Blue Badge use in COLLECTING someone

peediedj

at our local tesco,s there 6 spaces 3 for parent/child 3 for disabled,there always full of able bodied people when its raining:mad: ,i once couldnt get a disabled space and had to park at the other side of the car park with my son,i watched a young couple pull up into a free space and get out i challeneged them and the woman said she was pregnant(no bump visable,must of been pregnant a week if that)and walked off,i asked at information desk if space were for mother to be and they said yes,but surely its for 8 month gone mothers to be and not last weeks:mad:

vivatifosi

While we're having a vent, I went to Tesco's the other day and some yobs had got the trolleys and lined them up across the front of the blue badge bays so nobody could use them without getting out of their cars and moving them. Thankfully some staff saw and changed things, but was like that for a while :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Andromeda

I am a firm believer in karma, and that yobs like that will get theirs, further along the line somewhere, and we might not be there to witness it, but they will get theirs.

Tally-Ho_2

I drove my mum into town today (mum has a blue badge). We tried to park on Tesco's car park but all the blue badge spaces were full, so round and round the car park we went for half an hour until a disabled space became free. Mum needs a wide space you see for me to get her buggy out of the boot and alongside the car so she can transfer across easily. Anyhow as mum was going to buy one of my Christmas presents, she went into the store alone on her buggy and I sat in the car reading a Sunday Newspaper. (her blue badge was displayed).

After about 10 minutes, there was a knock on my window and an old man demanded I move the car as quote ' you don't look disabled to me' and 'you young people have no respect etc etc' I tried to point out to this man that it was not my badge and I was waiting for mum to return to the car but he ranted on and on and then demanded to look at the blue badge. I put the window up and showed him both sides the badge through the glass as he was so rude and threatening I thought he would grab mum's badge.

Anyway he went on and on accusing me of fraud and using someone else's badge to park and that he would call the traffic wardens and the police etc. He then wrote down my car registration number and he started banging on the car and waving his walking stick in the air and at me in the car I was really frightened and was shaking in fear to be honest.

This is not the first time people have enquired about me being in the car in this sort of situation but usually if the people are younger they are really quite nice. It is old people I find are really offensive about it. In anycase just what right do these old people have to approach me and make accusations and demand to see the badge etc?. I just wish my brother who is in the army and built like a brick outhouse had been with me as he would no doubt have flattened this man.

The man only left when another parking space appeared and he literally ran back to his car, jumped in and parked in the space. If I had had the courage I would have got out and challenged him about his blue badge but I was really too scared to do so.

I have told mum I will not take her shopping again as I hate the actions of these old people who seem to think they have more rights than anyone else. I am sure he had got a badge just for being old and not disabled. Sorry to rant on about it but I was so shocked and frightened by this whole incident, particularly as I had done nothing wrong or illegal and was using the badge for its intended purpose (to facilitate my mum) What respect I did have for older people has vanished due to this one selfish old mans actions.

Tally

vivatifosi

Hi Tally, I know the man acted like an idiot, but please don't say that you won't take your Mum shopping again... Mine can't get around without lifts from me, and while its horrible to be in your shoes in that situation, it would be even worse if she lost some of her independence.

ben500

peediedj wrote: »

at our local tesco,s there 6 spaces 3 for parent/child 3 for disabled,there always full of able bodied people when its raining:mad: ,i once couldnt get a disabled space and had to park at the other side of the car park with my son,i watched a young couple pull up into a free space and get out i challeneged them and the woman said she was pregnant(no bump visable,must of been pregnant a week if that)and walked off,i asked at information desk if space were for mother to be and they said yes,but surely its for 8 month gone mothers to be and not last weeks:mad:

Surely if the bay is for the use of expectant mums then it's for expectant mums, it's not for you to determine "how pregnant" they are any more than it is a person to guesstimate the severity of disability of someone getting out of a vehicle parked in a bb bay.

Babshubbie

Tally-Ho wrote: »

I have told mum I will not take her shopping again as I hate the actions of these old people who seem to think they have more rights than anyone else. I am sure he had got a badge just for being old and not disabled. Sorry to rant on about it but I was so shocked and frightened by this whole incident, particularly as I had done nothing wrong or illegal and was using the badge for its intended purpose (to facilitate my mum) What respect I did have for older people has vanished due to this one selfish old mans actions.

Tally

You really must not let this incident stop helping your mother get about. Nor must you let it affect your approach to older people in general. There are inconsiderate idiots around, just as there are plenty of kind, considerate people. Why not write a thoughtful letter to your local paper; perhaps he will see it. BTW, getting your "brick outhouse" brother to flatten him wouldn't have helped anyone. :shocked:

curlylox

Andromeda wrote: »

I challenge anyone I see parked in a supermarket blue badge bay who doesn't display a badge and who then gets out of their car and then RUNS over to the cash-point. As I saw with a young able-bodied man today. He just laughed at me, shrugged and got back in his car. He didn't care.

Tougher measures really need to be brought in as the amount of abuse where I live is disgraceful. Sometimes I feel like doing what you do, Bart.

Not everyone has a physical obvious disability. You can get blue badges for heart/lung/eye problems.

pazza

curlylox wrote: »

Not everyone has a physical obvious disability. You can get blue badges for heart/lung/eye problems.

Spot on. Even if someone cartwheels to the cashpoint and dances the tango back to their car, they could still have a perfectly valid blue badge.

martyncr

pazza wrote: »

Spot on. Even if someone cartwheels to the cashpoint and dances the tango back to their car, they could still have a perfectly valid blue badge.

I would only agree if the dancer were someones nominated Motability Driver, friend or relative assisting them. The holder qualifies by two routes, receipt of higher rate mobility component DLA or by demonstrable permanent and substantial difficulty walking. Doing the tango provides a demonstrable lack of permanence. Would you care to provide some examples ?