Tony

Mar 14, 08 - 3:45 PM

High Rd

Since when has High Rd been a one-way Road???
Was stopped today by P.C. Van plod, i was apparently driving the wrong way to go and pick up my Daughter from school. please leave us law abiding citizens alone and go catch real criminals, or is that beyond you.....

Resident

Mar 14th, 2008 - 3:53 PM

Re: High Rd

I think if you check with the school there is a voluntary one way system during school drop off and pick up times for those who cannot use their legs and walk their children to school!

Tony

Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:08 PM

Re: High Rd

I would use my legs to walk my children to school thank you Resident if i didn't have to go to Marlow first to pick up my older Daughter.

Another Resident

Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:09 PM

Re: High Rd

Is there something wrong with the train then?

Tony

Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:59 PM

Re: High Rd

Yes there is thanks Another Resident, she's 13 and has to wait an hour(thats if the train's on time, which isn't that often)plus the fact a girl was attacked by a man on her way back from school there last wk... would you take the chance and let your 13yr old go by train... Think not..

Resident

Mar 14th, 2008 - 9:24 PM

Re: High Rd

I didn't mean to cause offence but the majority of people who do drive to collect their children from schools in Cookham do so because they can't be bothered to walk. Having said that if you do have to drive to collect your children from Cookham Rise school then you should be minded to know what their well publicised policy is on the voluntary one way system rather than levelling abuse at our local police force. I don't have school aged children and yet I know about the one way policy simply by being a Cookham resident who follows the local news. I assume that you will be posting a similar apology to Old Bill.

Showem

Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:36 PM

Re: High Rd

I live just off of High Road, but not having any children of school age, this is the first I've heard of the one way system for the school.

Tony

Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:45 PM

Re: High Rd

No
As you say this is a voluntary one-way system, havin driven back from Marlow through Friday traffic, you then want me to drive half way around the village making myself even later to pick up my youngest who's stood in the playground waiting..." i don't have children of school age"... No you certainly don't..

Resident

Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:54 PM

Re: High Rd

Maybe you need to employ the services of the after school club at Cookham Rise.

The one way system is there because the road is congested at school drop off and pick up times. It is there for the SAFETY of the children.

Showem unless you have children at the school or take an interest in school stuff you wouldn't necessarily know. As someone who has nearly school age children I have got to know all the Cookham schools to try an work out where to send my child to school in September.

'Tony' apparently owns the roads around Cookham Rise and can't be bothered to adhere to a plan that is in place only to ensure children's safety. I would suggest if he has a problem with it that he takes it up with the Head Teacher of Cookham Rise rather than having a go at the local police force.

Tony

Mar 14th, 2008 - 11:16 PM

Re: High Rd

What i need or need-not do with my children is my business thank you very much.
No, i don't own the roads around Cookham, all i want to do is find the quickest way to the school when i'm already late, and if that means going the wrong way on a "voluntary" one way(im sure im not the only one) then i will.
And when you've found a school to take your children to in September I hope your going to walk them there..

Pongo

Mar 15th, 2008 - 1:35 AM

Re: High Rd

I have lived in Cookham for quite a while and did not know there was an official one way system, I remember people talking about it and saying it would just apply to parents picking up, as delivery men etc would not know about it necessarily. Which way is the one way system? How long does it last?

Tony

Mar 15th, 2008 - 7:48 AM

Re: High Rd

Tut tut Resident... Have i not just read a post by your good self in "Teenage gangs hanging round Country Stores", slagging off our Local Police Force.
Now whats that phrase im looking for,,,,oh yes,,
Practice what you Preach....

Showem

Mar 15th, 2008 - 12:47 PM

Re: High Rd

Tony, you might have a point, but you are losing ground with the tone of your posts.

Resident

Mar 15th, 2008 - 5:54 PM

Re: High Rd

Personally I am supportive of the local police and I only wish they had more of a presence in Cookham. The fact that they do try and supervise the school's one way system is pleasing, the fact that they weren't around when my car was vandalised at the station is of course disappointing but I have never made a derogatory comment about the police force here.

As for walking to school we aren't within walking distance of the school unfortunately but I will be adhering to any traffic system that my child's school has in place and I will comply with whatever request the head teacher makes even if it is voluntary.

I have no criticism of you driving to ensure you collect your child from school if you have to travel from Marlow (there are excellent schools there by the way) but the desire not to comply with the head teacher's request just sums up some of the problems that Mrs Lewis has faced since her time at the school.

