Motoring experts have launched a campaign to try and get the rules of the road changed.
LeaseCar.uk are proposing new plans to allow mums and dads to bypass queueing traffic by using bus lanes when dropping their kids off at school. The new proposal set forward by the motoring company could see parents allowed to use the often-empty bus lane on the school run to save valuable time and stop children from being late to school and missing their education.
The plans say that cars with children in the back, between 8am and 9am, would be able to use the bus lane without worrying about congestion or a hefty fine. It comes as the majority of bus lanes are already opened up to taxis and motorcycles on UK roads.
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LeaseCar hope that the campaign will help to ease congestion on the roads, while helping to reduce valuable time lost in lessons for kids up and down the country.
Tim Alcock, a spokesperson for the company, said: "Parents and carers up and down the UK can really relate to the frustration of the school run, with your kids arguing in the back telling you you’ve forgotten their PE kit or lunchbox. It’s easy to get frustrated and getting stuck in traffic knowing they’ll be late to school isn’t helping anyone.
"Our campaign to allow school runners to drive in bus lanes will not only help to ease congestion on other road users getting to work during rush hour, but also stop so many children from consistently being late to school and missing education simply because of the traffic.
"Bus lanes often allow motorcycles and taxis, and it can be really annoying knowing your kids are going to be late to school because you’re stuck in a queue whilst other vehicles sail past in the often empty bus lanes. It poses an obvious question for local authorities, if getting kids to school on time is a priority why aren’t parents on the school run allowed in bus lanes too?
"Many pupils don’t have the luxury of living a walkable distance around the corner from school and public transport is too unreliable for many. Opening bus lanes up to parents on the school run seems the most obvious and easy answer, and will ensure children aren’t late to school and missing out on valuable education.”
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