I think they do that in London, too. You know, I used to commute past a school, and occasionally I'd do it at the times people were picking up their children. All I can say is, forget the type of vehicle they drive, the biggest problem there is idiots generally!!! I lost count of the number of examples of driving that blatantly endangered the lives of children that I saw, and this driving came from parents! What I'd like to see done is for schools to be given the power to suspend (or even ban outright) certain people from parking within 200 metres of the school grounds on account of the fact that these people are just basic morons!