Marlow parents urged to leave their cars at home on school days

3:20pm Sunday 21st October 2012 in News By James Nadal

PARENTS have been asked to consider if they really need to drive to school by police chiefs, who say their decision could help save a life.

Officers said since the school term begun they have been receiving reports from residents about potentially dangerous parking obstructions in Crown Road, Herons Place and Kenton Close, Marlow.

While they have been dealing with this accordingly, police officials asked mums and dads to think over their journey to school.

In a statement e-mailed to residents, Thames Valley Police, said: "The children have been back to school a few weeks and all ready we have noticed on our regular school patrols we are experiencing parking issues at each of the schools.

"With this in mind it would be appreciated if parents considered the need to drive their children to school or if an alternative could be considered.

"Local residents have concerns regarding the parking of cars around or near school entrances; these vehicles sometimes block private drives or obstruct the view of oncoming traffic by parking near road junctions. Your consideration may help to save a life."

Meanwhile Marlow's policing team will be stepping up their patrols at the end of this month to deal with any problems resulting from Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Comments (13)

5:01pm Sun 21 Oct 12

katodeza says...

Not to mention the abuse from some of the parents if anyone dares to challenge them.
Not to mention the abuse from some of the parents if anyone dares to challenge them. katodeza

7:10pm Sun 21 Oct 12

holly4 says...

Oh my... School traffic... For half an hour each day... Outside the house you brought... Which was right next to a school... Who would have thought...
Oh my... School traffic... For half an hour each day... Outside the house you brought... Which was right next to a school... Who would have thought... holly4

9:01pm Sun 21 Oct 12

BOOKERite says...

Why are most children driven to school these days, I can understand it if, say, they live in Wycombe or Stokenchurch, but do they have to be delivered direct to the door of the school. Would it not be better for the kids if they could walk the last half mile or so and thereby get daily exercise?
Why are most children driven to school these days, I can understand it if, say, they live in Wycombe or Stokenchurch, but do they have to be delivered direct to the door of the school. Would it not be better for the kids if they could walk the last half mile or so and thereby get daily exercise? BOOKERite

11:55pm Sun 21 Oct 12

holly4 says...

True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more....
True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more.... holly4

9:20am Mon 22 Oct 12

Mrs DaPoint says...

I used to walk to school. Firstly to Burford School in Marlow Bottom, which wasn't far at all for me as I live in Marlow Bottom, and then later to Great Marlow (Bobmore Lane). I got cold, I got wet, I got hot. It never did me any harm, as it didn't to hundreds of other kids.

Prior to that, we had buses (remember them?), and coaches to take us to St Peters and Holy Trinity, because even then we were deemed too young to walk the distance from Marlow Bottom into Marlow. Nowadays it seems you have to be over 16 before you can walk anywhere (except to the pub).
I used to walk to school. Firstly to Burford School in Marlow Bottom, which wasn't far at all for me as I live in Marlow Bottom, and then later to Great Marlow (Bobmore Lane). I got cold, I got wet, I got hot. It never did me any harm, as it didn't to hundreds of other kids. Prior to that, we had buses (remember them?), and coaches to take us to St Peters and Holy Trinity, because even then we were deemed too young to walk the distance from Marlow Bottom into Marlow. Nowadays it seems you have to be over 16 before you can walk anywhere (except to the pub). Mrs DaPoint

9:24am Mon 22 Oct 12

tigeran says...

The school run is a nightmare. The worst of all are the mums who seem to think the car can guide itself whilst they turn around to sort out the kids in the back and the highway code does not apply during that time. There should be some law inforcement around the area at that time, the amount of offences commited by these mums driving their 'angels' to school is amazing!!
The school run is a nightmare. The worst of all are the mums who seem to think the car can guide itself whilst they turn around to sort out the kids in the back and the highway code does not apply during that time. There should be some law inforcement around the area at that time, the amount of offences commited by these mums driving their 'angels' to school is amazing!! tigeran

10:13am Mon 22 Oct 12

BOOKERite says...

holly4 wrote:
True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more....
I used to walk to school, quite a long way actually to my senior school. My children used to walk to school. If the weather was really bad then they would be driven, but then I fitted my working life around my children.

Why would it make the parents late if they dropped them off further away from the school gates? I would have thought that the opposite would happen.

Also, you do not catch a cold from getting cold and wet. The daily exercise should keep you healthier and therefore not as likely to catch colds and other infections.
[quote][p][bold]holly4[/bold] wrote: True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more....[/p][/quote]I used to walk to school, quite a long way actually to my senior school. My children used to walk to school. If the weather was really bad then they would be driven, but then I fitted my working life around my children. Why would it make the parents late if they dropped them off further away from the school gates? I would have thought that the opposite would happen. Also, you do not catch a cold from getting cold and wet. The daily exercise should keep you healthier and therefore not as likely to catch colds and other infections. BOOKERite

11:11am Mon 22 Oct 12

katodeza says...

For your information holly, my home was nowhere near any school access until a gate was put in Sandygate Close. To arrive home between 3pm and 4pm is a nightmare as all the parking places are taken ages before the school comes out -so much for half an hour a day.
For your information holly, my home was nowhere near any school access until a gate was put in Sandygate Close. To arrive home between 3pm and 4pm is a nightmare as all the parking places are taken ages before the school comes out -so much for half an hour a day. katodeza

11:14am Mon 22 Oct 12

katodeza says...

