Our homes are constantly blocked by parents who dump cars ANYWHERE at pick-up, including our drives – they won’t listen
RESIDENTS have hit out at primary school parents for allegedly blocking them from reversing out of their driveways.
Locals in Poynton, Cheshire seethed that school run chaos means they are reportedly struggling to run errands.
Parents of pupils at Lostock Hall Primary School have allegedly abandoned their motors on street corners and double-parked – triggering gridlock traffic in the area.
Locals reported their gripes to cops, who promptly showed up on Mallard Crescent and Puffin Avenue to address their concerns.
Blonde Gill Rule, 57, a special educational needs co-ordinator, who has lived in the area for 20 years, said: “It’s the number of cars these days and the way they park. All my three kids went to the school, but there are more cars now.
“The parents dropping children off need to be considerate, but they just park over people’s drives.
“If you ever challenge them they are rude and antagonistic and there’s a sense of entitlement. All they have to do is park considerately.
“We have had numerous incidents of the bin lorry being unable to get up the road. We also have elderly residents round here and the ambulance can struggle to get up the road.”
Meanwhile, one local mum pointed to an upsurge in school admissions as a reason for the chaos.
“We’ve been here since 2009 and our son used to go to the school, but the school back then didn’t have such a big intake,” Jackie Atherton, 56, fumed.
“When I was a teaching assistant, they had about 28 kids per class, but now they have six or seven more, so that’s more cars turning up for the school run.
“They also have after school clubs, the football club, church on a Sunday. People say it isn’t a big thing, but the cars are all over and then others are driving fast along the road.
“With all the children about, it’s just so dangerous. They come down the road at 25 and 30mph and there’s a blind turn on the corner.”
Along Puffin Avenue, former Lostock caretaker Dave Horton, 63, was returning from walking his spaniels and said: “I was 16 years at the school and it was getting worse with more cars.
“I once saw a car tun down the hill on this road and smash into the school fence at the bottom and snap a concrete support.
“Another time I called the fire brigade after spotting a massive blaze in a skip up the road, but the fire engine couldn’t get up the street.
“People have tried to get the council to put in double yellow lines, but people round here get trapped in their own drives.
“Some parents are just honed in on getting as close to the school as possible, but if they were considerate they might get out a little earlier, park up and take a stroll down the road.”
A spokesman for the Poynton West and Adlington neighbourhood team said: “There is no excuse for poor parking, blocking a pavement, driveway or junction or parking on the yellow zig zag lines.
“The estate is big enough for parents/guardians that drive to park a little further away from the school and walk your child the extra distance.
“Several drivers were spoken too about their parking, along with a fixed penalty ticket for this atrocious parking outside the school.”
The Government is currently considering a crackdown on pavement parking across the UK.
Richard Evans, from the company, said: “Pavement parking has been a controversial issue for a while.
“It can cause many problems with accessibility for pedestrians, particularly wheelchair users and those with pushchairs.
“And with pavements not built for cars they can end up causing damage.
“In cities where the ban is already in place, drivers can face fines of up to £100 for the offence.”
The Sun has reached out to Lostock Hall Primary School for comment.