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I've seen it all now

Driving past the Ellen Wilkinson girls school in Queens Drive this afternoon at chucking out time. A great wave of humanity filling both pavements and parents parked all over Deena Close opposite. By all over I mean on pavements and both sides of the road, I've never seen anything like it. It reminded me of the scenes from the US when residents are packing up cars to flee from hurricanes. There has been discussion of illegal pavement parking on this site, here it was. Why the council haven't clocked on to the £s they could raise in fines I don't know. I haven't seen so many Japanese cars parked that badly before.

peter king ● 1858d13 Comments

Why weren't you concentrating on the road? You might have hit a cyclist that had gone through a red light!

Simon Temple ● 1858d

There were so many cars parked and driven badly, a cyclist would have lasted about a minute in the mess on the road.

peter king ● 1857d

If we had more cycle lanes then people would cycle, and there'd be no need for all that crazy parking...problem solved(just trying to get a rise out of the anti-bike-brigade).

Simon Pedley ● 1857d

I'd reply by saying that the school is a senior school i.e. all the pupils are old enough to get a bus(es) to school so no need for them to be picked up. My kids were told that they were getting their bus pass and off they went on two buses to school in Acton.

peter king ● 1857d

Perhaps you should have been on the bus then instead of scoffing at people in cars from your car? I assume you're old enough too. 

John Hall ● 1857d

Pretty sure that wasn't the point....

Simon Temple ● 1857d

Don't many car driving cars carry fold-up cycling cycles in their boots? Isn't there a kinda irony to all this car v cycle stuff?

Bobbie Carnegie ● 1857d

Yep, own up to that but then I'm not against cycling but rather againstthe reduction in reliable transport for the elderly and ladies who prefernot to cycle.

Janice Evans ● 1857d

More than old enough Sunshine. On the way back from a game of golf after three days at work helping to pay for many peoples pensions.Could have taken my golf clubs and trolley on the bus while I was on the way to the DIY shop to buy two long bits of wood to mend my neighbours fence for them. Clown!

peter king ● 1857d

What about men who prefer not to cycle??

Simon Temple ● 1857d

They need to man up.

Paul Campbell ● 1857d

I thought we weren't allowed to say that any more.

Simon Temple ● 1857d

Simon, my mistake I did say elderly which included both, forgot to addgentlemen who prefer not to cycle.

Janice Evans ● 1856d