Monday 17th March 2003

Lollipop Rage

Stressed motorists are giving lollipop ladies a hard time

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Wrexham Council is now coaching its school crossing patrols in the art of pacifying motorists and avoid confrontational situations.

After a number of incidents in which irate motorists have tried to push the patrols out of the way, the council has introduced extra training.

Although the incidents are still rare there have been occasions when motorists have got out of their cars to confront the lollipop patrols who have asked them to stop to allow children to cross.

One motorist even drove up onto the pavement to get around the hold up.

The patrols have been given personal safety alarms and trained in basic self defence skills. With some of the patrols being aged over 60, the training has been basic rather than advanced kung fu.

[planetdave]

Hong Kong fuey he say 'get out da car, punk - want some do ya'.
Seriously some of them are top notch numpties and others paragons of virtue. Watch out for any with portable life support machines (or stinger missiles)

[pesty]

People driving up on curbs to get round lollipop lady's. surley that can't happen any more with all the speed sorry "safety" cameras outside schools catching dangerous driving.
Cos thats what they do right?

[planetdave]

I dont think the guys on the pavements are actually speeding so are therefore 'safe'.Might run into the camera post,tho.

[mel]

Sounds fair enough to me, afterall a Lollipop Ladies mandate says that motorists must stop to allow them to cross school aged childrens, its when all the mums stand around in gaggles at the school gates and the bloody old biddy with the stick strides out in the road to stop traffic for the bloody witches of eastwick on their way home that pisses me off. Ignore your mandate at your peril "Lolly Pop Lady" I will have every justification in international law to run you over, just ask the Attorny General.......

[planetdave]

lollipop ladies and your sons-you have 48hrs to leave the country!

[boiler]

You don't need a lollipop lady outside a school, you need a traffic warden. Think of all the revenue they could generate and even the increased safety because sight lines would be preserved .

Andy.

[wfg]

Is our children learning?

[james_j]

We don't need no education.

Anyway, lollipop ladies do a good job for cr4p all money.

As said earlier, speed kills so driving on the pavement must be OK (as long as you don't exceed the speed limit).