Rules are generally there for a reason aren’t they? They are there to keep us safe and secure; to protect people and property; and to allow things to work efficiently. What I don’t get though is why so many people seem to think that the rules don’t apply to them.
This week I saw a woman, coming into my son’s school to pick up a Reception child, parking on the zigzags. In fact, I saw her do it two days running. No parking on the zigzags is a rule there to protect children as they come into and leave school. The zigzags and the rule exist for a reason. If there isn’t anywhere legal to park near school, maybe you should either get there earlier or park further away and not be so lazy.
Regularly there are parents parking in the bus stop to pick up or drop their kids at school. There’s a rule to say don’t do it and it’s there to protect the people getting on and off the bus. Again find somewhere else to park even if it is further away: it will do you and your kids good to walk a little further anyway.
Sometimes people park across driveways. I have this happen outside my house and I know it happens to people who live near my son’s school. Strictly speaking it is illegal to block someone onto their drive, but not to park across it when they aren’t there. It is an unwritten rule though because it is so inconsiderate and annoying. Again there is no need for it, but people still do it and it’s usually laziness at the root of it all, plus a brazen lack of consideration for others. Still, it is better than strangers pulling onto your fabulous new driveway from Decorativeconcretewa.com.au – it has been known for people to actually park on someone else’s driveway and wander off for the day. The absolute cheek!
Speeding. There’s another rule. I have to hold my hands up and say I have exceeded the limit on occasion, but I do try to stay within it on residential roads in particular. I would be horrified if I hurt or killed someone’s child or pet because of exceeding the limit. The rules are there for a reason. Today (on a Sunday) there were people speeding up and down our road (which is obviously residential). Not boy racer speeds, but speeding none the less. One was doing it and wasn’t even looking at the road ahead. I still feel guilty about the squirrel I killed accidentally about 10 years ago when it ran under my wheels (when travelling well within the limit). Would these drivers feel as guilty if they hurt or killed someone or something? Why do these people break the rules? Every day lives are destroyed or ruined because people break the rules, but still it happens.
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