my route to work and so, he gets dropped off every morning. Alternative is a private bus costing €20/week and he has to walk a mile to get it.

If the secondary school is less than 4 miles away would cycling not be an option ? I used to cycle to school from when I was 14 years old.

Fatswaldo

I too cycled to school in my time. Unfortunately, my lads school is 15 miles away! One of the only drawbacks from living where I do.