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How did you get to school? It's not a rhetorical question. I'm interested. I've told you how I and most of my close family got to school. What is your problem with answering?

Whilst not local BBC News - Low-traffic zones unlawful, High Court rules https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g77gq24wro

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There are two causes for this problem The first is that modern safety requirements for cars (to protect pedestrians and cyclists in collisions) mean huge amounts of excess spacing in crumple zones to provide a cushion on impact. For example, in the past a lot of pedestrians suffered catastrophic head injuries when they ran in front of a car, because the bonnet was close to the engine block, so their heads bent the bonnet into the solid immovable engine and their heads cam off worse. To mitigate that there is now a huge amount of flex and space so that the head is cushioned from the engine. Naturally, the rest of the body work and car frame has had to increase to accommodate this safety measure. The second issue is electrification. Electric cars are massive because they have to carry huge batteries around to make them work. Massive amounts of space and height is given over to batteries in electric cars. The new electric Renault 5 (described as a "compact" hatch back) is nearly 4 metres long 2 metres wide. That makes it longer and wider than the original Range Rover.

You clearly have a fantasy that you're a KC in a Court. Your questions are mainly rhetorical and aimed to obfuscate. As a one note Samba you have a great capacity to annoy, but to no real purpose.

Pretentious status vehicles. Last year I was trying to drive down my own street but, being in a little, inferior car, was expected to make way for a stream of SUVs / Chelsea tractors as they barged along beside me. After what felt like an age, I saw a window of opportunity, but was beaten to it by yet another tank. By this stage I was irate (I hate the things) and having a full on shouting match with myself behind the wheel. A Tesla in the oncoming queue pulled in, flashed and courteously allowed me to take my moment. The Tesla's windows were tinted, but not so much that I wasn't able to make out the driver, as I passed him. I'd recognise that mega-watt smile anywhere. It was Peter Crouch, laughing and giving me the thumbs up, clearly entertained by my tantrum.

I like the cut of your jib Oh for Pete's sake, please get from under your blanket! Let's give you an example. Schools have zig zags and double yellows outside to reduce risks to children. We all see parents ignoring that. So some schools and local authorities make a stronger effort to enforce this. These parents will then go and park somewhere else possibly causing mayhem there. So by extension of what you said above all streets around schools, and drive ways, should be open for parking during the school run. Make it a more difficult and some, not all, will stop driving their kids to school. You (and Penguin) are ignoring my questions, here and elsewhere. Do you have a guilty secret? Did you drive your kids to school and/or were you driven? I'm sure we would all love to hear.

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Oh for God sake, walk your children to school.. no school during Covid.. now future is zero.. go drive your cars, when you don’t give a shite .. lazy.. most able folk can walk.. just a bubble leading to…….

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Yup, and your point is what exactly as what we are saying amplifies that and validates the point of this thread. Selfish drivers and driving doesn't magically go away if you put in a school street. It just moves to another street which is the very point the OP was, in part, making. Again. Commonsense. Just by putting in an intervention of any kind does not magically fix a problem. It shifts it somewhere else. All they succeed in doing is managing the symptoms not the cause. Has anyone bothered to look into why so many schools have a problem with this? I very often see people parking on Court Lane, well out of sight from anyone at the school, and decamping kids on bikes and scooters to wheel the last bit to Dulwich Hamlet school - no doubt to try and convince their friends that they no longer use a car to get their offspring to school!

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Thanks to all for the comments and advice. I have now reported the incident to the police.

Thanks everyone for your comments, all of which I’ve taken something from. I originally posted to warn and help others learn from my experience – hence the title, first and last words of the post. However, the process of posting and reading your comments has helped me better make sense of what felt ‘off’ about the incident, why and what I’d do differently next time. I hadn’t expected this outcome, so thank you. It’s also yielded several ‘golden nugget’ insights, one of which I share here for others. For context, I’m a longtime SE22 resident, who lives on a street with a primary school, so am used to scooting, cycling, walking with buggies, small children, pets etc. I like where I live and have never been struck on a pavement by anyone, on wheels or otherwise. I’ve been fortunate. When walking down Carlton Avenue towards Dulwich Village yesterday, I was on the left-hand side of the pavement but – ‘golden nugget’ approaching – not as close to people’s front garden walls as I could have been. The cyclist came from behind and overtook on the inside i.e. passed between me and the wall. The gap was too narrow and he hit my leg. For clarity, my original post was about the lack of adult supervision of a child. There’s been much comment here about the cyclist’s age. I didn’t know he was 4, until his father told me. I felt that this was a tactic – along with telling me I was over-reacting, talking about intent, apologising undercut with ‘but’ and laughing – to downplay and avoid taking responsibility for his part in the situation. But I accept that is my perception, readers weren’t there and may think differently. What also felt ‘off’ is that the father didn’t see what happened or ask any questions to find out. What happened? Where did he hit you? How hard? Are you alright? Is my son alright? Is everyone alright? This sounds obvious but wasn’t to me until last night. Back to age. Is the age of the cyclist important? If you consider it from the perspective of a four-year-old, it might be. He’s on his bike, helmet on, speeding along, sees a gap and thinks he can get through it. He doesn’t know and/or may never have been told about the risks (to himself and others) of undertaking on the left. Hits pedestrian. I was not expecting to be hit from behind or the undertaking. But had I walked closer to the wall – and not left a potentially inviting gap – this probably wouldn’t have happened. This is just one ‘golden nugget’ I will take away. It’s something I can easily do, doesn’t depend on anyone else doing anything differently, and could contribute towards keeping myself and others safe. All in all, posting here has been unexpectedly useful for me. I hope for others, too. I feel able to move forward with learnings, so thank you guys.

Scorpio Dry Cleaners (in the parade of shops at the top of Herne Hill) has closed. The shopfront is being renovated and will be reopened as therapy rooms by Herne Hill Space. I take this as evidence that we're all more stressed than before, despite being more casually dressed...