Many schools are so alarmed by the situation that headteachers have written to parents alerting them to parking problems. There have also been pleas for more care and consideration in newsletters, and at assemblies, but nothing has worked.

Now pupils themselves have been involved in taking action at the city's Thorpe Primary School in a bid to shame mums and dads into realising that by double parking, or leaving vehicles on yellow lines and pavements, they are creating a hazard.

The youngsters slapped leaflets on windscreens of badly parked cars highlighting their fears.

Youngsters at St Thomas More Primary School have carried out a similar safety protest.

These moves surely highlight a need for some parents to think again about the need to take their children to school by car, or re-assess how they can be dropped off and picked up more safely.

Surely they will not ignore the youngsters' warnings – after all, they are the ones being put at risk.

Watch video: Tiny traffic wardens tackle car problems

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