What will ultimately cause someones death, as you point out, is people parking around the roundabouts and entrance roads to the airport and in bus stops because people are too damn tight to pay to park at the airport.
As someone who uses the parking at Newcastle International 4days a week I often cringe at the lengths some people will go to avoid paying a 50p drop off fee or a few quid to park safely and conveniently. It was just Friday last week that some tosser in a four wheel drive pulled off the grass outside of the Britannia hotel right infront of my car and narrowly missed me.
Newcastle International are I believe in a “car parking transition” at the minute, upgrading short and long stay parking across the airport. Needless to say, the income generated from charging people to pickup and drop off right outside of the airport is probably playing a huge part in the development. However, where else do drivers have the god given right to park right outside of a building of similar size?
Shopping Centres? Supermarkets? Train Stations? -particuarly if in city centre locations all have exactly the same issues here.
If you want to shout about saving lives heslop tell your dad not to park in a bus stop, this act was mindless in itself. And like Adam says, contact NIAL and the local authority to voice any concerns you have – however hyped and overrated they may be.
LGKR
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