They block driveways or park in the second row: parents who bring their children to school by car. They bring students in danger and residents to white heat: parents who bring their children at the last minute by car to school and park for lack of parking in driveways - or keep the same in the second row and block the roadway. The so-called parents Taxis create just before the schools a confusing traffic situation and thus increase for children who are traveling on foot, the risk of accidents. Like the police in reflective vest, more than 1,400 motorists were caught in front of schools due parking tickets since the start of school. This is an assessment of the gravity controls the past fortnight.
Most mothers and fathers are well aware that they are doing their children with the Dispatcher any favors. But then the time is in the morning but again too short or the weather too bad, and the good intentions are forgotten.
"Every morning there is hustle and honking," said a woman who lives next to a primary school. "I do not get time out of the garage." The jam in the residential street is exacerbated because the corner is a private school, be brought to the children from across the city. The all-morning traffic chaos just before eight affects mainly primary schools or schools with a special offer such as bilingual sections.
It's annoying not only local residents, the police in safety vest strongly discourages bringing children by car. The risk of accidents is increased unnecessarily. Especially dangerous is it when children are left on the side of the road instead of on the sidewalk side of the car in the rush, says the traffic prevention expert of the Berlin police, Andreas.
What matters is that the parents are always aware that they are role models for their children - even in traffic, says Schist. It was important to educate children at school early to independence - under the guidance of parents, advises Schist. It made sense to go the way advance together and practice. The Internet can be found for each district school plans, for example, showing the best and safest way to school. "Ideally, parents accompany the child for several weeks or months, depending on the maturity of the child to school," says Schist. After that it was important to retire gradually by saying, for example, "Go on ahead, I come," and unobtrusively follows the young, to see if everything is done correctly. "And bright, reflective clothing, especially in the fall and winter is important," says Schist.