Better safe than sorry

Forget schools failing parents -- are parents failing schools?

They may well be when it comes to practicing traffic safety during morning drop-offs and afternoon pick-ups at Whittier-area schools, local officials say.

Instead of sporting an all-for-one attitude, too many parent drivers are being selfish and impatient at schools, local police say. And when you figure that 50- and 60-year-old schools weren't designed to see the kind of vehicle traffic they've got now, it can create some major safety challenges.

Whittier police have been at Hoover Elementary for most of the week, ticketing motorists for breaking the law and keeping cars moving after being "inundated" with complaints about the school's traffic.

And even that has triggered a new set of complaints.

To read the whole story, pick up a copy of Sunday's Whittier Daily News.