Ignoramus

Mar 15th, 2008 - 6:38 PM

Re: High Rd

Would someone please enlighten the rest of Cookham residents who have no children at the school, what the one-way rules are and the precise times involved? I use High Road occasionally but had no knowledge at all of this arrangement.

Although you keep talking about one way, it is not clear which way, and when! Perhaps the school needs an article on this in the Advertiser?

Resident

Mar 15th, 2008 - 7:28 PM

Re: High Rd

I don't have children at the school but have been doing the rounds of school visits for choosing one for my child next year. Therefore I have been looking at the school websites and it was mentioned on there. It is also pretty apparent the odd time I have been around at school leaving time and seen all the cars collecting children from Cookham Rise facing the same way!

Likewise Holy Trinity has a walking bus from the car park on Marsh Meadow and large signs down School Lane provided by Andrew Milsom.

I think it is a good scheme as I have seen a few near misses and I think if drivers are trying to negotiate both ways on High Road they are paying less attention to the children who are walking nearby. I assume it is also designed to stop inconsiderate drivers parking on the pavements on High Road - a real bugbear for me when I was on maternity leave and had to try and negotiate a buggy past them, sometimes being left with no option but to use the road. I just think it is a shame that apparently not all driving parents support the scheme which as far as I can see has no downside.

Ignoramus

Mar 15th, 2008 - 8:34 PM

Re: High Rd

Forgive me, Ms Resident, but I'm a bit baffled as to why you told me so much in defence of the scheme and then didn't answer the question I asked, which would have been really helpful! There was no criticism intended in my message, as I agree with you that this and Holy Trinity's schemes are a great idea and should be supported.

It may be obvious to you now, when you happen to have seen cars all facing the same way, but all I would like confirmed is which way, and when, to make sure that, like Tony, I don't suddenly come face to face with them in error!

Does anyone know if the one-way rule extends all the way up High Road to Whiteladyes Lane, please?

Resident

Mar 15th, 2008 - 10:22 PM

Re: High Rd

Sorry Ignoramous, maybe I should adopt your name! I can't recall the precise details other than it exists. I'm rarely around during the day and if I am near the school I'm not driving. I am sure the school would be happy to advise on the precise details. I read it in a newsletter which was on line on the school's website but I can't find it there now. I think it is just around school starting and finishing hours. Not sure about the distance although I think it is only from the bottom of High Road up as far as New Road. I am sure someone will post the exact details here, which would be helpful for all.

Tony

Mar 16th, 2008 - 8:20 AM

Re: High Rd

Traffic should be flowing up High Rd from The Station towards Whiteladyes Lane, but not to sure where it starts and ends..Station to New Rd???
8.45am to 9.00am
2.45pm to must be 3.30 as i got there at 3.20 an got a right old ticking orf, m'lord..

Bagheera

Mar 16th, 2008 - 12:18 PM

Re: High Rd

As I understand it, all three state schools in the village have voluntary one way systems during pick up and drop off times.

These do seem a good idea but those taking part need to bear in mind that they voluntary means just that. I have been told by somebody who is not a parent himself that parents at Holy Trinity were very aggressive toward him for driving against the flow in School Lane. That is not acceptable and there is no realistic way that most people would know.

Obviously, I do not know if Tony was told or asked to go with the flow it would seem to make sense to do so. I presume the system runs from east to west past the school (otherwise he would not be complaining since he is coming from Marlow). That means a choice of fighting against the flow of traffic on High Road until you reach the school or driving up to the level crossing and round. Perhaps about a third of a mile extra and I can't see how it would take significantly longer.

And I do have children. My wife regularly picks up a child at Cookham Dean, then goes to get another one from the Rise and then goes to Marlow to pick up a 12 year old.

I can understand that Tony is annoyed that things don't go his way (or that he was not told) but this has something of King Canute about it. You won't stop the flow so you might as well bite your tongue and go with it.

Holy Trinity and Cookham Dean both have voluntary one-way systems that run anticlockwise and you need to be aware of them between about 3pm and 3:30 pm, I think.

timothy

Mar 16th, 2008 - 1:41 PM

Re: High Rd

i am so livid.....what gives those parents mostly in their 4x4s when picking up their "brats" the right to have a voluntary one way system for school pick up times? i would like to see one of them give me a ticking orf as you like to say when i drive one of my vans down there at 3.30, such pompus people,go and do some work or carry on supporting that thing called a restaurant called maliks.

