Pedestrians Set to be Given Priority Over Vehicles at Crossings

[ebikeerwidnes]

Shed loads of kids get driven to / from school these days

I pick up the youngest grandkid about once a week from his school

We had no part of the school choice - his big sister went there so he did
(middle one goes to a Special School)
It is basically the nearest Catholic school - with a good reputation and all that
so they go there
and at the start their parents went to a church a few times - not that they have go since they got whatever it is they needed!

anyway - the parking is amazing
I just ognore it and drive past the school and then head away and park somewhere sensible a few minutes walk up the road

but near the school - i.e within 1 minute's walk - people are crazy and just park al over the place
even on the corners of the road making it almost impossible to see round them

it is amazing that some people won;t even walk more than a minute to get the kids back to theri car


and that school is FAR better than some I have heard of!!

 

[Drago]

Other than due to injury (the kid with a foot in plaster, not me) I've never driven a child too or from school, and Im proud of that. Its a form of unwitting abuse to deprive increasingly fat and maladjusted children of such simple and natural exercise and environmental interaction.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Other than due to injury (the kid with a foot in plaster, not me) I've never driven a child too or from school, and Im proud of that. Its a form of unwitting abuse to deprive increasingly fat and maladjusted children of such simple and natural exercise and environmental interaction.

Kid at the school where I taught lived several miles away and was one of the few that had a bus pass

but she always walked home - took her 90 minutes - and if it was not bad weather she often got up early to walk in as well

she was in the Army Cadets and her ambition was to drive a tank

all I can say is that if she is still in the Army and achieved her ambition then may teh Gods help any enemies of that Tank Division
she was a lovely girl - until she wasn't and then she was dangerous!!!

hope she has done well in some way - she had a horrible brother but rose above it

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Other than due to injury (the kid with a foot in plaster, not me) I've never driven a child too or from school, and Im proud of that. Its a form of unwitting abuse to deprive increasingly fat and maladjusted children of such simple and natural exercise and environmental interaction.

I can't be the only one tat read this and thought " that's no way to talk about your kids!"

 

[Alex321]

Other than due to injury (the kid with a foot in plaster, not me) I've never driven a child too or from school, and Im proud of that. Its a form of unwitting abuse to deprive increasingly fat and maladjusted children of such simple and natural exercise and environmental interaction.

My wife used to drive our kids to school quite regularly - but then she was a teacher at the same school - and we lived about 3 miles away.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My wife used to drive our kids to school quite regularly - but then she was a teacher at the same school - and we lived about 3 miles away.

It is difficult sometimes
when my daughter was starting school we looked around
there were 2 school within walking distance

one was in Special Measures and showing no signs of improving
and it was on a very dodgy council estate with massive drug problems

the other we went to see
it smelt damp and they had had called flea eradicators in several times over the last few months
and its inspection report and results were nearly as bad as the first school

the third was a lovely little school a couple of miles away with good reports and results and the building were all in one piece and clean

everyone from out little estate with kids sent them to this 3rd school

so she went there and was driven to school

she did however get taken out walking every day of the week unless it was pouring down and we went for long walks every weekend on top

 

[Baldy]

Our primary school was a mile away, we always walked - didn't have a car in though days. I was taken on the first day by my mum but after that I walked with my sister and brother until they turned 11 and went to other schools. After 11 the next school was a mile away in the other direction always walked. From 13 school was about seven miles away so we went by bus, except we would deliberately miss it and walk. The school would then refund our bus money and we'd miss the first couple of lesions. It was a really crap school so we hadn't mist anything good. I went there for two years, couldn't wait to get out.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Our primary school was a mile away, we always walked - didn't have a car in though days. I was taken on the first day by my mum but after that I walked with my sister and brother until they turned 11 and went to other schools. After 11 the next school was a mile away in the other direction always walked. From 13 school was about seven miles away so we went by bus, except we would deliberately miss it and walk. The school would then refund our bus money and we'd miss the first couple of lesions. It was a really crap school so we hadn't mist anything good. I went there for two years, couldn't wait to get out.

my daughter's primary was a bit too far away to walk - but we did cycle sometimes
at times I put the bikes in the boot of my car and dropped them off at the local church (with permission) and locked them to the railing round the back
then my ex would cycle home with her
(yes - it was up quite a steep hill to get there - hence downhill on the way back)

but when she went to Secondary School she had a bus pas to get there and back

but she generally walked back - even if it was raining
I asked her once - worried about bullying or something (or boyfriend???)
and it turned out that she just liked being alone for a while

turns out genes do pass down!!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

so she went there and was driven to school

Thats the thing, kids being driven two miles when previously it would have been walked or cycled.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Thats the thing, kids being driven two miles when previously it would have been walked or cycled.

Yes - but along a main road with a narrow pavement and 60 mph speed limits that people push

and several fatal accidents over the recent years

kinda makes you wonder

they did change the speed limit to 40 when she was about half way through but that didn;t make much diference - I was always getting tailgated for sticking to it

and anyway - her Mum was lazy and I was at work

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Yes - but along a main road with a narrow pavement and 60 mph speed limits that people push

and several fatal accidents over the recent years

kinda makes you wonder

they did change the speed limit to 40 when she was about half way through but that didn;t make much diference - I was always getting tailgated for sticking to it

and anyway - her Mum was lazy and I was at work

Infrastructure. You wouldn't see that in Denmark or The Netherlands

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Infrastructure. You wouldn't see that in Denmark or The Netherlands

There was actually a village 1/2 mile away from the school - a lot fo the kids came from there

but the council laid on a bus to and from the school from there
because the road from there was only 30 mph but zero pavement and very bendy with high stone walls on each side

the walls has lots of scratches and car type paint on them!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

There was actually a village 1/2 mile away from the school - a lot fo the kids came from there

but the council laid on a bus to and from the school from there
because the road from there was only 30 mph but zero pavement and very bendy with high stone walls on each side

the walls has lots of scratches and car type paint on them!

Single lane or two?
A bike bus could also have worked well there, depending on the road

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Single lane or two?
A bike bus could also have worked well there, depending on the road

2 buses could pass - but only slowly - and there was a white line down the middle
and there were bends all along

it was also up a steep hill - which would be a problem
but the bike bus might work