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

hothothot_3

Supermarket Parking Bays are not on public roads and therefore are immune from prosecution. A 'penalty ticket' will be an offer of a contract, which should be ignored and will make it unenforceable. Disabled bays in a supermarket car park are similarly not enforceable, regardless of a having a badge or not as they are not on public roads. Should any adhesive sticker be put on your car, there is the option to make a claim for damages to the supermarket for criminal damage (it costs money to remove the sticker). Have done this succesfully myself. (£20 gift vouchers)

ben500

Some mornings although thankfully very few, I awake and am unable to get out of bed I am completely immobile, curiously I don't telephone my neighbours and demand they come around and assist me in my plight.

Just the same as if I arrive at a supermarket unable to walk a great distance on that particular day I don't demand that other shoppers clear a path for me with their vehicles and up and down the aisles to do so. If they do then that is generous of them, if they don't !!!!!! am I to criticise them?

Tim_Deegan

ben500 wrote: »

That all depends on your definition of disabled doesn't it? Is it determined by a blue flag or by mobility?

Read the thread will you..........How can an attendant (or a traffic warden if it is on a road) tell if you are dissabled unless you display a blue badge?????????

Anyone who needs to use a dissabled parking bay should be eligable for a blue badge.

adouglasmhor

trisontana wrote: »

I should like to see a right-wing communist.

Or a left wing Nazi instead.

hothothot_3

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Read the thread will you..........How can an attendant (or a traffic warden if it is on a road) tell if you are dissabled unless you display a blue badge?????????

Anyone who needs to use a dissabled parking bay should be eligable for a blue badge.

because of my disability (mental) I dont like the stigma of having a disability and keep the badge pasted inside my wallet instead of on display in the car. many times I have had to pull out my credentials and tell the attendant to back off. Its a shame that we are classed as 2nd class citizens by this blue badge scheme - with blue a negative connotation for depression. it is thinly veiled prejudice imo.

Driver8

getmedebtfreeplease wrote: »

If you think of me as a liar, then that is your perogative. I know the details.

Please forgive me for 'intruding' on another issue, but why do you class a blue badge as a 'mark of shame'???

It was me who called you a liar, and i will continue to do so unless you provide proof that you successfully took someone to court and won with regards to your scam tickets.

Liar you will be till proven otherwise.

ben500

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Read the thread will you..........How can an attendant (or a traffic warden if it is on a road) tell if you are dissabled unless you display a blue badge?????????

Anyone who needs to use a dissabled parking bay should be eligable for a blue badge.

He could always ask. You tell me to read the thread yet cannot even be bothered to read the post you responded to, I've already dealt with the issue of my not using a blue badge are you now suggesting it be compulsory?

peter_the_piper

hothothot wrote: »

because of my disability (mental) I dont like the stigma of having a disability and keep the badge pasted inside my wallet instead of on display in the car. many times I have had to pull out my credentials and tell the attendant to back off. Its a shame that we are classed as 2nd class citizens by this blue badge scheme - with blue a negative connotation for depression. it is thinly veiled prejudice imo.

Life is difficult ain't it? Its just not possible to pleased all the people all of the time. Why did they change from the orange badge to blue? Possibly the ginger brigade thought they were being prejudiced or was there a genuine problem with the colour? EU perhaps (guessing here)

consultant31

ben500 wrote: »

Because that is exactly what it is, I do not wish to be associated with such a corrupt scheme....it is primaraly used by the idle the corrupt and the useless as a means of avoiding parking charges

I don't think, 'idle, corrupt and useless' people would be able to get a blue badge legally (though I'm sure they are available illegally). When first my Dad and then my Mum became disabled, it was the devils's own job getting all the niceties in place for them to be awarded a badge. They had to have a letter from their own GP and see someone from Social Services (I think it was though I may be wrong, it was a long time ago now).

It's not the scheme that's corrupt, but the people using the badges illegally.

At the end of the day, anyone who parks in a disabled bay who doesn't need to, ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Saying that the penalty charges are unenforceable and therefore I will park wherever I want to is disgusting and I sincerely hope anyone with that attitude becomes disabled sooner rather than later :mad:

adouglasmhor

consultant31 wrote: »

I don't think, 'idle, corrupt and useless' people would be able to get a blue badge legally (though I'm sure they are available illegally). When first my Dad and then my Mum became disabled, it was the devils's own job getting all the niceties in place for them to be awarded a badge. They had to have a letter from their own GP and see someone from Social Services (I think it was though I may be wrong, it was a long time ago now).

It's not the scheme that's corrupt, but the people using the badges illegally.

At the end of the day, anyone who parks in a disabled bay who doesn't need to, ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Saying that the penalty charges are unenforceable and therefore I will park wherever I want to is disgusting and I sincerely hope anyone with that attitude becomes disabled sooner rather than later :mad:

Shame you had the moral high ground until the bit I changed to red.