Certainly there is a big concern about the number of cars being used to take children to school. There are conflicts, because a lot of parents do want to drive their children to school, and many schools are taking initiatives to discourage dropping off near the school. It is a very difficult area, because obviously they're dropping them off, usually, on the street in a public place, so they can't generally be stopped. At the school my younger children go to, cars aren't allowed to be parked very close to the school. They've put down double yellow lines, which stops them from parking nearby. So there are all sorts of things, such as school travel plans, all sorts of incentives for schools to encourage parents to encourage children to walk to school, but it is a very difficult question.
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