snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
The school run.
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toffee
Guru
That's mad.
In your day they were horse drawn.In my day we had school busses
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Don't start me...
The school in our village, so over subscribed that the furthest flung pupil lives 261 metres away as the crow flies, distance being one of the major denominators when deciding who gets a place. Despite the tiny distances involved the streets are still heaving at school times with bone idle lazy fat parents who think a sub 10 minute walk is too onerous.
The school in our village, so over subscribed that the furthest flung pupil lives 261 metres away as the crow flies, distance being one of the major denominators when deciding who gets a place. Despite the tiny distances involved the streets are still heaving at school times with bone idle lazy fat parents who think a sub 10 minute walk is too onerous.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
I just look at some of the cars, at my daughters School, & think
"How much money is here?"
Sometimes there's a Bentley (not the Continental GT, but the saloon version), & a B*W i8, amongst many others
"How much money is here?"
Sometimes there's a Bentley (not the Continental GT, but the saloon version), & a B*W i8, amongst many others
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
That's what's killing our planet.
simon.r
Person
- Location
- Nottingham
That really is shocking.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Yeah, we see people driving who live closer to the school than us, it takes longer to drive, the crazy fools. They should Taser them or saink.
toffee
Guru
If you translate the text below the video you will see that they had to take their cars.
"Unionville Elementary School in Monroe, NC has a problem. It is located in a very remote rural area. 700 children attend this school each morning. And some live more than 20 km from the school. Parents are obliged to take their cars to drop off their children at school. But the influx of cars in the morning causes traffic jams. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) conducted a test to try to smooth traffic. They asked the parents not to park in the parking lot and forced them to drop off their children in front of the school. For the occasion, there were two ways to get to the entrance of the school. Parking was used to form an S with queues of one way cars. But as we can see in the video, the result was a failure. They eventually abandoned this idea."
"Unionville Elementary School in Monroe, NC has a problem. It is located in a very remote rural area. 700 children attend this school each morning. And some live more than 20 km from the school. Parents are obliged to take their cars to drop off their children at school. But the influx of cars in the morning causes traffic jams. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) conducted a test to try to smooth traffic. They asked the parents not to park in the parking lot and forced them to drop off their children in front of the school. For the occasion, there were two ways to get to the entrance of the school. Parking was used to form an S with queues of one way cars. But as we can see in the video, the result was a failure. They eventually abandoned this idea."
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
bozmandb9
Insert witty title here
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
I used to live opposite my kids school. Literally 200 yards. I'd drop them off occasionally, on my way to work. I think a lot of parents in my village do it. You can condemn them for it, but it's kind of condemning people for having kids. If we stop, then our race will die out. May be a good thing, but certainly not for cycling. It wouldn't work without people.
(My kids now get the school bus, so you don't need to shoot me anymore, unless it's retrospective punishment).
(My kids now get the school bus, so you don't need to shoot me anymore, unless it's retrospective punishment).
simon.r
Person
- Location
- Nottingham
Well, that's killed off this thread!
My schoolboy French had got the gist of that, but it doesn't make the number of cars dropping children off any less shocking.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Well, that's killed off this thread!
Yebbut those are just facts, we don't bother with them.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
No. It is kind of condemning people for unnecessary private motor car use. If we don't stop that then our race may die out.
