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Parking in Disabled Bays

chrisd said:
You are legally entitled to park where you like. In a private car park (not council run) the signs and road markings mean diddley squat legally. Any fines are also utterley un-enforceable as well. I still think good manners mean that you leave reserved spaces when you can for anyone more in need.
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Not in Asda, if you park in the blue badge bays, and you are not showing a blue badge, you will get a ticket from a private parking company.
 
As far as I am aware it's parent and taddler so an 8 year old does not count, to get my 3 year old in and out of the car most spaces are pretty tight,probably due to peaople being incapable of parking in the middle of the space.
My 2 observations are this, there are way too many disables spaces in the supermarket spaces,I mean how many truly diabled people do you see shopping who really need it? Blue badges are given out way to easily.
Secondly there is a chronic shortage of parent and toddler spaces,most supermarkets are full of these types and there are maybe 6 spaces allocated.

It does remind me of an incident I had in Asda,Basically this woman cut in front of me and nicked the parent and toddler space, so me and the nipper parked in another non parent and toddler space,this 50 year old woman gets out her car and I say to her,you know that space is really for parents and children,her reply was I have children!! pmsl!! I said not with you you silly old moo. She was not best pleased,did make me chuckle all day though at how thick some people are.
 
Interesting thread.

Hadn't really thought about it until my dad had medical problems about 10 years ago.

When you need a disabled space and they are taken up by people who want the convenience it is very annoying.

There isn't a need for them all to be at the door though. My dads in a wheelchair so we could park anywhere but the extra space is essential.

If I hadn't experienced the need for them I would probably be ambivalent aswell.
 
You will also find an awful lot of the "blue badges" are bent. There is a big black market in this type of thing. Plus they are very easy to get hold of.
 
How many disabled drivers do the supermarkets expect at any one time my local ASDA has 32 all outside the front door,as for parent and child i go with my son i am 53 and he is 24 no one has ever said it was an age related thing.
 
The vast majority of the Parent & Toddler bays and disabled bays are taken up by lazy arsed taxi drivers round here. If not them it's usually some tosser driving a pimped up Honda Civic and rolling deep with the seat back so he can hardly see over the dashboard.
 
Blade
My 20 stone comment is based on my observations of the people who misuse these spaces. Most are women.
Very seldom do you see a slim person misuse spaces, when they do they are usually young men.

With two g'kids distance from the entrance is not an issue, getting them out of the car without re-shaping the neighbours car doors is.
With an elderly mother [without a blue badge as she is too proud] distance from the entrance and space to exit the car are both important.
 
CliveW said:
So you are a Doctor? You can tell at a glance if someone has a heart problem or any other disease that is disabling, but has no outward signs?
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Are you taking the mick? For example, judging by the way a young man and his young girlfriend ran out of their X5 4x4 smoking fags and purchasing more fags in Sainsbury's tells me that the chances of being disabled are tiny.
 
I like wide bays. It means I can get out of my car.

Why if I park in the space furthest from the store, with 200 empty spaces all around me, does some idiot park next to me so flipping close I can't get the door open?
 
murphthemog said:
I like wide bays. It means I can get out of my car.

Why if I park in the space furthest from the store, with 200 empty spaces all around me, does some idiot park next to me so flipping close I can't get the door open?
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Just park in the middle of two bays. Plenty of room then. If anyone says anything. Tell them you are rubbish at parking and it would be safer if they did not park next to you.:whistle:
 
DaveM said:
Just park in the middle of two bays. Plenty of room then. If anyone says anything. Tell them you are rubbish at parking and it would be safer if they did not park next to you.:whistle:
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.......... or that, when you arrived, the car next to you was across two bays leaving you no alternative but to park that way!
 
Stupid thing at some of our car parks is that the some of the Disabled bays are actually further away from the store than ordinary bays.........
 
DaveM said:
Just park in the middle of two bays. Plenty of room then. If anyone says anything. Tell them you are rubbish at parking and it would be safer if they did not park next to you.:whistle:
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Parking across two bays is a female perogative only. If you want to park like that, then play from the red tees.
 
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