Don't expect the City of Windsor to let up on those parking enforcement blitzes at schools anytime soon because it just might become a more regular thing.
"We're shuffling around some schedules to make sure we have officers," says Operations Supervisor of Compliance and Enforcement Bill Kralovensky.
He says the blitzes, aimed at drivers who park and stop illegally in school zones, are working very well but what some parents may not realize, is that once a blitz moves on to another school, enforcement doesn't stop.
For example, the first blitz was held in at Vincent Massey Secondary School.
"We going back there on a regular basis and today we're probably well over 200 tickets alone," says Kralovensky. "We keep going back, and the parents just don't get it."
The city started the blitzes over concerns illegal parking and stopping is creating a hazard for pedestrians.
Kralovensky suggests if parents don't like it, they can take it up with the school board.
"We can't have schools putting their kiss and rides in the City of Windsor right-of-ways because we're held liable. Something happens, God forbid, to one of your children; they're not going to sue the school board. They're going to sue the City of Windsor" he says. "None of these kiss and rides have the City of Windsor's permission to be on our right-of-ways."
He also has advice for parents who don't want to risk a ticket by getting caught in the regular traffic jam at some schools.
"Let the kids walk. There's nothing wrong with walking to school these days," says Kralovensky. "Why can't we just do that? Why does everybody have to be driven to school?"
Enforcement officers conducted a blitz at Parkview Elementary Public School in east Windsor Tuesday morning, and plan to be near Forest Glade Public School on Thursday.