Suzy M

Mar 18th, 2008 - 2:20 PM

Re: High Rd

Timothy dear, calm down and try driving ONE of your vans the wrong way. You won't get far will you?
Try all you like but you'll just gridlock the system.
Sensible idea to make voluntary one-way system but signs need to be there of course.

We soon get used to them. For instance signs telling us who has right of way under Cannondale bridge seem to work generally. Why not at school times. And do stop exaggerating about 4 x 4's. We've had enough of that one - bored stiff hearing about them.

Paris

Mar 18th, 2008 - 5:21 PM

Re: High Rd

I'm all in favour of keeping the children safe, and wasn't aware of a voluntary one way system at any of our schools. Strikes me that as it is 'voluntary' no-one who doesn't comply should come in for any kind of aggravation.

Also, I can't see that our PC can tell off drivers for not following something that is not a written, official law of the road. But then a conversation with a friend of mine tells me that he seems to like picking on people for apparent 'motoring offences' that will mean he gets seen in the village and doesn't actually make any paperwork for himself to deal with . . . but that is another matter.

If the school wants to make it official and get the road changed to a one way system during peak times, they should get a byelaw or whatever is needed and then signpost both ends of the road so that all road users are aware of the restriction. There are far more people that use the road than have children at the school. These things should be done properly, not half baked and then everyone would know where they stand.

Pongo

Mar 18th, 2008 - 5:37 PM

Re: High Rd

I don't think the Council would allow for the road to be made one way just during school time and not during holidays, weekends, half term, special event days, etc etc. Do you know of any one way systems just for a school for around an hour maximum a day over two thirds of the year? It would be chaotic.

Observer

Mar 18th, 2008 - 6:01 PM

Re: High Rd

Timothy really has a very myopic view of life and other people. Presumably he believes he is the only person who actually works, van and all!

Isn't just ONE child's life or limb possibly saved by adopting these one-way measures worth every bit of inconvenience or indeed timothy's misplaced wrath ?

Priorities please. I don't have children at any of the schools (and I do work as well!) - yet I fully endorse any preventative traffic system that takes into consideration the safety of young children.

Judy

Mar 19th, 2008 - 8:43 AM

Re: High Rd

Is this not a topic for the "new" transport group looking at the Cookham Plan?

Paris

Mar 19th, 2008 - 9:42 AM

Re: High Rd

Not having attended Cookham Rise for more than a few years now, I wonder just how many accidents there have been to need to change the road system? I can't remember any at all during my years there.

Is this yet another case of health and safety gone mad? Shouldn't we be teaching our children to respect traffic and to cross roads safely rather than inconveniencing motorists, confusing the populace at large and generally causing aggravation.

Not only that, it doesn't say much for the driving capabilities of the parents who drive to drop off/collect their children that they need the road system changing to accommodate them. Surely they should be driving with even more care and attention because they of all people are aware of the possibility of children being in the road.

K.J.G.

Mar 19th, 2008 - 9:59 AM

Re: High Rd

If we wish to consider the safety of our young children would it not be better to stop the idiots from driving along the pavements in High road,following the children along & also blocking the pavements for Mothers with push chairs.

Pongo

Mar 19th, 2008 - 11:20 AM

Re: High Rd

I don't think the one way system was anything to do with the safety of the children, in fact gridlock would definitely be better from a pedestrian view point.

Showem

Mar 19th, 2008 - 1:15 PM

Re: High Rd

I imagine the people who are upset about the one-way system are more upset at being told what to do than actually having a one-way system. Because really, anyone sensible will go with the directional flow of the traffic rather than spend an extra quarter to half an hour trying to get through the wrong way. So they are really just venting their spleens more than anything else.

But as Maya Angelou said, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

I'm not sure how much posting on the forum will actually change the system...

snoopy

Mar 19th, 2008 - 5:19 PM

Re: High Rd

IF (and thats a big IF)
you want to make Cookham a safer village
THEN GET RID OF ALL THE OVER THE TOP CHELSEA TRACTORS

These are just for the ones how want to say look i have more money then you

Idea

Mar 19th, 2008 - 5:29 PM

Re: High Rd

Anything which ends up saving a childs life is worth all the inconvenience in the word.

In reply to Resident, one can state a preference for a school, but you cannot "choose" unless it is out of religious preference and you have to attend very regularly for 2 years. Ideally making some sort of contribution to your religious community.

Everyone knows that outside schools at start and finishing times it is generally mayhem, so you just have to go another way or deal with it.

