Parking ticket in Asda car park - Is this legal, can they take me to court?

Driver8

planning_officer wrote: »

Oh come on - that's just unbelievable ignorance. How dare you criticise my relative's illness, that just shows utter contempt and lack of understanding for others disabilities - yes I can confirm that she will return home if there are no disabled spaces available. That is a fact - please don't argue with that. In my local supermarket, the spaces are frequently full - often by boy racers chatting.

Clearly, I am not going to speak with someone who I have any doubt about whatsoever as to whether they have a disability. It is only the boy racers who pull up, often across 2 spaces, jump out the car and sprint into the supermarket that are clearly taking the p***, and will have words with - and rightly so.

Do you understand English?

Show me the part where i criticised your relative's ilness.

I will state again. I have never been in a supermarket car park and every single disabled car parking space has been taken up, period.

marleyboy

Its pretty simple and common sense, Blue badge bays (disabled bays) are exclusively for blue badge holders, if people cannot grasp such a simple notion, they really should not be driving. I would be all for banning the licence of a NON blue badge holder, caught parking in a blue badge bay, whatever pathetic excuses they have for it.

There is NO SUCH THING as a "I'm not well" parking bay.

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Blue Badge holders may park free of charge for an unlimited time at public car parks and at `Pay and Display` or `Permit Holders` bays in any CPZ - as long as they display their badge.
They also have exclusive use of 'Blue Badge Holder Only' bays. Badges and clocks must be displayed in time-limited disabled bays in shopping areas.
The badge may be used in the holder's own vehicle or the vehicle in which they are riding.
Basic rules

• Never stop your vehicle where it will obstruct traffic or pedestrians.
• Never stop on white 'zig-zag' markings.
• Never park on the pavement (except in areas where signs indicate it is legal).
• Always observe the special parking rules in force in Central London or at Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
• Do not allow others to use your blue badge unless you are travelling with them - this is a criminal offence.
• Remember to display your badge or your vehicle will not benefit from the scheme.

Read our pages on Blue Badge scheme exemptions to find out where the scheme does not apply.
We take disabled bay blocking seriously. If you see a bay being blocked, please call the Parking Help Line on 020 8577 8655 (Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm) or Customer Services on 020 8430 2000.

http://www.newham.gov.uk/ParkingAndTransport/BlueBadgeParkingScheme/

That drivers STILL seem to find this somewhat too confusing for them is staggering.

trumpton

I've been in loads of car-parks where all the disabled bays are full. As for the 'it's only 5 minutes' argument - that just doesn't wash. Why not park two minutes walk away, in a normal bay?

trisontana

But the blue badge scheme does not apply to private car-parks. In fact, if a private car-park restricts disabled spaces just to blue badge holders then they are breaking the DDA by discriminating against other disabled drivers:-
Where the scheme does not apply

The Blue Badge Scheme does not apply to off-street car parks, private roads and at most airports.



The DDA 1995 requires reasonable adjustments to be made for any disabled person who is disadvantaged by an employer’s or a service provider’s arrangements because of their disability. In this report we have assumed that any disabled people who are disadvantaged by parking arrangements are Blue Badge holders, and so can use Blue Badge spaces, but this may not be the case and therefore, technically, employers and service providers who provide parking solely for Blue Badge holders may still be in breach of the DDA

The second quote if from a document published by the Mayor Of London's office

BLT_2

My favourites are the parent and child parking spaces, they are great, really close to the entrance and no restrictions. The signs merely say 'please don't abuse this facility' - sod that, having a child doesn't make you an invalid.

You can have that parking space if you get there before me:rotfl:

marleyboy

I have to say at our Asda, the Child n Parent bays are not the nearest bays to the store, they have two blocks at either side of the car park for Child n Parent bays, standard parking bays are much nearer to the entrance, disabled bays are the nearest overall, being directly at the front and to the side of the store.

lucylucky

"Its pretty simple and common sense, Blue badge bays (disabled bays) are exclusively for blue badge holders, "

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Do some research before you shoot yourself in the foot - again.

Harry_Flashman

I've never been able to understand why, at my local Tesco, the child spaces are much closer to the door than the disabled ones?

trumpton

The parent and child spaces are bigger because it can be a struggle getting a child out of a car seat without the door fully open. I assume they are nearer the entrance so parents aren't crossing the car-park with a pushchair/small children, though I agree they don't need to near the doors.

If you are physically able, what's up with walking an extra few yards? I don't get the obsession with parking near the door. I can't imagine ever parking in a disabled spot or even a parent and child space now I don't need to.

While we are on the subject, it bugs me when people park across two gaps to avoid someone parking mear their precious vehicle. Go park in a quiet corner of the carpark, or pay for two gaps. Most annoying are the people at large shopping centres who park near the doors but fully on the kerb, blocking it for everyone because they are too lazy to walk. I'm all for clamping them.

lucylucky

trumpton wrote: »

The parent and child spaces are bigger because it can be a struggle getting a child out of a car seat without the door fully open. I assume they are nearer the entrance so parents aren't crossing the car-park with a pushchair/small children, though I agree they don't need to near the doors.

If you are physically able, what's up with walking an extra few yards? I don't get the obsession with parking near the door. I can't imagine ever parking in a disabled spot or even a parent and child space now I don't need to.

While we are on the subject, it bugs me when people park across two gaps to avoid someone parking mear their precious vehicle. Go park in a quiet corner of the carpark, or pay for two gaps. Most annoying are the people at large shopping centres who park near the doors but fully on the kerb, blocking it for everyone because they are too lazy to walk. I'm all for clamping them.

Most supermarkets do not charge so people can more or less park where they fancy, this includes able bodied people parking in "disabled spaces" and childless people parking in "parent and child" spaces"

Nothing wrong, legally, with either.