parking in a disabled bay, when you are not disabled or have a blue badge!!!!!

[User20205]

I'm not convinced it's laziness, more likely lack of consideration for other people.

Endemic of the 'I'm alright Jack' attitude that prevails through our society these days.

Unfortunately, supermarkets won't enforce the parking rules as they are scared they will lose custom.

has it not always been this way??

there's always been a fair proportion of knobs

A friend of my wife parks her Audi TT in disabled/parent & toddler bays so it won't get scratched, and she doesn't want to walk too far. lazy

 

[Pin-seeker]

IMO there are far too many disabled spaces,majority of badge holders just seem to be bone idle to me. Funny how they can manage to drag themselves round primark/TkMax but can't manage another 50yrd in car park

 

[user2009]

Totally irresponsible however the lack of enforcement has a lot to do with it also, if they did that in a council car park they'd be slapped with a ticket in no time, supermarket car park breaches are virtually unenforcable. Unfortunately we can't rely on people's good manners to park responsibly there.

 

[stevelev]

Just park right behind them so they cant get out, and go do your shopping with mother in law, take your time, and when you get back point out your blue badge and remind them they need to display one if they park there. They would have been much quicker parking a few metres away in a bay for able people. If they don't have one just laugh off whatever crap they come out with.

If its a council run parking space, block them in and report them to parking enforcement. With your blue badge you'll get away with parking right behind them till you need. Dont forget you can only use the badge if the person is with you..............

 

[stevelev]

fair comment, use should be restricted, but also should be for blue badges. you can one for obesity and those fatties could do with the walk

They should have fatty spaces right at the far end of the car park, and put a few obstacles in the way to really get them exercising, like a mini assault course

hahahahaha

 

[SocketRocket]

really !!! the same need exists as per disabled.

What need exists for a 35 year old Mother and two teen age kids. I probably have more of a need than them.

 

[scratch]

Never understood why golf club carparks have disabled spaces

 

[DappaDonDave]

Ive found that the majority of people who have parked in these spaces gve parked disablely, usually they're off centre and some encroach into the hash markings for wider door space. I thought these spaces were for disabled parkers who couldn't park, not for differently abled people.

I'm more host by not child people parking in kiddies spaces.

BUT really, there's bigger things to worry about...

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Had this very discussion with a young healthy silly b***ch the other day, she could not understand why she shouldnt park there as there were plenty of other spaces. When I aired my view that her car should be lifted and summararily crushed she had a bout of righteous indignation, absolutely clueless!

 

[Wayman]

i have got to admit ive done it once but it was midnight and supermarket was closed and i was going to cash point i still felt crap even tho the car park was empty


but i have never done it before

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

i have got to admit ive done it once but it was midnight and supermarket was closed and i was going to cash point i still felt crap even tho the car park was empty


but i have never done it before

Shame on you, I hope the bogey man let your tyres down

 

[User20205]

What need exists for a 35 year old Mother and two teen age kids. I probably have more of a need than them.

Not a young virile chap like yourself

Should be parent & toddler. If they are misused its the same as abuse of disabled spots! Bring back the birch!!!!:thup:

 

[ludders]

Having read this whole thread I feel I need to say something. I have a blue badge due to a knee injury sustained about 10 yrs ago, I am unable to end my leg more than 80* meaning that I cannot get in or out of my car without the door being fully open normal spaces prevent this. I also play golf I use an electric trolley and walk with the aid of a stick. If you see me walk from my car in a supermarket or golf club car park you would ask why I have a badge but you can't see what's going on inside of a persons body and without the relevant info are not qualified to make judgement. As for unabadged cars paring in bays then yes clamp/ticket/tow away by all means but until every car park is policed you cannot enforce the rules
If I can park on the end of a normal car parking row then I will as long as I can open the door fully

As for the comment saying there shouldn't be disabled bays at golf clubs go and read up on the disability discrimination act and find the reason why ALL public places have to incorporate disabled facilities so as not to alienate the disabled people from using the facility

 

[chrisd]

Totally irresponsible however the lack of enforcement has a lot to do with it also, if they did that in a council car park they'd be slapped with a ticket in no time, supermarket car park breaches are virtually unenforcable. Unfortunately we can't rely on people's good manners to park responsibly there.

Supermarkets don't enforce their parking restrictions simply because they can't. Disabled bays, mother and baby bays have absolutely no standing in the law on a private car park. Some supermarkets employ parking ticket companies who do issue tickets in some cases, but anyone who knows PPC parking, and even the new regulations, would not pay up.

I do not endorse parking in disabled bays but have to say that when I was recovering from my hip replacements I did use them as I couldn't get out of my car without the door opened fully and couldn't do that in a normal bay. I didn't have a blue badge and wouldn't have been happy to see my car vandalised because I wasn't displaying a blue badge! You can't always judge why people do what they do!

 

[CMAC]

fair comment, use should be restricted, but also should be for blue badges. you can one for obesity and those fatties could do with the walk

I like this idea....

 

[LIG]

Easily solved.
A baseball bat to both knees & both ankles, then they'll be parking in the correct place .............. and I'm being serious!
I hate those people, no consideration at all, ignorant sods.

Slime.

Have to disagree with you there, Slime.
We are, after all, living in the United Kingdom!
Yes, over here











we use a cricket bat!

 

[SocketRocket]

I like this idea....

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Except the arrows are pointing in the wrong directions.

 

[SocketRocket]

As for the comment saying there shouldn't be disabled bays at golf clubs go and read up on the disability discrimination act and find the reason why ALL public places have to incorporate disabled facilities so as not to alienate the disabled people from using the facility

But they are not Public Places, are they? Should I have a disabled bay on my drive?

 

[ludders]

But they are not Public Places, are they? Should I have a disabled bay on my drive?

Golf clubs whether private members clubs or the local municipal course provide a service to the general public and I do not know of any that would not accept the green fee of anybody providing they meet the dress code/rules of the club. Socketrocket go and read the disability discriminations act that is law and as such needs to be adhered to otherwise the establishment can be closed down or planning permission revoked or not permitted. As for you saying about bay on you drive this is private property and is not covered by this legislation, but if you wanted to build yourself a new house you would have to make sure that the dwelling is accessible to all, meaning having level thresholds wider internal doors downstairs WC the provision to install a downstairs shower room and the ability to make a downstairs room into a bedroom.
I hope this sheds some light on the issues faced incorporating less able bodied people into society as we are in the 21st century not the dark ages when they were put into institutions away from society

 

[Slime]

Golf clubs whether private members clubs or the local municipal course provide a service to the general public and I do not know of any that would not accept the green fee of anybody providing they meet the dress code/rules of the club. Socketrocket go and read the disability discriminations act that is law and as such needs to be adhered to otherwise the establishment can be closed down or planning permission revoked or not permitted. As for you saying about bay on you drive this is private property and is not covered by this legislation, but if you wanted to build yourself a new house you would have to make sure that the dwelling is accessible to all, meaning having level thresholds wider internal doors downstairs WC the provision to install a downstairs shower room and the ability to make a downstairs room into a bedroom.
I hope this sheds some light on the issues faced incorporating less able bodied people into society as we are in the 21st century not the dark ages when they were put into institutions away from society

That's not true is it?
Surely not.
If it is true it's outrageous.
No, it can't be right.
Tell me ludders is wrong, please somebody, anybody!

Slime.