As I stated earlier, a childs safety by far takes priority over any motorist with a short fuse.

Author	Comment
Tony Mar 14, 08 - 3:45 PM	High Rd Since when has High Rd been a one-way Road??? Was stopped today by P.C. Van plod, i was apparently driving the wrong way to go and pick up my Daughter from school. please leave us law abiding citizens alone and go catch real criminals, or is that beyond you.....
Resident Mar 14th, 2008 - 3:53 PM	Re: High Rd I think if you check with the school there is a voluntary one way system during school drop off and pick up times for those who cannot use their legs and walk their children to school!
Tony Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:08 PM	Re: High Rd I would use my legs to walk my children to school thank you Resident if i didn't have to go to Marlow first to pick up my older Daughter.
Another Resident Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:09 PM	Re: High Rd Is there something wrong with the train then?
Tony Mar 14th, 2008 - 4:59 PM	Re: High Rd Yes there is thanks Another Resident, she's 13 and has to wait an hour(thats if the train's on time, which isn't that often)plus the fact a girl was attacked by a man on her way back from school there last wk... would you take the chance and let your 13yr old go by train... Think not..
Resident Mar 14th, 2008 - 9:24 PM	Re: High Rd I didn't mean to cause offence but the majority of people who do drive to collect their children from schools in Cookham do so because they can't be bothered to walk. Having said that if you do have to drive to collect your children from Cookham Rise school then you should be minded to know what their well publicised policy is on the voluntary one way system rather than levelling abuse at our local police force. I don't have school aged children and yet I know about the one way policy simply by being a Cookham resident who follows the local news. I assume that you will be posting a similar apology to Old Bill.
Showem Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:36 PM	Re: High Rd I live just off of High Road, but not having any children of school age, this is the first I've heard of the one way system for the school.
Tony Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:45 PM	Re: High Rd No As you say this is a voluntary one-way system, havin driven back from Marlow through Friday traffic, you then want me to drive half way around the village making myself even later to pick up my youngest who's stood in the playground waiting..." i don't have children of school age"... No you certainly don't..
Resident Mar 14th, 2008 - 10:54 PM	Re: High Rd Maybe you need to employ the services of the after school club at Cookham Rise. The one way system is there because the road is congested at school drop off and pick up times. It is there for the SAFETY of the children. Showem unless you have children at the school or take an interest in school stuff you wouldn't necessarily know. As someone who has nearly school age children I have got to know all the Cookham schools to try an work out where to send my child to school in September. 'Tony' apparently owns the roads around Cookham Rise and can't be bothered to adhere to a plan that is in place only to ensure children's safety. I would suggest if he has a problem with it that he takes it up with the Head Teacher of Cookham Rise rather than having a go at the local police force.
Tony Mar 14th, 2008 - 11:16 PM	Re: High Rd What i need or need-not do with my children is my business thank you very much. No, i don't own the roads around Cookham, all i want to do is find the quickest way to the school when i'm already late, and if that means going the wrong way on a "voluntary" one way(im sure im not the only one) then i will. And when you've found a school to take your children to in September I hope your going to walk them there..
Pongo Mar 15th, 2008 - 1:35 AM	Re: High Rd I have lived in Cookham for quite a while and did not know there was an official one way system, I remember people talking about it and saying it would just apply to parents picking up, as delivery men etc would not know about it necessarily. Which way is the one way system? How long does it last?
Tony Mar 15th, 2008 - 7:48 AM	Re: High Rd Tut tut Resident... Have i not just read a post by your good self in "Teenage gangs hanging round Country Stores", slagging off our Local Police Force. Now whats that phrase im looking for,,,,oh yes,, Practice what you Preach....
Showem Mar 15th, 2008 - 12:47 PM	Re: High Rd Tony, you might have a point, but you are losing ground with the tone of your posts.
Resident Mar 15th, 2008 - 5:54 PM	Re: High Rd Personally I am supportive of the local police and I only wish they had more of a presence in Cookham. The fact that they do try and supervise the school's one way system is pleasing, the fact that they weren't around when my car was vandalised at the station is of course disappointing but I have never made a derogatory comment about the police force here. As for walking to school we aren't within walking distance of the school unfortunately but I will be adhering to any traffic system that my child's school has in place and I will comply with whatever request the head teacher makes even if it is voluntary. I have no criticism of you driving to ensure you collect your child from school if you have to travel from Marlow (there are excellent schools there by the way) but the desire not to comply with the head teacher's request just sums up some of the problems that Mrs Lewis has faced since her time at the school.
