the high school where my son goes (aged 11) is very short on parking so a large pub car park a few metres up the road is used by a few of the parents to wait in for the kids at 3.30pm. granted they have put up a sign before stating its not for school use that people do ignore, now lets bear in mind the car park is probably too big for the pub anyway and it is only for ten minutes a day that we are flouting? the law..
went to collect my son yesterday and the police are guarding it saying sorry this is not to be used!!
is there no crime for them to be fighting?? nothing better for our money to be spent on? what a joke..
and yes he does get the bus but as its been freezin cold and he is 11 i prefer to go collect him, i mean if they had the brains to think about it they may have thought oh well its not a big deal and people passing may have even thought the shitty pub was half decent being so busy..
2007-01-31 00:47:29 · 17 answers · asked by missnikid 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Hey of course they have plenty of other things to be doing but isn't it a lot easier to catch you and chase motorists - easy pickings lots of crime number clearance points!!!!
2007-02-01 03:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The bottom line is that the pub is on private property. Unless you've got business at the pub, and you don't, then you don't have a reason to be there. Most towns have a law against loitering or even trespassing and you and the other parents might fall under that category. The police have a perfect right to be there and enforce the laws. They are only doing their job.
That said, I am a teacher and I sympathize. You are trying to provide the best for your son. I suggest you and the other parents form up and appeal to the superintendent or the school board for some sort of arrangement to be made for kids to be picked up. If the current arrangement is unsafe, like the kids have to travel across a busy street that doesn't have crossing guards in order to be picked up, you can point out that such arrangements are a lawsuit waiting to happen should a child be struck by a car. School districts don't like it when parents threaten to sue. :-D Go public and make your cause known if they won't listen.
2007-02-02 01:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Hez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bigger issue here is that you're teaching your child that you have no respect for the law..and just because you're an adult you can break the rules..
What's wrong with parking a little further away from the school in a safe area where you're allowed to park and walking to meet him at the school gate if you insist on meeting him there instead of letting him use the bus.
If he's well wrapped up a bit of cold fresh air won't hurt him and a bit of exercise either walking back to the car or to the bus won't hurt him either.. It never hurt a lot of people who lived in families that didn't own a car.. so I don't see why it should hurt him now.
Sorry but I agree with the others.. you broke the law.. no matter how small the degree.. Children don't grow up respecting laws when their parent's blatantly flout them.. they learn by example.
2007-01-31 19:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by bty704613 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is obvious that the pub landlord has complained to the police about the parking by people using the car park to wait for schoolchildren. As this car park is private land, the police have had to respond to the complaint.
2007-02-01 15:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bet you anything the Police don't care....I wouldn't be surprised if they are just responding to a complaint to appease someones rant in a city council meeting about the lack of parking in that area.
Complaints like that come from residents and store owners all time. " Not enough parking for me .... not enough parking for my customers " and so on. Guess whos job it is to try and make everyone happy in these situations. Yup thats right ... The Police. Makes us look like the bad guys all the time.
Do we have better things to do? You bet... but at the same time we have to deal with the calls for service.
Have a safe day.
2007-01-31 10:24:39 · answer #5 · answered by A.R.G.O.S. 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The police are obligated to act on each complaint they receive and since the land is private property, they are required to act to prevent damage or trespass upon another person's property. It would be akin to somebody from out of town, deciding to use your Garden without your permission for x amount of minutes per day. You'd call the police, wouldn't you?
Plus, the police have a duty to enforce traffic laws although their discretion does give them some leeway. It would be perhaps considered lucky that you got away with a friendly warning asking you not to use the car park rather than a summons.
Since it is private property, the landlord is well within his rights to refuse a person access to his property and is able to request the help of the police in using reasonable force to eject a person from it.
2007-01-31 18:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by Amir N 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes they have got much much better things to do, if someone makes a complaint they have to respond, as you obviously have been doing this for some time as have other parents, the neighbourhood policing unit are obviously pro active in your area. If you do something against the law then be big enough and take the punishment and stop winging and bitching that the police should be dealing with real crimes...... Yours is a real crime get over it
2007-01-31 15:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by sunnybums 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know it is anoying but it is private property and the police are just responding to a complaint as they legaly have to do it may seem a waste of time but they have to do it. The pub landlord is obviously been anoyed by people doing this and also as it is private property ypur car would not be iinsured if anything happened to it or you had a accident as you are not meant to be driving there is there no where else you can park?
2007-01-31 19:26:34 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Odds are the school asked the police to enforce that either because of the traffic congestion being a danger to the kids or the parking lot owner asked the police to help them.
So, either way, the police are responding to a citizen asking for help.
This is a typical complaint I see alot. Is there something more productive that we could be doing? Yes. If, however, we ignored that citizen's request for help, then we would be reading a question about how come the cops don't help us when requested.
Please don't complain when you admit your breaking the law and a police officer ASKS you not to. He/She could be more direct and cite you if they felt the need.
2007-01-31 16:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by Wraith95 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some-one has plainly made a complaint to the Police.
These days the Police ONLY focus on clearing up Reported Crime - they would not do this without some-one making numerous complaints ..
NB. please consider the Pub owners - say you have an accident getting out of your car (maybe slip on some ice or oil) & sue the Pub ?
I bet it all comes down to the Pub's Insurance ... or maybe some-one is trying to get their Licence revoked and has complainted about the noise ...
2007-01-31 10:26:44 · answer #10 · answered by Steve B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the Police receive a complaint, they are duty bound to deal with it. You are committing a trespass on private property and could well be conducting yourself in a menner likely to cause a breach of the peace. Stop wasting police time and arrange a pick-up point for your child a distance away from the school.
Parking is not a right.
Or if it is raining, and you have your front door open, can I shelter in the front room of your house without your permission?
2007-01-31 15:57:45 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