Mother slammed over common school drop-off act in Randwick, Sydney

A mum’s attempt to call out drivers for honking at her while making her morning school drop-off has backfired, with social media users saying it is those doing the dropping off who cause more problems. 

The mother lashed out at the ‘people who honk aggressively’ when she drops her 12-year-old son off at Marcellin College at Randwick, in Sydney’s wealthy inner-east. 

The woman took to Facebook last week to blast the impatience of drivers, and labelled the actions beyond reasonable. 

‘The level of road rage that myself and my 12yo are subjected to while I am picking up and dropping off at the only possible place at his school, is next level,’ she wrote on Facebook. 

A mum has lashed out at aggressive drivers, who keep honking while she drops her son off in front of a ‘no parking’ sign, outside Marcellin College in Randwick, in Sydney’s  east. 

The woman’s 12-year-old son, who attends Marcellin College (pictured), said she feared for her safety during one particular drop off, after one driver behind her kept ‘honking like mad’

She said there are many parents who drop their children off in the area.

‘This afternoon I genuinely feared for our safety, as the car behind me, and the car behind that, started honking like mad. I am actually beginning to fear being rear-ended on purpose because people absolutely lose their minds when I put my blinker or hazards on and stop there,’ she wrote. 

Part of the school, which faces Avoca Street, has a ‘no parking’ sign out the front but drivers still allowed to temporarily stop to pick up and drop off passengers.

Under the law, they are only allowed to stop for two minutes and must stay within three metres of their vehicle during this time. 

The woman’s complaint however, was met with brutal responses, as social media users suggested her actions were inconsiderate to other drivers. 

‘Silly place to stop given how busy the road is. Imagine the chaos and accidents if the whole school had your attitude and did that,’ one user wrote. 

Others said just because she is allowed to park there, it does not mean it is safe for convenient for other motorists who use the busy strip.  

‘You are entitled to be right about the no parking sign, however it is unsafe for you and your child to stop there during peak hour as you create an obstruction and no one can predict what might happen next,’ another user said. 

‘Sydney traffic is congested, permanent peak hour, everyone needs to be somewhere. Take a minute to make a choice that might work for everyone. Talk to the school about their solutions for safe arrival and departure of children’.

Users slammed the woman after she complained about the ‘next level’ behaviour she copped from motorists at her morning school drop off, with some users telling her to be more considerate of other drivers. 

Part of the school, which faces Avoca Street (pictured) in Randwick, is a busy area and  prompted the woman to hit back at the online backlash, saying she doesn’t want her son to cross from another part of the busy road, as he has a disability

Some suggested the woman’s son catch a bus instead, but the mother hit back saying she could not stop dropping him off as he has a disability.

She said does not want to drop her son at another part of the busy road or further afoot, for this reason. 

‘Thanks for the absolutely disgusting comments, everybody,’ she said.  

‘I will continue to drop my child at school, but instead of hurrying him out the car door within 10 seconds, I’ll be sure to sit there and wait until 1 min 59 secs [sic] before driving off, from now on,’ she said. 

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