Ignoramus Mar 15th, 2008 - 6:38 PM	Re: High Rd Would someone please enlighten the rest of Cookham residents who have no children at the school, what the one-way rules are and the precise times involved? I use High Road occasionally but had no knowledge at all of this arrangement. Although you keep talking about one way, it is not clear which way, and when! Perhaps the school needs an article on this in the Advertiser?
Resident Mar 15th, 2008 - 7:28 PM	Re: High Rd I don't have children at the school but have been doing the rounds of school visits for choosing one for my child next year. Therefore I have been looking at the school websites and it was mentioned on there. It is also pretty apparent the odd time I have been around at school leaving time and seen all the cars collecting children from Cookham Rise facing the same way! Likewise Holy Trinity has a walking bus from the car park on Marsh Meadow and large signs down School Lane provided by Andrew Milsom. I think it is a good scheme as I have seen a few near misses and I think if drivers are trying to negotiate both ways on High Road they are paying less attention to the children who are walking nearby. I assume it is also designed to stop inconsiderate drivers parking on the pavements on High Road - a real bugbear for me when I was on maternity leave and had to try and negotiate a buggy past them, sometimes being left with no option but to use the road. I just think it is a shame that apparently not all driving parents support the scheme which as far as I can see has no downside.
Ignoramus Mar 15th, 2008 - 8:34 PM	Re: High Rd Forgive me, Ms Resident, but I'm a bit baffled as to why you told me so much in defence of the scheme and then didn't answer the question I asked, which would have been really helpful! There was no criticism intended in my message, as I agree with you that this and Holy Trinity's schemes are a great idea and should be supported. It may be obvious to you now, when you happen to have seen cars all facing the same way, but all I would like confirmed is which way, and when, to make sure that, like Tony, I don't suddenly come face to face with them in error! Does anyone know if the one-way rule extends all the way up High Road to Whiteladyes Lane, please?
Resident Mar 15th, 2008 - 10:22 PM	Re: High Rd Sorry Ignoramous, maybe I should adopt your name! I can't recall the precise details other than it exists. I'm rarely around during the day and if I am near the school I'm not driving. I am sure the school would be happy to advise on the precise details. I read it in a newsletter which was on line on the school's website but I can't find it there now. I think it is just around school starting and finishing hours. Not sure about the distance although I think it is only from the bottom of High Road up as far as New Road. I am sure someone will post the exact details here, which would be helpful for all.
Tony Mar 16th, 2008 - 8:20 AM	Re: High Rd Traffic should be flowing up High Rd from The Station towards Whiteladyes Lane, but not to sure where it starts and ends..Station to New Rd??? 8.45am to 9.00am 2.45pm to must be 3.30 as i got there at 3.20 an got a right old ticking orf, m'lord..
Bagheera Mar 16th, 2008 - 12:18 PM	Re: High Rd As I understand it, all three state schools in the village have voluntary one way systems during pick up and drop off times. These do seem a good idea but those taking part need to bear in mind that they voluntary means just that. I have been told by somebody who is not a parent himself that parents at Holy Trinity were very aggressive toward him for driving against the flow in School Lane. That is not acceptable and there is no realistic way that most people would know. Obviously, I do not know if Tony was told or asked to go with the flow it would seem to make sense to do so. I presume the system runs from east to west past the school (otherwise he would not be complaining since he is coming from Marlow). That means a choice of fighting against the flow of traffic on High Road until you reach the school or driving up to the level crossing and round. Perhaps about a third of a mile extra and I can't see how it would take significantly longer. And I do have children. My wife regularly picks up a child at Cookham Dean, then goes to get another one from the Rise and then goes to Marlow to pick up a 12 year old. I can understand that Tony is annoyed that things don't go his way (or that he was not told) but this has something of King Canute about it. You won't stop the flow so you might as well bite your tongue and go with it. Holy Trinity and Cookham Dean both have voluntary one-way systems that run anticlockwise and you need to be aware of them between about 3pm and 3:30 pm, I think.
timothy Mar 16th, 2008 - 1:41 PM	Re: High Rd i am so livid.....what gives those parents mostly in their 4x4s when picking up their "brats" the right to have a voluntary one way system for school pick up times? i would like to see one of them give me a ticking orf as you like to say when i drive one of my vans down there at 3.30, such pompus people,go and do some work or carry on supporting that thing called a restaurant called maliks.
