Ravelston Parking
The purpose of this blog is to highlight parking at Stewart's Melville which puts children at risk, such as: parking on pavements, at junctions, on double yellow lines and on zig zag lines. If you see bad parking at SMC, take a picture and send it, with the time and place, to ravelstonparking@gmail.com and we will add it to the blog.
Friday 5 June 2015
Wednesday 27 May 2015
Tuesday 26 May 2015
Monday 25 May 2015
Why does it matter if people park on zig zag markings, yellow lines, corners or pavements?
It matters, because it makes the road more crowded and makes it harder for pedestrians to see cars, and cars to see pedestrians.
These are also Road Traffic Offences.
The Scotsman - 14 March 2012 -
www.scotsman.com/news/pupil-s-leg-broken-in-hit-and-run-near-school-1-2172014
Extract:
These are also Road Traffic Offences.
The Scotsman - 14 March 2012 -
Pupil’s leg broken in hit and run near school
www.scotsman.com/news/pupil-s-leg-broken-in-hit-and-run-near-school-1-2172014
Extract:
“The 13-year-old, who is a second year pupil at Stewart’s Melville College, was crossing Queensferry Terrace when he was hit by a blue car. The driver drove off northwards towards Queensferry Road...
...Thank God it wasn’t worse. What happened is bad enough but this is a wake-up call. We are talking about lives here.”
...Thank God it wasn’t worse. What happened is bad enough but this is a wake-up call. We are talking about lives here.”
Fifth year pupil at the school, Kieran Kerslake, 16, said: “Last week another boy nearly got hit by a car. There is a need for a crossing because of the congestion and the amount of pupils crossing the road.
“I saw the boy lying on the road after the accident, I was a bit shocked.”
Lesley Easton, 41, who lives in nearby Ravelston and whose two daughters are pupils at Mary Erskine and Stewart Melville Junior School, said: “It was absolutely inevitable with people parking on corners, on zig-zag lines and double yellow lines. It was an accident waiting to happen...”
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