Parking at/near Schools

by **SmithD** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:35 pm

One is a baby, she can't open the door herself. :wink:

The other is behind the driver seat, so that if I was taking the baby out the car I wouldn't be standing with the door wide open at the road side trying to get the baby out.

The lollypop man is on the main road crossing the road, so on the rare occasion when I do drop her off at the school in the car I stop in Smith Drive.

by **itsalwaysabadhairday** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:22 pm

I give up! :evil:

Now the Police are at it as well (dangerous parking outside a school), what hope do we have in encouraging people to park safely when I just came accross the Police van :shock:

parked on th Ralston Rd side of the Smith Drive junction opposite Castle Hill School half on the Road, half on the PAVEMENT!!!!! :evil:

When there was ample parking in Smith Drive or alternatively space in the bus lay-by across the road! I am in despair!!! :cry:

by **Rumpole** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:16 pm

itsalwaysabadhairday wrote:I give up! Now the Police are at it as well (dangerous parking outside a school), ......................... I am in despair!!!

Don't despair, my old love, ring the Police station and register a complaint.

They'd be quick enough to nick us if we were to do it.

by **knock** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:19 pm

Was anyone at Stewart Green today? A highland fuels tanker came speeding up the wrong way and parked on the zig zag lines outside St Kierans. Several people spoke to the driver and were told that he had to deliver fuel. The point is: he timed it for the school coming out so the road was at the busiest. He caused a traffic jam. Not only did he go up a one way street the wrong way but he did so at speed. Children are running around on the pavements at this time. If the tanker had gone up on the pavement, heavens knows what would have happened.

Did the fuel have to be delivered at that time?

by **Buzz Lightyear** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:26 pm

Did you contact Highland fuels & inform them? tel 0800 224224 & complain, also report them to the police. totally unacceptable in my eyes.

by **knock** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:08 pm

Thanks for that Buzz - will phone them tomorrow. I just dread to think what could have happened.

by **big tony** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:03 pm

lost the will to live writing a longwinded comment so i deleted it and i'll just say oh dear!!!

by **howlsatthemoon** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:46 pm

SmithD wrote:

And a Twenty's Plenty sign is needed. Maybe not for school time, but for the idiots who drive too fast up and down the street!

These are to be installed outside all local primary schools:-

http://vpod.tv/dailystream/359373

by **general jack o'niell** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:51 am

not only outside schools, all the 20mph roadmarking around town are a great start, it should be extended to main thoroughfares like longrow, i was crossing over towards the co-op yesterday from the corner at the pottery place (mcilcheres top shop) i looked right, no traffic, looked left, no traffic, looked right again, no traffic to be seen all the way to the top of millknowe, paused to let a car turn from the junction and went to cross, only to be nearly hit by a red car that came flying down longrow at over 50mph, must have been as it wasn't in sight some three or four seconds earlier and was going to fast to have just come out of the county garage.

saw the female driver's face, pity i don't know a name or i'd shame her and she was going that fast that i couldn't read the number plate (ok so it would need to be stopped and less than twenty feet away for me to do that) but i'll be letting her know should our paths ever cross. if she was doing that speed by the time she reached the co-op what speed was she doing passing the milldam and a crossing place for schoolkids, this was just after 9am.

by **Sweltered** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:12 pm

wasn't Hulk Hogan's wife , was it?

by **bill** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:20 pm

Typical women driver,can drive over the speed limit,apply make-up,check the hair in rear view mirror(what other reason would it be there?), but try and manouvere into a parking bay and they're fricking hopeless.