Letter: ​Road speeds and schools in Sheffield

Having a parent who lives opposite a school in Shirecliffe and working at the side of one in Chesterfield, I can’t help but criticise the many parents who come to pick up their special cargo but can’t help but flout parking rules.

Parking on double lines, on zig zag lines, double parking, parking over driveways etc as close as possible to the school gates, because heaven forbid their child needs to be as close to the car as possible.

Then speed off to get their cargo home or to the shops.

So I find it difficult to accept a parents complaints about parking and road speeds being too fast around schools when parents seem to cause the problems I see every schools day, see what occurred but don’t voice it to their co school parents.

There is no answer as there is no one to police every school except these parents themselves but seem to believe that they are a priority so it doesn’t matter.

John Moore

Sheffield, S36