Parking outside schools

Freddie59

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

Ghandee

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

There used to be a Jewish Pedo sat outside our school!

The amount of times he tried to SELL me sweets was UNFKNBLIVABLE!

Dravokivich

Freddie59 wrote: »

It'll take a death for anything to change.

Yes, we understand the accident was a result of a stationary vehicle.

Senna

I know, its getting that bad i had to buy more powerful binoculars.

JohnathanM

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

Perhaps if you stood around offering free cups of tea they might turn up?

W.Shakes-Beer

Not even the Gardai wanted the free sweets.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

Same could be said about shopping centers,some are too lazy to walk abit.

starbelgrade

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

Careful now. You'll take someone's eye out with that post.

strokemyclover

I think the accidents the OP forgot to describe further were the number of cars parked near schools bursting into flames. The number of motorists starting fires in cars from all the static electricity generated by lap rubbing is a real epidemic!

WHOOOOOSH!

squod

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

Completely new phenomenon. I heard people only stared doing this last week. That's the reason that the local authorities haven't done anything about it. I expect drop-off points will be built in the following months and road signage will follow.

mikemac

In my day we walked five miles to school barefoot and the only nourishment we got was a quart of bainne

Anyway yes OP, I started such a thread over in ranting and raving.
Parents in their SUV's attempt to drive little Saorise agus Ronán to school. God forbid they have to walk 100 metres to the door.

Yes, buy an SUV for saftety. Park it outside a school.
Forget that all children and a lot of adults cannot see over it when they try to cross the road.
Reassure yourself that an SUV is safe :rolleyes:

Dravokivich

feelingstressed wrote: »

Yes, buy an SUV for saftety. Park it outside a school.
Forget that all children and a lot of adults cannot see over it when they try to cross the road.
Reassure yourself that an SUV is safe :rolleyes:

Yeah well, speaking as a parent I'm concerned for my childs safety and if I'm to transport them from A- B I'll be doing it in the safest method of transportation available to me. Thank you very much!

I mean seriously, if other parents aren't going to show as much concern for their own kids, why should I?

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Son Of A Vidic

It's the fcukwit driving ability of some of these muppets that bothers me.

starbelgrade

SUVs are not necessarily safer than any normal car. In fact a lot of the Japanese made cars have higher safety ratings. Crash tests prove that people fair no better than they do in normal mid sized cars when in a collision. Plus they have a much higher propensity to roll as they are higher off the ground.

However, the fact is that the more you drive, the more likely you are to be involved in a car accident.

So the moral of the story is, the safest way to get your kids to school is to let them walk.

It's also healthier.

Daegerty

Freddie59 wrote: »

Ah that ole chestnut. Is it ever going to end. Lazy prats who won't park any safe distance away from a school while the Gardai do nothing about it. It'll take a death for anything to change.

ah yes if you park too close to a school it might be inclined to attack you because it feels its personal space is being invaded.

how is parking too close to a school unsafe? what other types of buildings can you not park too close to incase they might attack?

Marty McFly

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

It's the fcukwit driving ability of some of these muppets that bothers me.

Agreed, i live in an estate right beside a primary school, everyday at school closing time its like an A to Z on how to be a **** driver, and an obnoxious prick yeh ill just stop were ever i feel middle of the road, on corners, indicators what are they, since when have kids or parents not got legs they cant walk to school and back, any wonder kids are turning into little meatballs.

Most kids in primary schools in built up areas like were i live arent coming from miles away its a five ten min walk tops, its lazy adults picking up future lazy kids.

starbelgrade

Daegerty wrote: »

how is parking too close to a school unsafe?

Most schools were built without parking zones outside them, so when people park outside, they usually do so on double yellow lines. This reduces the road width (often on both sides), which is dangerous to drivers & pedestrians if a car has to swerve to avoid a hazard.

Add to that the fact that SUVs are so high up that they often obscure the views of drivers & pedestrians, then there is an decrease in road safety for all users.

But as long as your kid is safe, then fuck everyone else.

That seems to be the attitude anyway.

Iwannahurl

That old chestnut indeed.

In my neck of the woods the law enforcers have a deliberate policy of ignoring the abuse of pedestrian facilities around schools.

Smartarse comments about stationary vehicles aside, a death probably won't change anything. Pedestrians are loozas, yummy mummies in their shiny tanks rule the road, and the footpaths.

Daegerty

starbelgrade wrote: »

Most schools were built without parking zones outside them, so when people park outside, they usually do so on double yellow lines. This reduces the road width (often on both sides), which is dangerous to drivers & pedestrians if a car has to swerve to avoid a hazard.

Add to that the fact that SUVs are so high up that they often obscure the views of drivers & pedestrians, then there is an decrease in road safety for all users.

But as long as your kid is safe, then fuck everyone else.

That seems to be the attitude anyway.

