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Parking in Disabled Bays

Imurg said:
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.........
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thats maybe for the likes of wheel chair users etc where space is needed but proximity not so. it also saves people taking these spaces just for their proximity.

Phil
 
There is just so much wrong with this thread it is staggering.

How about a few radical suggestions........

20 stone disabled people.....park on the far side of the carpark and walk.....the exercise will do you good.

Parking in a parent/child bay and waiting in the car with your child.....what is that all about? Please explain to me why a perfectly able bodied parent can't leave their spouse and child in a normal space and walk to the entrance like any other person.

Abusing the privilege of a disabled parking badge....I'd take it off the offender altogether. So many people have them for their parents or whatever but use them when they are on their own. Show a bit of respect for both your parents and the general public. Having that badge is a privilege, don't abuse it!
 
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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Ahh. Now you're talking like the driving range syndrome.

16 bays (all empty), I go in 1 or 2 from the end, and sooner or later someone moves in next door.

Baaaaa.

(Sheep behaviour)
 
We have an epidemic around here of "create-your-own-space" drivers.

Now, I'm all for creativity, but "imagining" there is actually a space between all the disabled bays and the zebra crossing into xxxx supermarket and leaving the boy-racered Astra on the bricked section is taking things a bit far.
 
AuburnWarrior said:
Maybe they want to admire your silky smooth, Rory-like swing up close..... :whistle:
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So silky they must want to get a bit of my tempo..... :)

t.b.h. I think it's 'cause I normally have a gadget or swing aid on the go.....they feel sorry for me and think I'll take pity on their even worse swings.....
 
I've only ever once parked in a disabled space. About 10 years ago my grandmother who was 85 at the time and used a zimmer to get around with asked me to take her to the local Tescos, now I don't have a disabled badge but I parked in a disabled bay for the sake of my grandmother who obviously had mobility problems. Some bloomin jobsworth came over and started to lecture me for using the space when I had no badge on the car and even when I pointed out the reason he still insisted I move the car. I refused but explained the situation to customer services when I entered the store. They at least were more than understanding and there was no sign of jobsworth when we returned to the car. Surely he could have used a bit of common sense.
 
drive4show said:
Not any more. And 20 odd years ago when I did there was no such thing as parent/child spaces.
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20 years ago there wasn't a law which made you strap your kids into appropriate child seats.

Bundling five kids into the back of my Dad's Cortina with no seat belts was, i'll grant you, perfectly easy in a normal width car parking space.

Strapping three kids into the back of a people carrier or , in my case, a gigantic 4X4, (because these are the only type of cars where it's physically possible to fit 3 child seats across the back seat) requires both rear doors to be opened almost fully and, even then you need to climb in like a bloody contortionist to make sure that the middle one is properly secured. In a standard width space??? No danger.

Also, over the last 20 years cars have gradually become wider as people demand more and more interior space (a modern mondeo is almost 10 inches wider than a 70's cortina) whilst car parking spaces have become narrower as supermarkets etc try to maximise capacity in their stores by reducing the car park area whilst retaining the same number of spaces.
 
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cm_qs said:
20 years ago there wasn't a law which made you strap your kids into appropriate child seats.

Bundling five kids into the back of my Dad's Cortina with no seat belts was, i'll grant you, perfectly easy in a normal width car parking space.

Strapping three kids into the back of a people carrier or , in my case, a gigantic 4X4, (because these are the only type of cars where it's physically possible to fit 3 child seats across the back seat) requires both rear doors to be opened almost fully and, even then you need to climb in like a bloody contortionist to make sure that the middle one is properly secured. In a standard width space??? No danger.

Also, over the last 20 years cars have gradually become wider as people demand more and more interior space (a modern mondeo is almost 10 inches wider than a 70's cortina) whilst car parking spaces have become narrower as supermarkets etc try to maximise capacity in their stores by reducing the car park area whilst retaining the same number of spaces.
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The issue isn't anything to do with the width of parking spaces, it is to do with people showing a lack of consideration for others. Parking in disabled bays, parking in parent/child bays....just a general attitude of " I'm alright Jack" It is endemic in this country, if people showed a bit more basic consideration for those around them, the country would be a much nicer place to live in.
 
DarthVega said:
I don't get this?

so you arrive with a child in a car seat but because one of you takes the child in with you, you think the car shouldnt be allowed to stay there?:confused:

You do realise these bays are larger as you have to have a wide open door to get the child/baby in its seat properly, the 'normal' bays are far too narrow to do this.
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well yes exactly, hence if the child is nto leaving the vehicle then imo you sacrifice the right to park in the mums and kids bays in respect of someone who DOES need to have additional width...

am speaking as a proud new dad btw... :P
 
With specific bays for certain shoppers, I've never understood why there arn't marked bays for " older people who struggle" " people in a real hurry" " taking one thing back for a refund" "for those who can't reverse" " golfers who use electric trolleys"

The fact is that signs and bays in a supermarket have no legal bearing whatsoever, they can't issue parking tickets that are enforceable and the whole "reserved parking" thing is just really a goodwill issue. Given that, I would generally only take a reserved space if it was bucketing with rain and there were plenty free or when I was recovering from an operation.
 
I don't like to see people abuse the marked bays and I often have a word if I see people do it.

One memorable time at our local Waitrose, the consultant that delivered my two children by Caesarean parked his X5 in a disabled bay, just as the kids and I were walking past. As he jogged towards the entrance, I stopped him and pleasantly reminded him that the two kids were brought into this world by his careful hands. I then explained that the three of us now had no respect for him whatsoever as he had parked in a disabled space.

My son (aged 7 at the time) said he should move his car. He replied and said he was only go to be 10 minutes. I said you either move it or I take a picture and send it with an explanation to the local paper and the NHS Trust he worked for.

He moved it.

A related footnote though is my suspicion that over half of those with disabled badges do not need them at all and I am looking forward to the government fulfilling their promise and taking them off people that don't have a genuine need.
 
Snelly said:
One memorable time at our local Waitrose, the consultant that delivered my two children by Caesarean parked his X5 in a disabled bay, just as the kids and I were walking past. As he jogged towards the entrance, I stopped him and pleasantly reminded him that the two kids were brought into this world by his careful hands. I then explained that the three of us now had no respect for him whatsoever as he had parked in a disabled space.

My son (aged 7 at the time) said he should move his car. He replied and said he was only go to be 10 minutes. I said you either move it or I take a picture and send it with an explanation to the local paper and the NHS Trust he worked for.

He moved it.
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oh dear! I'd hate to see the way you treat someone you disliked:mmm:
 
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