17-12-2023, 05:25 PM
"Many of the young mums we see dropping kids off at school have large SUVs. I assume they feel safer in them but apparently they are less safe for pedestrians."
On my way home from the workshop last Thursday at about 3.25 the road outside a village Primary school was so restricted that the single decker bus could not get through the gap, I had four cars waiting behind me, in front was the bus with 5 cars behind it and another was jammed on the side-road off the village green while SUVs parking both sides of the road and also on a bend picked up half a dozen children. The irony is that people complain their children are getting fatter and lack enough exercise. Walk 100 yards to a car?....no too far for the mum and the pavement is restricted by the pairs of nearside wheels. Room for a pram or pushchair? Forget it. Disabled, wheelchair access, no chance.
We're all a bit guilty of it I know but it's only for a minute...Well really!
On my way home from the workshop last Thursday at about 3.25 the road outside a village Primary school was so restricted that the single decker bus could not get through the gap, I had four cars waiting behind me, in front was the bus with 5 cars behind it and another was jammed on the side-road off the village green while SUVs parking both sides of the road and also on a bend picked up half a dozen children. The irony is that people complain their children are getting fatter and lack enough exercise. Walk 100 yards to a car?....no too far for the mum and the pavement is restricted by the pairs of nearside wheels. Room for a pram or pushchair? Forget it. Disabled, wheelchair access, no chance.
We're all a bit guilty of it I know but it's only for a minute...Well really!