And I might add that many parents do not see that their children, whose safety they appear to be concerned about, wear their seat belts. I have seen more than one child rattling around in the back seat.
And I might add that many parents do not see that their children, whose safety they appear to be concerned about, wear their seat belts. I have seen more than one child rattling around in the back seat. katodeza

2:16pm Mon 22 Oct 12

Emma179 says...

Perhaps if BCC hadn't cut all the funding for school buses, there would be less cars on the road. They can't have it both ways!!
Perhaps if BCC hadn't cut all the funding for school buses, there would be less cars on the road. They can't have it both ways!! Emma179

7:59am Wed 24 Oct 12

DonRockell says...

holly4 wrote:
Oh my... School traffic... For half an hour each day... Outside the house you brought... Which was right next to a school... Who would have thought...
If it was just half an hour then that would be fine.

Its not, its the blocking of roads, stupid kids and parents with less road sense than a squirrel, Corners to main roads being blocked, idiots trying to do U turns on major junctions. The hours that some delivery/ collection vehicles (and they are not all cars or parents) loiter, waiting for the kids to arrive. the mass of kids that amble across main roads and then stand chatting in the middle of the road while other cars do there best to get past.

Add that to the studiedly of transporting kids from Town to Town when perfectly good schools that they could have gone to with out using a cars or bus and the parents that transport there children a few hundred meters when they could quite easily walk.

Its not just around the schools either ask anyone who drives a lot and they will tell you how much easier it is to get about when the schools are on holiday

Please - Half an hour a day - would be luxury
[quote][p][bold]holly4[/bold] wrote: Oh my... School traffic... For half an hour each day... Outside the house you brought... Which was right next to a school... Who would have thought...[/p][/quote]If it was just half an hour then that would be fine. Its not, its the blocking of roads, stupid kids and parents with less road sense than a squirrel, Corners to main roads being blocked, idiots trying to do U turns on major junctions. The hours that some delivery/ collection vehicles (and they are not all cars or parents) loiter, waiting for the kids to arrive. the mass of kids that amble across main roads and then stand chatting in the middle of the road while other cars do there best to get past. Add that to the studiedly of transporting kids from Town to Town when perfectly good schools that they could have gone to with out using a cars or bus and the parents that transport there children a few hundred meters when they could quite easily walk. Its not just around the schools either ask anyone who drives a lot and they will tell you how much easier it is to get about when the schools are on holiday Please - Half an hour a day - would be luxury DonRockell

8:04am Wed 24 Oct 12

DonRockell says...

BOOKERite wrote:
holly4 wrote:
True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more....
I used to walk to school, quite a long way actually to my senior school. My children used to walk to school. If the weather was really bad then they would be driven, but then I fitted my working life around my children.

Why would it make the parents late if they dropped them off further away from the school gates? I would have thought that the opposite would happen.

Also, you do not catch a cold from getting cold and wet. The daily exercise should keep you healthier and therefore not as likely to catch colds and other infections.
When I was at school we all walked or cycled - some from Spinfield to Great Marlow or Willowmead / Newtown to Borlase - The schools have not moved or has the town stretched that much more either.
[quote][p][bold]BOOKERite[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]holly4[/bold] wrote: True... But a lot of parents are off to work after the school run and would then be late, or don't want their child to turn up at school soaking wet, freezing cold and be off for the next week cause they sneezed and the school sent them home!! How many accidents have there been around Marlows schools that were down to bad parking? I don't know of any. The ones that have occurred are on the main roads. Maybe if there have been any they should have been reported to make people think a little more....[/p][/quote]I used to walk to school, quite a long way actually to my senior school. My children used to walk to school. If the weather was really bad then they would be driven, but then I fitted my working life around my children. Why would it make the parents late if they dropped them off further away from the school gates? I would have thought that the opposite would happen. Also, you do not catch a cold from getting cold and wet. The daily exercise should keep you healthier and therefore not as likely to catch colds and other infections.[/p][/quote]When I was at school we all walked or cycled - some from Spinfield to Great Marlow or Willowmead / Newtown to Borlase - The schools have not moved or has the town stretched that much more either. DonRockell

2:29pm Sat 27 Oct 12

holly4 says...

All my children walk to school, I am simply saying that I appreciate that it is not possible for many people to do that now! 'back in the day' maybe we all walked to school... However it is no longer safe for our junior school children to do that unaccompanied and neither is it as usual in today's world for mum to have the luxury of not having to get to work for 9am. As for dropping them further away and walking... Surely that's just putting the issue on someone else's doorstep who didn't chose to live next to a school? You say the cold doesn't make your children cough... Try having a badly asthmatic child in wintry weather and tell me their chest is all the better for walking in the cold!!!
All my children walk to school, I am simply saying that I appreciate that it is not possible for many people to do that now! 'back in the day' maybe we all walked to school... However it is no longer safe for our junior school children to do that unaccompanied and neither is it as usual in today's world for mum to have the luxury of not having to get to work for 9am. As for dropping them further away and walking... Surely that's just putting the issue on someone else's doorstep who didn't chose to live next to a school? You say the cold doesn't make your children cough... Try having a badly asthmatic child in wintry weather and tell me their chest is all the better for walking in the cold!!! holly4

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