Firstly I’ll start by saying I’m a class one driver and have been for 11 years now so I’m not criticising someone just for the sake of it but these drivers amongst us sometimes do worry me…
I took my son to school this morning,walked as per usual 1.5 miles because I’m not a lazy ■■■■■■■ we get to the school and there is chaos in the road outside the school literally it’s gridlocked no one moving,Liams school is on a housing estate in a 7.5t zone which is clearly stated both sides and also signs saying its a school zone,but for some unknown reason…well I lie I do know the reason it’s because the driver wanted to take a short cut to save sitting at a set of lights,This class one clown had cut through the 7.5t zone and got himself stuck on the corner right outside the school…police were in attendance so I reckon that little short cut he made is gonna cost him.
It was a local company so he obviously thought he would try to be clever and cut through the housing estate in the hope that he would save a cpl of minutes but it will probably cost him a lot more time than he saved as when I walked past he was wedged between 2 cars with a queue of cars both in front and behind him.
I’m not normally one to criticise but clowns like this need relieving of their licence,just glad I walked so I didn’t get stuck in all the chaos 
Firstly, quite agree that it is inexcusable for the driver to have taken the short cut, no doubt he’ll learn the lesson.
Secondly, good for you for walking your child to school, around here the roads near any school are a nightmare at start/finish time because so many parents are so lazy.
I know some who actually load up their Chelsea tractor with one kid and drive to a school no more than 300 yards away, and many will park on the yellow no parking zones at the schools too, total madness.
Buckstones:
Firstly, quite agree that it is inexcusable for the driver to have taken the short cut, no doubt he’ll learn the lesson.
Secondly, good for you for walking your child to school, around here the roads near any school are a nightmare at start/finish time because so many parents are so lazy.
I know some who actually load up their Chelsea tractor with one kid and drive to a school no more than 300 yards away, and many will park on the yellow no parking zones at the schools too, total madness.
I’ve always walked him it’s good for us both to get some excercise and fresh air takes about 20/25 mins each way,I walk past houses where people are loading kids into cars to take them to school and drive back home again,it’s lazy parents that’s the problem nowadays yet the kids suffer by becoming obese through lack of excercise because of it.
xichrisxi:
Buckstones:
Firstly, quite agree that it is inexcusable for the driver to have taken the short cut, no doubt he’ll learn the lesson.
Secondly, good for you for walking your child to school, around here the roads near any school are a nightmare at start/finish time because so many parents are so lazy.
I know some who actually load up their Chelsea tractor with one kid and drive to a school no more than 300 yards away, and many will park on the yellow no parking zones at the schools too, total madness.I’ve always walked him it’s good for us both to get some excercise and fresh air takes about 20/25 mins each way,I walk past houses where people are loading kids into cars to take them to school and drive back home again,it’s lazy parents that’s the problem nowadays yet the kids suffer by becoming obese through lack of excercise because of it.
Mrs Snax walks our youngest to school most days, similar distance to you, as it takes about 25mins. I had a week of in Feb and it was brilliant being able to walk to school. Some parents don’t understand what a privilege it is. Maybe I cherished it more because I tramp and miss out as a rule, oh well 
When our eldest son was 11 yrs old, he started biking to school, the High school has/had about 700 pupils, yet there were only about 5-6 bikes regular in the “cage”, and 2 of them belonged to teachers. Its a crying shame.
Buckstones:
Firstly, quite agree that it is inexcusable for the driver to have taken the short cut, no doubt he’ll learn the lesson.
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Yep, agree with that too
where I live we have a company who have signs up stating do not go via our village the alternative route take about 3 mins longer do they adhere? do they crap.
Although you’ll find many posts on here complaining about “anti-truck NIMBYs” and weight limits that are only there to appease them…
I’ll nominate a professional driver of which Karma caught up with him this morning at Pear Tree, A34. Sat in traffic listening to some cb talk from tipper drivers (employed by a Wiltshire firm noted for it’s carrot crunching ), they were laughing about how “he’s not happy you didn’t let him over” and “he’s not cutting in infront of me” and “■■■■ him, ■■■■■■ in the wrong lane” etc. As I was almost out range I heard one saying “another ■■■■■■■ accident report to fill in now!” Sounds like some car driver did cut in, despite drives best efforts.
Clearly avoidable and blatantly obvious so why let the problem escalate?
eddie snax:
When our eldest son was 11 yrs old, he started biking to school, the High school has/had about 700 pupils, yet there were only about 5-6 bikes regular in the “cage”, and 2 of them belonged to teachers. Its a crying shame.
probably because its often not safe to let kids cycle to school .
unless ofcourse they can access an off highway cyclepath
maybe this will help
:""Council bosses want to completely ban traffic from streets around Midland schools in a bid to stop parents parking illegally.
A pilot scheme would see car exclusion zones created around three primaries in Solihull, banning vehicles from driving in, out or through the area.
Large signs would be placed at the entrance of the zones, with cars banned between 8am to 9am and 2.30pm and 3.30pm every weekday.
If I walk 10ft across my lawn, I can lift my kids over fence int school 
We have a community centre less than a minute walk away through a secure field with solid paths, it has parking for 60+cars easily, and is 1 minute round block from school gate…
School is on a narrow road, opposite my and the estate opposite, total grid lock.
The school have leafleted asking the tractor trolls to please park up the centre and walk down…will they?..pfffft nope, bunch of lazy arrogant tossers the lot of em…then when we get a Bulker come through for the farms, that’s it game over, and god forbid the poor dust men turn up as them poor sods then get moaned at for either the smell, or the bins being missed as they cant get into the estates…when you have 2000 houses in a 50mile radius trust me ya ain’t got time too come back…yet theses people cause hell and its not their fault■■?
Should ban 4x4s within 2 mile of any schools, or deport the scummie mummies to America where they can parade to their hearts content.
As for your hgv weight limit dodger, actually good on him coz it winds the trolls up, plus more it happens then maybe someone will actually get off their arse and sort the whole problem out before sadly someone gets hurt…
If you ignore the signs then you deserve whatever you get!
Forgot his lunch box and nipped home quick to grab it.
Well, it’s just a thought
boredwivdrivin:
eddie snax:
When our eldest son was 11 yrs old, he started biking to school, the High school has/had about 700 pupils, yet there were only about 5-6 bikes regular in the “cage”, and 2 of them belonged to teachers. Its a crying shame.probably because its often not safe to let kids cycle to school .
unless ofcourse they can access an off highway cyclepath
I hear what you are saying, and yes, to begin with its a worry, but our son cycled most days for 5 years, upto 3 years ago. There aint no cycle paths, and though a seaside town aint like a big metropolitan area, it still contains enough idiot drivers, and is gridlock busy from june to the end of the summer term.
I will say that at the High School, most of the town kids seem to walk(including our daughter) and a few cycle, the village kids our bused in. The car drop syndrome, seems to be an infant and middle school problem in our area. Probably the same in most rural or coastal towns.