Originally Posted by
tandempower
Have you ever seen the traffic congestion that piles up on the way into a school?
I suspect many parents have directly observed the traffic congestion and confusion in the vicinity of the school and therefore decided that it might be too dangerous to have their own kids walking or biking there. So better to drive them even if doing so adds to the congestion. My bike commute to work passed a few schools and those were the areas where I had the most close calls with parents making U-turns or other sudden unexpected maneuvers after dropping off their kids.