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

liz_uk

annoyed1971 wrote:

I have never been embarased about parking in these spaces though I have been challenged many times by parents. My response is simple......."You chose to have a family, I chose to have a nice shiny 2 door sports coupe......don't have a go at me just because I made the better choice!".

End of rant........

I think you are so self centred to say that - my god, I have a NEW VW BEETLE AND A FAMILY !!

.......... I hope if you ever have a child, you`ll realise what a prat you are saying that.

s-j-cooper_2

SCREAMIN_BABIES wrote:

well said s-j-cooper it isnt the right attitude to have i agree it certainly shows how shallow some people can be about material things . kids , car erm
i have an arguement every week at my local asda a real pet hate

I don't have a problem with people and material things - I have plenty myself. It is just that parent and child places are for parents with children. Not adults with two door coupes.

Some car parks actually have wide spaces set aside for larger vehicles as well and P and C and disabled spaces. These seem like a good idea and I do agree that most parking spaces tend to be too small, but that is no excuse for taking spaces assigned for other people.

kenshaz

tomstickland wrote:

Are you a troll?

Why the insult,is it for having an opinion

bethscott1970

JasonLVC wrote:

Interesting theory coming up.

If supermarkets put the Parent/Child and disabled bays at the furthest end of the car park, would they still be abused?.

As a parent, I wouldn't mind walking (on a pathway) some distance to the shop and I'm sure the wheelchair bound would not have an issue with going a little further. As for weather, well, it is the UK after all.

Just for the record not all people who are disabled use wheelchairs, I have MS and (thankfully) don't use a wheelchair yet but walking any distance is difficult, it takes me a long time to get in and out of the car and walking around the supermarket is hard enough and I have to rest in the cafe before I can manage to get back to the car. Put the disabled bays away from the entrance and a large number of people with disabilities will be unable to use the facilities.

Our local Asda has now come up with a parking area for blue badge holders that has barriers. The first time you have to go into customer services and show them your badge and give them the car registration and from then on the car reg is checked via cctv before the barrier lifts to let you in. This is a pain to set up (going in with your badge and then having to return it to the car before shopping) but it means no more people mindlessly parking in the spaces and making life more difficult than it has to be for the genuine disabled.

Rex_Mundi

This may help clear up any doubts as to whether shops have a legal requirement to monitor their disabled spaces..........

Quote (from HERE ).......

Disabled Parking Bay Abuse
In the United Kingdom, non-disabled drivers routinely abuse car-parking spaces specifically allocated to disabled motorists. This generates frustration, anger, resentment and leads to real problems for disabled drivers, carers and parking providers alike.

Disability Discrimination Act
From October 2004, Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into effect within the United Kingdom. This legislation places a legal requirement on service providers to ensure that disabled people do not find it unreasonably difficult or impossible to enjoy the service in the same way as non-disabled people.

Legal Requirements
Whilst the earlier parts of the Act focussed primarily on disabled access into buildings, Part III now looks closer at the issue of car parking. A key element of Part III is that service providers that operate a car park now have to 'monitor' their disabled bays to prevent abuse by non-disabled drivers. Failure to provide monitoring could result in a heavy financial penalty, as disabled drivers exercise their rights to compensation under the terms of the Act.

seabiscuit_2

annoyed1971 wrote:

Liz, why shouldn't people park in parent and child spaces? I make a point of parking here (and no I don't have any kids) to avoid my car getting damaged by ignorant people who whack their doors open.

Im sorry but this makes me laugh - you think your car is safer in parent and toddler spaces?? :rotfl:

picture the scene - a posh sports car parked in a parent and toddler space, a parent stressed by screaming kids doesnt park their people carrier quite straight into the space next door, small child opens car door, as small child is want to do, and it smacks straight into the sports car - oops :rotfl:

now what would any normal stressed parent do? move the car and leg it? yup :rotfl:

and how many small kids get small plastic toys whilst in supermarkets, come out and bash it against the nearest pretty shiney thing? most of them do

i would say your chances of getting your paint chipped are higher, if any of the kids i know are to go by

Ive got a small child and park in parent and toddler spaces, in my small car and still find there isnt always room to fully open car doors, so how you think your car is safer is hilarious

and frankly i pity you. i have relatives who own very expensive sports cars, and they would swap every inch of it to have the joy of being a parent - you will probably give some excuse but to not know the true joy of being a parent is your loss

enjoy your posh car - it will get damaged and chipped - the longer you drive and park selfishly, the higher the chances are (my relatives got reversed into on purpose and the other driver hightailed it)

Wig

tomstickland wrote:

I really can't believe the selfish attitude of some in this post. If you're healthy then rejoice in your good fortune rather than moaning about "why should them disabled people have it easier than me?". Imagine you suffered a serious illness or were seriously injured, then I'm sure you'd revise your opinion of disabled parking spaces.

If you've CHOSEN to be child free so you can enjoy doing whatever you want all the time, then give thanks instead of moaning about "why should those stupid people with children be given easier parking?".

Disabled and parent+child parking are two things that have a clear logic and chosing to ingore them is a promininent way of displaying your own arrogance to the rest of the world.

Best of luck to the stores and their parking companies.

The poster, and my support for the poster, was talking about parent and child spaces not disabled. We are entitled to our opinion. There's no need to take a child shopping with you anyway.

We've done this arguement before, anyone who wants my opinion can read my post history. But we are entitled to our opinions.

Wig

seabiscuit wrote:

annoyed1971 wrote:

and frankly i pity you. i have relatives who own very expensive sports cars, and they would swap every inch of it to have the joy of being a parent - you will probably give some excuse but to not know the true joy of being a parent is your loss

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c_smith

I've only read some of this thread, but I think it's a disgrace that the DVLA provide information from the vehicle database to ANYONE other than for law enforcement purposes. Has anyone thought about the security implications of this?

The DVLA database was not set up for the purpose of assisting private companies to extort money from people. Unfortunately though, this government see its misuse as a method of raising funds for its day to day operation.

I know that people can pay a fee to the DVLA to prevent their details being provided to anyone other than law enforcement officials. A friend of mine used to work for the local council in their council tax department and the council paid a fee to the DVLA to bar access to her vehicle's keeper information to anyone other than law enforcement officials. This was done to prevent disgruntled council tax payers (or non-payers) from accessing this information so they could seek revenge on my friend and her colleagues.

I don't think the original poster should have parked in the disabled bay, but this doesn't justify the DVLA giving out our private information. It was fine when it was police traffic wardens who done the job of enforcing parking restrictions, but now that it has been handed out to unscrupulous private companies (to save money) it is no longer appropriate.

I wonder if this would be a breach of the human rights act?

headcovers

seabiscuit....................... wrote:

and frankly i pity you. i have relatives who own very expensive sports cars, and they would swap every inch of it to have the joy of being a parent - you will probably give some excuse but to not know the true joy of being a parent is your loss

enjoy your posh car - it will get damaged and chipped - the longer you drive and park selfishly, the higher the chances are (my relatives got reversed into on purpose and the other driver hightailed it)

Why does everyone assume that just because one chooses not to have children that one's life will somehow be incomplete. I have fought this prejudice all my life.

I don't have children and there isn't a day I don't thank God for that fact!

....especially as I gaze out at my 2 sport coupes on the drive. :rotfl: