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

consultant31

RichyRich wrote: »

And what's so morally right about someone coming along with a clamp and refusing to remove it until such time as the vehicle owner pays an extortionate amount of money to have it removed, without any trial or tribunal to establish that he is guilty of nothing more than trespass, itself only a tort (and not a crime) the only legal remedy to which is liquidated damages equivalent to the actual loss incurred by the landowner as a result of the trespass?

As I understand it, many of these companies are neither legally or morally, in the right. However, this thread is about parking in Asda, using the disabled bays when the OP (and apparently many others) is perfectly able but the weather is inclement - whichever way you choose to look at it, it's morally wrong.

Any normal human being with a social conscience ought to be ashamed to pretend to be disabled when they are perfectly healthy.

If you were hungry (and I don't mean on the point of starvation), would you think it ok to take food from the plate of a starving person?

Those of us who are healthy and not encumbered in any way ought to be thankful for it and be willing to make this (very) small sacrifice for others who are not so lucky!

sarahg1969

I agree, consultant31.

I would go even further and say that, bearing in mind disabled bays are in such demand in supermarket car parks, a blue badge holder should consider parking elsewhere (or asking the driver to park elsewhere) if they don't really need to use a disabled bay on that occasion, and leave the space empty for someone who DOES need it.

Just because you are entitled to use the space doesn't mean you should if you don't need to.

My gran has a blue badge, and we have used it on occasions when she'd otherwise be subjected to a long walk, but we've never used it at the supermarket, because she can get out of the car in a normal-sized space, and manage to get into the shop without problem.

How often do you see drivers sitting in their cars in disabled bays at the supermarket? Is the driver disabled? If so, and they're not getting out, then they could park anywhere.

hollydays

503 posts,is that not enough

Tim_Deegan

hollydays wrote: »

503 posts,is that not enough

There were more, but I think the member who came on here to start an argument by antagonising people has been kicked, and his posts deleted

uktim29

hollydays wrote: »

503 posts,is that not enough

Lets make it 5503!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

hollydays

This post was originally started in...2005..:eek:

Tim_Deegan

hollydays wrote: »

This post was originally started in...2005..:eek:

And it is an issue that causes a lot of emotion. It's better that people continue the existing thread rather than keep starting new ones.

uktim29

hollydays wrote: »

This post was originally started in...2005..:eek:

I recon then if we really try we can get 5503 posts by 2010. We could just post full stops to speed things up a bit but then it would have to be about 10 to get round the minimum post length.

hollydays

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

And it is an issue that causes a lot of emotion. It's better that people continue the existing thread rather than keep starting new ones.

You don't think its possible that some posters are repeating the same comments,because they know no-one is going to remember what was said 3 years ago?

uktim29

hollydays wrote: »

You don't think its possible that some posters are repeating the same comments,because they know no-one is going to remember what was said 3 years ago?

They might just be forgetful and forgot what they originally wrote.

Can you imagine what a forum for memory loss sufferers must be like!