Suzy M Mar 18th, 2008 - 2:20 PM	Re: High Rd Timothy dear, calm down and try driving ONE of your vans the wrong way. You won't get far will you? Try all you like but you'll just gridlock the system. Sensible idea to make voluntary one-way system but signs need to be there of course. We soon get used to them. For instance signs telling us who has right of way under Cannondale bridge seem to work generally. Why not at school times. And do stop exaggerating about 4 x 4's. We've had enough of that one - bored stiff hearing about them.
Paris Mar 18th, 2008 - 5:21 PM	Re: High Rd I'm all in favour of keeping the children safe, and wasn't aware of a voluntary one way system at any of our schools. Strikes me that as it is 'voluntary' no-one who doesn't comply should come in for any kind of aggravation. Also, I can't see that our PC can tell off drivers for not following something that is not a written, official law of the road. But then a conversation with a friend of mine tells me that he seems to like picking on people for apparent 'motoring offences' that will mean he gets seen in the village and doesn't actually make any paperwork for himself to deal with . . . but that is another matter. If the school wants to make it official and get the road changed to a one way system during peak times, they should get a byelaw or whatever is needed and then signpost both ends of the road so that all road users are aware of the restriction. There are far more people that use the road than have children at the school. These things should be done properly, not half baked and then everyone would know where they stand.
Pongo Mar 18th, 2008 - 5:37 PM	Re: High Rd I don't think the Council would allow for the road to be made one way just during school time and not during holidays, weekends, half term, special event days, etc etc. Do you know of any one way systems just for a school for around an hour maximum a day over two thirds of the year? It would be chaotic.
Observer Mar 18th, 2008 - 6:01 PM	Re: High Rd Timothy really has a very myopic view of life and other people. Presumably he believes he is the only person who actually works, van and all! Isn't just ONE child's life or limb possibly saved by adopting these one-way measures worth every bit of inconvenience or indeed timothy's misplaced wrath ? Priorities please. I don't have children at any of the schools (and I do work as well!) - yet I fully endorse any preventative traffic system that takes into consideration the safety of young children.
Judy Mar 19th, 2008 - 8:43 AM	Re: High Rd Is this not a topic for the "new" transport group looking at the Cookham Plan?
Paris Mar 19th, 2008 - 9:42 AM	Re: High Rd Not having attended Cookham Rise for more than a few years now, I wonder just how many accidents there have been to need to change the road system? I can't remember any at all during my years there. Is this yet another case of health and safety gone mad? Shouldn't we be teaching our children to respect traffic and to cross roads safely rather than inconveniencing motorists, confusing the populace at large and generally causing aggravation. Not only that, it doesn't say much for the driving capabilities of the parents who drive to drop off/collect their children that they need the road system changing to accommodate them. Surely they should be driving with even more care and attention because they of all people are aware of the possibility of children being in the road.
K.J.G. Mar 19th, 2008 - 9:59 AM	Re: High Rd If we wish to consider the safety of our young children would it not be better to stop the idiots from driving along the pavements in High road,following the children along & also blocking the pavements for Mothers with push chairs.
Pongo Mar 19th, 2008 - 11:20 AM	Re: High Rd I don't think the one way system was anything to do with the safety of the children, in fact gridlock would definitely be better from a pedestrian view point.
Showem Mar 19th, 2008 - 1:15 PM	Re: High Rd I imagine the people who are upset about the one-way system are more upset at being told what to do than actually having a one-way system. Because really, anyone sensible will go with the directional flow of the traffic rather than spend an extra quarter to half an hour trying to get through the wrong way. So they are really just venting their spleens more than anything else. But as Maya Angelou said, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." I'm not sure how much posting on the forum will actually change the system...
snoopy Mar 19th, 2008 - 5:19 PM	Re: High Rd IF (and thats a big IF) you want to make Cookham a safer village THEN GET RID OF ALL THE OVER THE TOP CHELSEA TRACTORS These are just for the ones how want to say look i have more money then you
Idea Mar 19th, 2008 - 5:29 PM	Re: High Rd Anything which ends up saving a childs life is worth all the inconvenience in the word. In reply to Resident, one can state a preference for a school, but you cannot "choose" unless it is out of religious preference and you have to attend very regularly for 2 years. Ideally making some sort of contribution to your religious community. Everyone knows that outside schools at start and finishing times it is generally mayhem, so you just have to go another way or deal with it. As I stated earlier, a childs safety by far takes priority over any motorist with a short fuse.