Impact of Goodrich and St Anthony's School Streets.

[Pugwash]

Notice that cars are disregarding the 8-9 and 3-4 ban and still driving down Etherow Street. Cars being parked on the corner of Barry (where the railings are) and across residents drives. this also affects buses trying to get through the narrower gap at the bend of the road.

Residents in the Friern Road Flats have complained of cars parking across their vehicle entrances - coming before 3 pm to avoid the fines and staying until 4 pm. Concerns raised with police as to fears that emergency services would not be able to access the flats in case of fire/illness.  Not seen Parking Attendants around to issue penalty notices.

[march46]

Worth raising with local councillors or directly to [email protected]

[malumbu]

Sad that drivers, and I expect particularly parents, behave so irresponsibly.  

If not putting you at personal risk get a photo of the vehicle and the driver and report it to the school.  I know that Goodrich are very keen to encourage parents to not to do this sort of thing.

[beansprout]

8 hours ago, Pugwash said:

Notice that cars are disregarding the 8-9 and 3-4 ban and still driving down Etherow Street. Cars being parked on the corner of Barry (where the railings are) and across residents drives. this also affects buses trying to get through the narrower gap at the bend of the road.

Residents in the Friern Road Flats have complained of cars parking across their vehicle entrances - coming before 3 pm to avoid the fines and staying until 4 pm. Concerns raised with police as to fears that emergency services would not be able to access the flats in case of fire/illness.  Not seen Parking Attendants around to issue penalty notices.

You frequently in the past, have mentioned about local police.. believe they meet residents in church top end of Barry Road.. Christchurch? Why not as you have the contacts, mention to them as opposed to EDF? Or are you gathering public opinion… been going on for years!!!

[Pugwash]

The Dulwich Hill SNT have already been informed by other Barry Road residents and they are going to request that Parking Attendants  'visit the area

The next Dulwich Hill Police Meeting is in April - not yet sure of the date. This is an early evening meeting, not yet got a date for the next Cuppa with a Copper (daytime meeting). But will post on EDF once I have more details.

Car Parking from St Anthony's' parents has always been a problem. I was on their PTA some 30 years ago when my daughter was a pupil there. It was Etherow Street, Norcroft Gardens residents who bore the brunt of the poor parking and the abuse from parents.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I live close to a local primary and the number of parents who park dangerously and sit with their engines idling both at drop off and pick up is ridiculous. I know at least one child was in a near miss after getting out of a double parked car. A targeted education campaign alongside some robust enforcement would be welcome. 

People seem completely inured to the danger cars pose; The responsibility that comes with operating fast moving heavy machinery in vicinity to other people is not taken nearly seriously enough by many imo.

It's also a shame that people often get aggressive if asked to turn their engine off, even when surrounded by kids breathing in the exhaust fumes from their cars.

In the vast majority of cases, people are driving extremely short distances to local primary schools. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Earl Aelfheah

[Penguin68]

2 hours ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

In the vast majority of cases, people are driving extremely short distances to local primary schools

And you know that how? 

[malumbu]

Because most children live within relatively close vicinity of their primary schools.

[Penguin68]

Up to about a mile, frequently (some do have much smaller catchment areas) but for a young child a mile is not the 10 to 12 minute walk of an adult but perhaps 20 to 25 minutes. Which can be quite a tiring start to a school day. And the adult may then need to get off to work, possibly in a different direction. Which significantly adds to the commute time. A couple of minutes drive to the school may be saving 30-40 minutes of the adults time at the start of the working day. 

[CPR Dave]

This feels like a targeted attack on Catholics who don't actually all live within extremely short distances, or even relatively close vicinity to a state primary school affiliated to their own religion.

[march46]

That’s quite a take on what’s seen by most people as an essential scheme to keep kids safe around the school gates. 

[malumbu]

2 hours ago, Penguin68 said:

Up to about a mile, frequently (some do have much smaller catchment areas) but for a young child a mile is not the 10 to 12 minute walk of an adult but perhaps 20 to 25 minutes. Which can be quite a tiring start to a school day. And the adult may then need to get off to work, possibly in a different direction. Which significantly adds to the commute time. A couple of minutes drive to the school may be saving 30-40 minutes of the adults time at the start of the working day. 

How far did you go to get to primary school?  Mine was about a mile, we bussed it until we were old enough to walk (about 7) when we could spend the bus money on sweets. Particularly on the way home as it was downhill.  Sadly my teeth have since suffered.

2 hours ago, CPR Dave said:

This feels like a targeted attack on Catholics who don't actually all live within extremely short distances, or even relatively close vicinity to a state primary school affiliated to their own religion.

That is really a left field comment.  Growing up I knew nothing about faith schools.  At Youth Club I found out that some of the kids from Irish backgrounds got the bus to a 'Sacred Heart'. I didn't understand why.  I do now, sort of (believing that schooling should be secular)

London appears to be well served by faith schools.  The vast majority going to faith schools or others, will be within a relatively close distance.