Outlaw parents’ bad behaviour

A county councillor is calling for bad behaviour to be banned outside schools following complaints from residents and school crossing patrollers.

Cllr Ann Allen believes more should be done to stop drivers parking on neighbours’ driveways and ignoring lollipop men and women.

She said: “Most of the complaints I get are around the attitude of the parents in the way that they park indiscriminately and cause problems.

“People need to behave in a responsible way; to park dangerously and behave danger- ously outside schools should become a criminal offence just like not wearing a seat belt or drink driving.”

The Dartford representative added a suggestion that when parents apply for their child’s placement they should fill out a form telling the school how they plan to get to the building.

She hopes this would encourage more parents to walk, cycle or car share, if not think twice about how they drive and park around schools.

Chris Knight, 46, who has been a school crossing patrol- ler for the past three years, has jumped out of the way as drivers refuse to stop outside schools.

He said: “I asked him what he thought he was doing and the driver made a gesture suggesting he didn’t understand me and he drove off.”

Mr Knight recorded his details, which resulted in the offender attending an improvement course.

Mr Knight added: “I’m glad that the driver has not got away with this and hopefully they won’t do it again

“People just need to have