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

Poppy9

I bet this woman had a blue badge! Do you reckon she got all indignant and abusive if she couldn't park in a disabled spot because someone without a blue badge had parked there:rolleyes:

Morglin

Poppy9 wrote: »

I bet this woman had a blue badge! Do you reckon she got all indignant and abusive if she couldn't park in a disabled spot because someone without a blue badge had parked there:rolleyes:

Probably - and hopefully she will get suitably punished.:rolleyes:

But, that doesn't excuse the idiots who park in dis bays because they are too lazy, inconsiderate or stupid to park elsewhere.:mad:

Lin

Archaeopteryx

My mother is disabled with MS, I am her carer. We parked in a disabled bay in our local Asda car park, and displayed the Blue Badge. We returned to find a Civil Penalty Charge Notice from Town and City Parking Ltd, reason given: 'unauthorised parking in a disabled bay'. I am absolutely furious about this. I intend to appeal it, but wondered whether anyone else has had the same experience?

Hapless_2

anewman wrote: »

I have seen a bentley in Leeds Cty Centre with a blue badge, and my thoughts on it are "how much did they pay for that badge?" Ok a disabled person may well own a bentley, but it's IMO it's highly unlikely due to the levels of discrimination disabled people face in work, reducing their wages. If a person is rich enough to afford a Bentley, they're rich enough to get a ble badge on the black market and rich enough to be arrogant enough to park where they like.

I know of someone with a Ferrari Enzo who has a blue badge, a genuine one too. I also know of someone who has a Lamborghini who is entitled.
Just because it's a posh car, it doesn't mean they (or their partner) are not disabled.
Plus, Jaguars are now available on Motability!

anewman

Hapless wrote: »

I know of someone with a Ferrari Enzo who has a blue badge, a genuine one too. I also know of someone who has a Lamborghini who is entitled.
Just because it's a posh car, it doesn't mean they (or their partner) are not disabled.
Plus, Jaguars are now available on Motability!

I wonder what the least disabling thing is that you need to get a blue badge.

Some definitions of disability split up three ways, for example -

Impairment: Any loss of abnormality of psychological, or anatomical structure or function.

Disability: Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.

Handicap: A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.

I am guessing many people with blue badges are impaired, but by considering these definitions not disabled or handicaped. Certainly not enough to necessitate them parking right next to the entrance of ASDA anyway.

codger

Archaeopteryx wrote: »

My mother is disabled with MS, I am her carer. We parked in a disabled bay in our local Asda car park, and displayed the Blue Badge. We returned to find a Civil Penalty Charge Notice from Town and City Parking Ltd, reason given: 'unauthorised parking in a disabled bay'. I am absolutely furious about this. I intend to appeal it, but wondered whether anyone else has had the same experience?

This may not be relevant in your case, but I believe there is a reason why so many employees of private parking companies wrongfully slap Charge Notices on cars displaying Blue badges in supermarket car parks.

It is because the individual doing the ticketing believes this is a great way for him / her to demonstrate the existence of a severe visual disability, and so qualify for a Blue Badge, too.

Incidentally, I also note this desire to demonstrate proof of severe visual disabillity in the behaviour of those who park in such a way as to occupy two bays instead of one.

As to the psychological disorder of infantilism, I'm not sure if this is a recognised disability that qualifies for a Blue Badge.

But the apparent age of many of the 'children' emerging from vehicles in the Mother & Child area of my local Tesco car park suggests many are hoping it is.

Hapless_2

anewman wrote: »

I wonder what the least disabling thing is that you need to get a blue badge.

Some definitions of disability split up three ways, for example -

I am guessing many people with blue badges are impaired, but by considering these definitions not disabled or handicaped. Certainly not enough to necessitate them parking right next to the entrance of ASDA anyway.

Well for example, I have FMS and use a walking stick, our neighbour's father has a heart condition, a friend of mine in Bristol has a daughter with quadraplegic cerebral palsy. We all have Blue Badge, we are all entitled to Blue Badges yet all have very different situations. I don't always use my stick in supermarkets however as I usually have the trolley for support.
Disabled bays are not just closer to the store, most of them are wider so people do not have to struggle to get in or out of the car with sticks or wheelchairs or they need the door fully open so to be able to get out properly.

anewman

Hapless wrote: »

Well for example, I have FMS and use a walking stick, our neighbour's father has a heart condition, a friend of mine in Bristol has a daughter with quadraplegic cerebral palsy. We all have Blue Badge, we are all entitled to Blue Badges yet all have very different situations. I don't always use my stick in supermarkets however as I usually have the trolley for support.

I am sure they are given to many people who need them like in your examples, but there's got to be an example of someone with a blue badge where it sounds a joke (and they're probably fitter than I am), like in the recent news stories on disabled benefits with people claiming them and being off work for "acne". I wonder which doctor wrote that sick note.

Poppy9

anewman wrote: »

I am sure they are given to many people who need them like in your examples, but there's got to be an example of someone with a blue badge where it sounds a joke (and they're probably fitter than I am), like in the recent news stories on disabled benefits with people claiming them and being off work for "acne". I wonder which doctor wrote that sick note.

My ex SIL got one after breaking her ankle. She also has a mobility car. She can walk fine and is quite open that she put it on. She fell out with one of her children (my neice) who reported her but 2 years on she still in receipt of all benefits and has her blue badge.

Hapless_2

Poppy9 wrote: »

My ex SIL got one after breaking her ankle. She also has a mobility car. She can walk fine and is quite open that she put it on. She fell out with one of her children (my neice) who reported her but 2 years on she still in receipt of all benefits and has her blue badge.

Could there be another underlying problem as to why she still gets it?