An Essex father who followed his son on his walk to school in his car to protest at the lack of pavements has been warned he could be arrested.
David Kirkwood dressed his ten-year-old son Archie in a high-visibility jacket and drove slowly behind him in his Ford Fiesta, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The car was topped with a sign reading: "Thank you for sharing the road. Archie is walking to school and back."
Mr Kirkwood said the move was intended to highlight the dangers of Archie walking to school along a 60mph country lane which has no pavements.
However, his protest was cut short when police officers picked up Archie and drove him to school over fears for his safety and warned his father he could be arrested if he repeated the act.
Mr Kirkwood, from East Hanningfield, said: "I have been told 'you can't expect to walk along this road, it is a dangerous road' but I find that incompatible with the idea that the roads are for everyone."
He wrote to the police to tell them about his protest but officers stopped him en route to East Hanningfield Primary School.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "He informed us of his intent to follow his son along the road in his car. Police advised him against this course of action for safety reasons.
"Officers have advised him that he is at risk of causing an unlawful or wilful obstruction should be continue to do this."
David Kirkwood dressed his ten-year-old son Archie in a high-visibility jacket and drove slowly behind him in his Ford Fiesta, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The car was topped with a sign reading: "Thank you for sharing the road. Archie is walking to school and back."
Mr Kirkwood said the move was intended to highlight the dangers of Archie walking to school along a 60mph country lane which has no pavements.
However, his protest was cut short when police officers picked up Archie and drove him to school over fears for his safety and warned his father he could be arrested if he repeated the act.
Mr Kirkwood, from East Hanningfield, said: "I have been told 'you can't expect to walk along this road, it is a dangerous road' but I find that incompatible with the idea that the roads are for everyone."
He wrote to the police to tell them about his protest but officers stopped him en route to East Hanningfield Primary School.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "He informed us of his intent to follow his son along the road in his car. Police advised him against this course of action for safety reasons.
"Officers have advised him that he is at risk of causing an unlawful or wilful obstruction should be continue to do this."
