Walters Ash mum calls for drivers to stop parking on pavement (From Bucks Free Press)

Walters Ash mum calls for drivers to stop parking on pavement

11:18am Wednesday 28th July 2010 in

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A MUM has blasted “selfish drivers” who park on the pavement to take their children to school after her son was nearly knocked over.

Sam Hooper, from Walters Ash, said the pavement which is on the Main Road in the village next to the Templewood junction is double the width which means drivers think they can park on it.

The mum of three said her six-year-old son, who goes to Naphill and Walters Ash School, was on his scooter on the pavement when a car nearly knocked him over.

Mrs Hooper, of Templewood, said: “I don't want my children scootering along the pavement and someone comes and kills them.

“He was scootering along the pavement and a car drove on the pavement at the same time. He could have been knocked over.

“I try to make sure that the children take road safety very seriously but you can't tell the children to look out for cars driving along the pavement.”

She said the pavement is “dropped” either side which has given people “mixed messages.”

The 39-year-old said most of the parents in Naphill and Walters Ash are committed to the school's and Buckinghamshire County Council's (BCC) policy of walking children to school and “they should be spared from selfish car drivers.”

Rosemary Bryant from Transport for Buckinghamshire said BCC was not aware of parking problems on Main Road.

She added: “The parking team will, when next in the area, carry out a site visit (during school term time) and if appropriate add it to the review list.”

The parking review lists are requests for the provision of on street waiting restrictions and prohibitions.

Ms Bryant added the school has an active school travel plan in place since March 2008. She added: “They work very hard to try and promote sustainable travel to school and reduce congestion and inappropriate parking near the school.”