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Today's Excellent Parking Enforcement- In Theory

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  • Started 8 years ago by paddyirish
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  1. paddyirish
    Member

    Just received a letter from my daughter's school, saying essentially that they are fed up with parents flouting the parking guidelines and have agreed with local Police that those who flout them will be given FPNs.

    The tone of the letter was basically- "you are selfish £$^%&S, it is only a matter of time before one of you causes an accident, we have asked you nicely, but now we are sick of you and we are going to get the law to help."

    I look forward to the first FPNs being applied and the accompanying howls of outrage.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  2. Snowy
    Member

    Good.
    We are lucky enough to live about a 4 minute walk from our school gates.
    One of our neighbours, who lives about a minute closer, actually drives her child to school, and then returns to park the car at home.
    She's normally still fighting for a parking space for the drop-off when I'm leaving the school.
    No mobility issues. And she cycles a fair bit at other times.
    Cognitive dissonance. What is it about the school run?

    Posted 8 years ago #

  3. gembo
    Member

    People need to get up early enough to walk? But snowy that one sounds bad. You could ring her doorbell on way past and offer to take the wee one, but that might be freaky?

    Posted 8 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    This is indeed excellent; except that it's seen as a final and exceptional straw to actually enforce such things!

    Posted 8 years ago #

  5. gibbo
    Member

    @paddyirish

    Which school is it?

    Posted 8 years ago #

  6. The Boy
    Member

    The primary school over the road had a parking attendant sitting by the bins/turning point at the start of term which had a very positive effect on the parking situation for the week or two he was there. Back to usual since, mind.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  7. Klaxon
    Member

    I wonder if ANPR enforcement would be viable in these newly created safe zones.

    Every commercial car park seems to have jumped on the bandwagon.

    Posted 8 years ago #

  8. paddyirish
    Member

    @gibbo

    Donibristle Primary, in Fife

    Posted 8 years ago #

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