Anyone who lives near a school knows that mornings and afternoons in term time can be a nightmare. Hundreds of parents dropping off, or collecting their loved ones, clog the roads and spew pollution.
In December, spurred by figures showing it to be one of the fastest growing causes of rush-hour traffic, the government declared war on the school car run.
It is backing a series of initiatives around the country aimed at persuading parents to stop driving their children to school, often when they live only a short distance away.
The first of these is a £16 million high-tech, high security bus scheme covering 40 schools in Surrey.
But how will this approach work in practice? Andrew North went to meet some of the school run mums, to gauge their reaction.
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