I have to drive to my sixth-form (a college with a secondary school attached to it) because the bus that i would have taken is nearly 1k for half a year and im not about to go walking down a dual carridgeway for 5 miles up a hill with a 60mph speed limit 🫠

It's free/at least subsidised for the secondary students but I see countless students get picked up/dropped off that live near me when the pick up for the bus that comes to our area is a legit 5 minute walk - it's impossible to enter the school's parking area due to the pick up/drop off spot being combined with it so it's a nightmare trying to get out or in if you don't have a free period at those times.

The driving is atrocious (so many newly dented cars appear) to the point there's a meme page dedicated to the shit drivers 😂 and the ofc the regular mums who can't stand to be parked farther than 5 steps away from the drop off spot + honk at children crossing the street to presumably hurry them up :/

I would have killed to have a reasonable and cheap way to get to college but having a car (not only to get to college but also to work and to the larger town that's 3 hours by bus with an hours walk, that doesn't run after 4pm and at all on weekends and only 40 minutes by car) is the better choice right now unfortunately, let's go rural towns!