It was with a sense of amusement that I watched the weather affect our country the other day. Despite a weeks worth of warnings we were hit with snow and the country grinded, inevitably to a halt.
One story in particular amused me. Not for happened or it's outcome, but the unsaid story. One school was so snowed in that there was no way for the parents to drive up and collect their children.
Now as an observer of the school run, I've noticed that a large number of children are driven to school in SUVs, Jeeps, Hummers etc. Mostly in the mistaken belief that you are safer in a car the size, and with the fuel economy, of a tank.
In reality I am actually safer driving around in my little Citroen Saxo.
Now these same said tanks, for all their "safety", "sports utilityness" and "4 wheel driveness" couldn`t make it through the snow to get to the school that they daily dropped their children off at. Money well spent.
When my little one starts the school run I'll be buying Snow Cat.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comments:
What happened to kids walking to school? And we wonder why there is an obesity epidemic. If parents drive everywhere, what else are the kids going to learn? Rant over ;)
Post a Comment