Abo wrote:

I was taking myself to school from the moment (apart from the first
day) of starting junior school. Mother used to meet me at the main road
when I was in the infants, half a mile away, just to see me across the
road but that was only 100 yards from the house, On passing the 11
plus, as a reward, I was given a push bike and was expected to cycle
myself the 3 miles to school (Down the A312 which was a busy dual
carriagway even then) however I was also issued with a bus pass, the
bus journey was so tedious involving one change that I seldom used it
unless it was snowing or raining cats and dogs besides the freedom of
being able to go wherever you wanted after school with your mates was
the real advantage of the bike.

Car to school stiffels kids, makes it harder for them to develop
(outside organised activities) and IMO is no safer. Peado's will find a
way regardless of how mollycoddled the kids are, I certainly knew very
early on how to be aware and cope with these dangers thus was never
bothered. Education is the key to safety in that area.

By 'school running kids' they are denied vital 'street' education and
room to expand their own peer friendships, sadly a modern phenomena.

Emma, now 13, has never been allowed down to the corner shop alone in
her life, never goes anywhere without either Mum or Dad (seperated and
competing) or other responsible adult driving her, I don't think she
has ever been on a bus. What life skills is she developing? There are
millions like her.

The thought that these misguided prats are inhibiting their kids and
causing congestion in the process is not helpful whilst one is waiting
for them to sort themselves out.