Half term - roads

gigeorge

gigeorge

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How lovely are the roads eh, takes me 35 mins instead of 55 mins to get to work..


I really wish something could be done regarding the kids and their mothers wanting to nanny them to school.. More buses? America seem to have this sorted, why cant we?
 
Agreed, its far safer cycling to work now because there seems to be half the cars on the roads at the moment!

When I was a kid, I walked to primary school. And for secondary, I walked to the bus stop.

Have kids legs fallen off these days? :confused:
 
gigeorge said:
How lovely are the roads eh, takes me 35 mins instead of 55 mins to get to work..


I really wish something could be done regarding the kids and their mothers wanting to nanny them to school.. More buses? America seem to have this sorted, why cant we?
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America don't have it sorted....school runs clog up the roads there as well....you should see rush hour in LA, gridlock is the least of it.
 
I thought about making this very thread on the way to work today.

Here's what I don't understand - my commute is between two towns, and I only actually pass one school. It's still way quicker on half term and I don't know why! Can the volume of school traffic really be so high that it affects large main roads between towns? Absurd. Man up, walk to school.
 
Pedos, init. Everybody's scared Jimmy Saville is going to kidnap little Jonny.

I walked to school. My son walked to school. His son will walk to school.

By the way, down South it's an excuse for mothers to show off their latest 4x4.
 
The people who are on the roads this week seem to be mostly polite and courteous. Unlike the school traffic which consists of people who don't understand how to indicate or what "right of way" means.
 
gigeorge said:
How lovely are the roads eh, takes me 35 mins instead of 55 mins to get to work..


I really wish something could be done regarding the kids and their mothers wanting to nanny them to school.. More buses? America seem to have this sorted, why cant we?
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You realise that the lack of cars on the road isn't just because people are not driving their kids to school?
 
My old house was on the very next road from the road the school was on. You could cut through a path and it was 5 mins walk.

People who lived on my road drove!

Why?! It takes longer to park!!
 
I am halfway through my day allready! Normally tales an age to get around Tunbridge Wells but nice and quiet today. Parked up and had an early lunch! We shall have to kill the children then it will allways be like this.
 
anticonscience said:
Please explain.
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A lot of working parents tend to take annual leave during school holidays, if you somehow banned parents taking their kids to school those people would still be on the road during term time. Fundamentally the problem in this country is too many cars, too little capacity.
 
yes your correct, and we can moan all we want, but we need a solution :cool:

and here it is, it is so simple, you will tear your eyes out in a eureka moment.

you and I, book our holidays with our Boss/self/Manager

our mrs, book their holidays with their Boss/Self/Manager

but we are governed by what time little johnny can have off school, therefore we must adhere to a group Off/On holiday scenario.

the solution?

little johny must have the option to book time off too, say 3 weeks a year, the schools behind this and helping in the catch up of lessons.

then we all stagger our holidays through the year....simples
 
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