Just to clarify i don’t blame tractor drivers for anything there only doing there job i just don’t like them.
Having spent some time riding with my brother in his b-double on long haul trips really does give you a good perspective on how many bad drivers there are on our roads (and I hope i’m not one of them).

In QLD most of the new schools and some existing have been upgraded to have a drop off car park in a drive through maccas style set up.

I do understand though that there will always be that one person that has to land the boot half a metre from the gate.

I thought it was christmas when i ever got droped at school.

Walking or riding home in a cracker of a summer storm is only character building anyhow, toughen up Australia

And I suppose everyone who gets in your precious way wasting your precious time is a d*ckhead? Geuss what everyone else thinks of YOU? D*CKHEAD!!!

And BTW, no I don’t use the entrance off the main road, but the off street “drop N go”. Our school is on a major thouroughfare (but still only 50 km/h road anyway) and the school doesn’t cause any of the “sh*t” you b*tch about.

(Please read this with the sarchasm it’s intended)

Dare I say, Bret, you’re one of those d*ckheads that incovenience other motorists by parking in the middle of the road so you could pick up your kids?

That 15 minutes is still my time and instead of wasting it being stuck behind selfish parents dropping off their little sh*ts, I’d rather spend that time arriving to work early and posting on CarAdvice.

Reading a lot of your replies about how bad it is to be held up by someone else during a one hour period every day and how irate you get is just a prime example of the lack of driver education in Australia.
Sorry but queing up on a road whilst waiting to turn into a drive way IS NOT ILLEGAL! It may be impolite sure but it’s not agianst the law. Sure the people dropping kids off are anoying, but if the average motorist had actually used common sense and drove to the prevailing condidtions in the first place these zones would not be needed.
WHy is it that as far as the majority of vocal car drivers are concerned, it is always the Trucks (including Semi’s), 4wd Drivers, Motorcyclists, Caravaner, Cyclists, Pedestrian and Tractor drivers that are at fault not the car drivers??Perhaps the average car driver need to learn the simple fact that the world doesn’t evolve around them. As Cupid said a lot of you become diferent beasts once you are armed with a set of wheels.

As I said a little earlier in this thread, I have to go through two zones on my way to work, so I simply changed my routine leave earlier and have a very nice Coffee on my way to work arrive relaxed and ready to start the day. Also by leaving earlier the actual trip time takes less becasue there is less traffic to contend with so again less agro etc etc. If others took this attitude they might actually find that their whole life gets much nicer.

Flame away at me if chose, or go back and read how selfish you sound in your comments.

Anyway, change of shift in large manufacturing areas is MUCH worse, well it used to be before KRudds mismanagement forced all of the closures!

The bigger probnlem is we all turn into different animals when we get behind the wheel, the educated like you Matt and myself keep a level head and see the better picture, the type that read tabloids have no intelligence capability to make a decent considerate decision. Morons some of which have made comments here!!

A prime example is my local primary school, where parents queue in the middle of the road so they could eventually get into the pickup/dropoff zone. It’s an absolute disgrace as other road users are forced to either wait, or drive on the other side of the road into oncoming traffic to bypass those blocking the road. I’ve found that no matter how long I lay on the horn, these rude parents wouldn’t budge and even give you accusing looks in their mirrors.

It’s time for the police to not only focus on speeding motorists in school zones, but enforce general traffic etiquette and deal with those who impede traffic.