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[gategrrl]

Unfuckingbelievable. I just went to drop off Tall Boy at school (it's a short day, so he starts at 8am instead of 8:15), and there were two cars parked in front of the school double. One of them was this big white sedan in front of a big dark SUV. I drove around and past both cars after dropping him off, and then took my left turn at the corner. Half-way down the very short block I noticed that white sedan was making a bombing run up my car's ass, and was about to try and PASS ME ON MY LEFT as I was coming up on my next left turn. I signaled I was about to turn so the she-bitch behind me wouldn't cause an accident and she HONKED at me as I took my turn! What a fucking bitch! In a residential neighborhood, no less. I was driving at my normal pace, which is slightly above legal.

Parents dropping their kids off in the morning are beyond fucking insane, some of them. It's a wonder I haven't heard of parent morning rage, or a parent running over a child yet in southern California.

I wish I'd gotten her license plate. I have reported people for unsafe driving around schools before.

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[khek.livejournal.com]

I wait in front of the 4th & 5th grade school for the bus to deliver 1st - 3rd graders for library programs two times a week. I can't tell you how many parents regularly drive past the buses *as they're loading students* with their flashing lights on and the stop sign out. (It's at least three each day, sometimes as many as a dozen.)

The buses load on one side of the school, while parent pick up is at the front, so there's a stop sign for the parents. (The library parking lot also feeds into the same small section of exit.) Do the parents stop for that stop sign? Nope. They'll race each other to get out in front of the bus. And the ones that do stop? Someone behind them will lay on the horn, because they're not moving fast enough.

We have had one parent strike a biker, and one car hit a bus. Frankly, I'm surprised that there haven't been more accidents.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Those parents really should be pulled over and ticketed steeply.

With the need for municipal funds being so desperate, perhaps a quick call to the police, so they can bolster their coffers.