Mums block local school
When you
happen to pass by one of our local schools or kindergartens, consider yourself
lucky. It is by no means a given that you will manage to skitter
through let alone drive on non-stop.
Why is that so?
Obviously, to any sensible driver it goes without saying that you drive very slowly when passing a school area. However, try doing that in the morning around 8am or in the afternoon around 4pm and you will find yourself surprised by what seems like a car exhibition (and not the cheap ones). That ‘exhibition’ does not take place in a designated area, no, you will find those cars all over the pavements around the school as well as smack in the middle of the street. Thus, you drive not only slowly, but you come to a complete stop since you won’t manage to drive around all those parked vehicles (plus, if you like looking at expensive cars, there is almost no end to your delight).
Obviously, to any sensible driver it goes without saying that you drive very slowly when passing a school area. However, try doing that in the morning around 8am or in the afternoon around 4pm and you will find yourself surprised by what seems like a car exhibition (and not the cheap ones). That ‘exhibition’ does not take place in a designated area, no, you will find those cars all over the pavements around the school as well as smack in the middle of the street. Thus, you drive not only slowly, but you come to a complete stop since you won’t manage to drive around all those parked vehicles (plus, if you like looking at expensive cars, there is almost no end to your delight).
What happened?
It seems that today’s kids are indeed still born with 2 legs attached to them, yet those 2 legs are somehow not made for walking, at least not for walking to the school (which in most cases is within easy reach from home, manageable even for young children). Mums just pack their kids into the respective SUV (driving their neighbor’s kid, too, is for an unknown reason not an option), buckle them up, drive to the school, stop wherever they find an empty spot, unbuckle their child, kiss it good-bye and off they go, back home, into the office, to the shopping center or to the local cafeteria.
It seems that today’s kids are indeed still born with 2 legs attached to them, yet those 2 legs are somehow not made for walking, at least not for walking to the school (which in most cases is within easy reach from home, manageable even for young children). Mums just pack their kids into the respective SUV (driving their neighbor’s kid, too, is for an unknown reason not an option), buckle them up, drive to the school, stop wherever they find an empty spot, unbuckle their child, kiss it good-bye and off they go, back home, into the office, to the shopping center or to the local cafeteria.
Is it too dangerous?
Do today’s mums really think walking from home to school is too dangerous for their kids? Or is it too much of an effort to walk?
Indeed, today areas around the local school are more dangerous for their kids. The reason for this could be very easily eliminated: After kissing their kid good-bye, the car driving mums speed away to their next appointment (or not). Whilst their own kid is in the safety of the school ground, other kids, being delivered in that very moment, are in danger of getting ran over by those mums who already placed their kids. So, if parents stopped driving their kids to school every day, the area would be a much safer place for kids.
Do today’s mums really think walking from home to school is too dangerous for their kids? Or is it too much of an effort to walk?
Indeed, today areas around the local school are more dangerous for their kids. The reason for this could be very easily eliminated: After kissing their kid good-bye, the car driving mums speed away to their next appointment (or not). Whilst their own kid is in the safety of the school ground, other kids, being delivered in that very moment, are in danger of getting ran over by those mums who already placed their kids. So, if parents stopped driving their kids to school every day, the area would be a much safer place for kids.
Do walking kids still exist?
Now, imagine the unimaginable: there indeed still exist kids that are not driven to school by their mums. These kids lose in more than one way: first, almost all of their friends do not have to walk to school and are able to show off their cool car, second, due to the cars on the pavement, they are forced to walk on the street, third, also due to all those big cars, the streets don’t give those children a clear view of what’s going on, forth, the speeding-away mums are in such a haste that they are not very careful anymore. So, for these walking kids it really and truly is much more dangerous to walk to school.
On the other hand, these walking kids also gain in more than one way: they learn to manage the time on their own, they spend more time with their also walking friends and build social bands, they get more exercise and fresh air than their taxied friends, and maybe they learn ecological thinking.
Now, imagine the unimaginable: there indeed still exist kids that are not driven to school by their mums. These kids lose in more than one way: first, almost all of their friends do not have to walk to school and are able to show off their cool car, second, due to the cars on the pavement, they are forced to walk on the street, third, also due to all those big cars, the streets don’t give those children a clear view of what’s going on, forth, the speeding-away mums are in such a haste that they are not very careful anymore. So, for these walking kids it really and truly is much more dangerous to walk to school.
On the other hand, these walking kids also gain in more than one way: they learn to manage the time on their own, they spend more time with their also walking friends and build social bands, they get more exercise and fresh air than their taxied friends, and maybe they learn ecological thinking.
What to do?
Do the obvious, ban the cars;-)
Do the obvious, ban the cars;-)
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