A council is trialling banning cars on the school run

Solihull Council is trialling banning parents driving their cars to pick up and drop off their kids

A line of cars (Getty)

A local council is trialling banning parents driving to pick up their kids during the school run.

Solihull Council approved the pilot scheme after a meeting on February 25, after receiving multiple complaints of parents’ haphazard and erratic parking.

Irate residents blasted the mums and dads for continuously blocking driveways and leaving their cars perched on grass verges or pavements.

Councillor Ted Richards relayed a series of complaints from those living near schools of shoddy parking.

Starting from next year, all schools in the area will be invited to take part but only three will be made to implement the no-park zone as part of the experiment.

The exclusion zone will enforced during the morning and afternoon pick-up times.

But despite calls from residents’ for action on cowboy parking, some parents have blasted the move.

They say the new rule will penalise those who work and are pressed for time.

The council said over the years it has tried to encourage walking to schools, or parking in co-operating pubs and car parks.

Any motorist who ignores the ban could be slapped with a £70 fine.