“Weston Mill school is the place to be for the last minute dot com parents. Mostly women. Park on the pavement, park on the zig zags.
Obstructing children crossing putting there young lives at risk.
When you ask them they could cause a child to be killed by there inconsiderate dangerous parking.
They just give swear at you and say as long as there kids alright who cares.
Fine lazy women , especially the fat ones”

“makes you yearn for the days when most households did not have one let alone two cars, parking was not a problem and the kids walked themselves to school - in my case Manadon Vale Primary School”

“Absolutely Pathetic. NO, not the parents PLYMOUTH City Council. Warning notices! Book people from the START. In Spencer Road Plymstock yellow lines were put in recently due to extremely dangerous parking on a blind corner. Parents therefore park half on the pavement (!) and half on the road straddling the yellow lines now. If it's raining they do this on both sides. Emergency vehicles, forget it. You could only get a small car though and sometimes not that. We ALL are responsible for ensuring safety of others. What beggars belief is that it could be their child who is knocked down because of THEIR parking. They'd be the first to take legal action against some unfortuante driver.

So the answer is enforce the full fine right from the start, and continue doing so. And I assume ANY member of the public can send a photo of illegal parking with the registration number and the council will take action? How am I qualified to comment? I have had kids and know the pressures working/ leaving early to pick them up; but parked 1/2 a mile away where it was safe and considerate. I witnessed a child running out between parked cars and was almost hit by a van in Spencer Road. Luckily it stopped in time. I knocked down a child in Pomphlett, who shot out on her brothers too big bike from a between parked cars (she could not brake!) Luckily I was only pulling away after a car turned off. My car was damaged by the bike (which was fine). She only had a graze and lived to learn a lesson. I have never forgotton what could have happened. Another child around a school may not be so lucky as we all rush around and park wherever!”

“I am conviced I have the answer to deal with this, so here goes.

Paint double yellows in all the places you don't want people parked. Then enforce this will traffic wardens issuing parking fines.

Surely this is the absolutely most obvious and easy way to deal with awkward parking.”

“Why not extend this clamp down to the whole of Plymouth. Dangerous or inconsiderate parking is rife just about everywhere in the city and especially on the estates. Driving round any estate can be hazardous with cars, vans and lorries parked on bends and junctions and even on pavements.”

“Perhaps the council could start by getting their own drivers to park responsibly. It isn't just around schools, it is all over the area. My wife is in a wheelchair which is powered by me, and the inconsiderate parking by all sorts of people, tradesmen, private motorists, even the police, which makes getting around at times very difficult. Alot of the times it is by people who do not want to walk the extra few yards, so please, think before you park, think how your actions will affect other people and motorists.”

“here we go again,the authorities say they will do something ,show their faces for a few days then everything goes back to normal ,crazy parking ,crazy drivers .do something in lancaster Gdns where there are 3 schools coming in and out !”

“Action needs to be taken around Dunstone Primary, Plymstock- especially in the Southernway/Shortwood Crescent/Stentaway Drive areas, and this is not only for the school but also during the day AND weekends for the football matches, childrens centre etc. But constructive action is needed, NOT warnings!!
I suppose that the problem is that if too much action is taken, the problem is "moved to another area" and not sorted out. I fail to understand why anyone is unable to park properly and considerately for anyone using the local roads, whether that be a pedestrian or otherwise, and if people just had respect and consideration there would not be an issue. I guess that respect and consideration is just too much for most people.”

“@S,
They already have cars like this in other cities, it won't have to park - it can just drive past and record the reg numbers for processing later. That way people can't see it when they arrive and change their mind.

Hopefully they can also use it to catch the people that park all day in the 2 hour bays around Mutley.

I think The Herald should send this list of suggestions to the council.”

“@ Ian

Do you actually have a job to go to after work. It's all very well getting on your high horse but my daughter has a set time to go into school so i could leave 30 minutes earlier but she still would not be able to get into the school. I then have a set time to start work. I would love to have the time to walk my daughter for half an hour to school and then a further half an hour to work but in the real world it does not happen like that!! THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE”