Afternoon pick-ups at a south-west Sydney school have become a danger zone, as parents blatantly ignore the road rules.

The Fairfield Advance lost count of the number of drivers, including parents, making illegal U-turns during one hectic 3pm pick-up at Fairfield Heights Public on Camden St.

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“Thank God you got here,” mum Ella Music, who lives on Camden St and walks her two boys, aged three and five, to school, said. “I’m worried about not only my kids but other kids too.”

media_camera Another parent crosses the double lines during the afternoon pick-up.

Parents are making the dodgy U-turns to avoid a zebra crossing and return to The Boulevard, a major road in the area, rather than continue along Camden St.

Father-of-one Clint Hudson, 33, from Fairfield, said he was worried children would be hit as they ran across the road looking for their parent’s car.

“Eventually someone’s going to get hurt,” he said.

media_camera This driver pulled sharply on to a pathway children walk to school on.

Another dad, whose child is in kindergarten, said parents should park one street over and walk to collect their kids.

“It’s not safe for the children,” mum Helen Isha said.

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Fairfield Highway Patrol supervisor Michael Brinkworth said officers had ­detected parents ignoring the No Stopping signs, as well as double parking and speeding near the school.

The penalty for crossing double white lines in a school zone is $311 and three demerit points.

media_camera Two cars attempt U-turns simultaneously outside the school.

media_camera And another illegal U-turn in the front of their school.

“They can’t do U-turns over double white lines and (that law) will be enforced,” he said.

A Department of Education spokesman said NSW public schools were working with Transport for NSW, Fairfield Council and the school community to manage traffic around schools.

Fairfield state Labor MP Mr Guy Zangari said the dangerous drivers were ­putting children’s lives at risk.

“It’s about parents maybe leaving home a little bit earlier, organising themselves,” Mr Zangari said.

Fairfield Heights Public