School Drop-Off Lane Chaos Puts Children At Risk: Block Talk

School drop-off and pickup lanes are turning into daily obstacle courses of double-parking, car abandonment, and entitled attitude, according to parents and teachers who responded to Patch’s neighborhood etiquette column. Readers from New Jersey, Illinois, and Virginia say the chaos comes down to poor planning and a sense that the rules apply to everyone else, with one New Jersey parent warning the behavior will likely lead to an accident or road rage.