Usually around here when the school starts or finishes the roads are so clogged up it would be very hard to be doing a speed where youd have to swerve to avoid something.

and most of the SUVs are after disappearing since the tiger died. wonder where they all went to, england maybe?

Daegerty

Iwannahurl wrote: »

That old chestnut indeed.

In my neck of the woods the law enforcers have a deliberate policy of ignoring the abuse of pedestrian facilities around schools.

Smartarse comments about stationary vehicles aside, a death probably won't change anything. Pedestrians are loozas, yummy mummies in their shiny tanks rule the road, and the footpaths.

If there was a death i would say nobody would ever be allowed to park within a mile of a school and all children have to be brought to their homes in an armoured limousine by a certified professional chauffeur who is vetted weekly for any signs of paedophilia

Blink182rock

youd get mass with all the priests parked there ............................................


uh oh

Iwannahurl

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

Agreed, i live in an estate right beside a primary school, everyday at school closing time its like an A to Z on how to be a **** driver, and an obnoxious prick yeh ill just stop were ever i feel middle of the road, on corners, indicators what are they, since when have kids or parents not got legs they cant walk to school and back, any wonder kids are turning into little meatballs.

Most kids in primary schools in built up areas like were i live arent coming from miles away its a five ten min walk tops, its lazy adults picking up future lazy kids.

Too right. Something like 40,000 children in this country are driven less than 1 km to primary school. There are more secondary students driving themselves to school than are cycling. Future meatballs indeed.

amacca

Ghandee wrote: »

There used to be a Jewish Pedo sat outside our school!

The amount of times he tried to SELL me sweets was UNFKNBLIVABLE!

How did you know he was Jewish?


Oh.....never mind!

Homer

You can say what you like about pedophiles.. Least they drive slowly past schools

mikemac

Dravokivich wrote: »

Yeah well, speaking as a parent I'm concerned for my childs safety and if I'm to transport them from A- B

I never once disputed this and I didn't attack you

My point was on parents who drive up onto footpaths while two to three hundred children are trying to exit school.
These cars and SUV's would almost drive to the classroom if they could, god forbid the children have to walk, it's an unsafe world after all.

Dravokivich, I've no issue with parent collecting children from school. I've an issue with safety conscious parent with SUV's driving to the school gate and blocking pedestrian crossings. Hell a lot of adults cannot see over an SUV. So how is parking one outside a school when a few hundred are leaving safe?

And yes in my day and your day as well we walked, cycled or got some piece of **** Bus Éireann cast off to take us to school. No harm done and we were slimmer and fitter

stovelid

Just don't speed past schools and you ll be fine.

mikemac

Daegerty wrote: »

how is parking too close to a school unsafe?

Because children cannot see over a lot of cars!
And when you include jeeps and SUV's, hell a lot of adults cannot see over them

You've seen it outside your local school, it's a free for all.
And in the mornings, some parents are rushing off to work so their concentration might not be perfect

Was Ireland in the 80's realy so bad when we walked, cycled or got Bus Éireann to school? Few enough drove

Freddie59

Daegerty wrote: »

ah yes if you park too close to a school it might be inclined to attack you because it feels its personal space is being invaded.

how is parking too close to a school unsafe? what other types of buildings can you not park too close to incase they might attack?

Nice one. Seriously though, the whole situation is ridiculous. One poster here has said 'if everyone else is doing it why shouldn't I". We have to start somewhere. Proper enforcement of the parking regulations might help.

Makes me laugh when you see the double yellows being laid outside the schools - and they're just ignored. And it's the usual clowns who do it. I passed by a school in Waterford one day, about 15 minutes before collection time. No cars parked anywhere. Except for one lady - who was parked ON the school crossing. Obviously this was a daily ritual. People who do this are really lazy, inconsiderate clowns.

mikemac

Freddie59 wrote: »

Except for one lady - who was parked ON the school crossing. Obviously this was a daily ritual. People who do this are really lazy, inconsiderate clowns.

And she'd be the first to give the evil eye and call the superintendent and local paper over boy racers and bikers and cyclists rushing past the local school

thebman

Daegerty wrote: »

Usually around here when the school starts or finishes the roads are so clogged up it would be very hard to be doing a speed where youd have to swerve to avoid something.

and most of the SUVs are after disappearing since the tiger died. wonder where they all went to, england maybe?

Ever wonder why the roads are so clogged when school finishes/starts?

Maybe because parents are parked on the side of the road on double yellow lines, pulling out into traffic and stopping on the road blocking up everything.

These people follow no rules and should be fined by the police.

I worked on a road where there was virtually no traffic but school traffic and it added 10 minutes to my journey in a non-built up area when schools were on so in busy areas, it is causing serious traffic build up.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Does seem to be fairly stupid mentality,i dont see why parents could carpool or even get a bus*yes i know that would be an effort for their little darlings too.