Grrr - blue badge

calleyw

td333 wrote: »

wheelchair out the boot... and ask me "you do realise this is a disabled bay" just because we aren't old! i get so annoyed but mostly just shocked so can never come up with anything witty to say in return!!

I would just smile say "yes I do" and then turn and say "what disability do you have apart from being a nosy parker :rotfl:?"

In reality just ignore them and just carrying on doing what you are doing getting the wheelchair out of the car etc.

I once parked in a disabled spot with my husband who is a blue badge holder. He is in his mid forties and I am bit younger.

This older man on purpose got out of his car and walked the 10 yards to look in my windscreen to see that I had a badge. Then he scowled away :rolleyes:

I do often feel like getting out the car and waving the badge around and say "see I have a blue badge I am entitled to park here :rotfl:

Yours


Calley

deb68_2

Ames wrote: »

I went to morrisons this afternoon, and saw some people getting out of a car parked in a disabled bay without a badge. So I wound down my window and said 'excuse me but you've forgotten to put your badge out'. The woman said 'I'm with my 92 year old father, I've got to catch him up, that's why we're parking here'. Hmm, if he needs catching up to then surely his mobility isn't that bad? Besides, there were spaces as near, if not nearer, to the door that weren't marked that she could have parked in (I needed the disabled bay because of the extra room). Then I got into the store and she was pointing me out as if I were the wicked witch! And had a go as I was leaving, saying 'this is my father, it's clear we had a genuine reason for parking there'.

I'd be quite interested to hear other people's views on this, whether age entitles you to park in a disabled bay? I have to say that I think if you don't have a badge you don't use it, I mean she wouldn't have got away with that excuse with a traffic warden in town, so why should a supermarket be any different?

And was I right to challenge her in the first place? I mean, her dad was nowhere in sight and I'm not a mind reader...

I also woul of asked, if she was with her 92 year old dad why not drop him of near the door go and park, then gointo do the shopping, go back to car with the shopping, then collect her dad from outside the door?
i have blue badge always in the car dont always park in disabled bays as nearly all occupied with no badges evident

catnia

My little boy is oxygen dependent 24/7 and we were able to get a blue badge due to us carrying bulky medical equipment in the car at all times and the need for him to always be near the car incase of a medical emergency. Almost daily I see people watching me as I get out of my car and put him into the buggy - people don't always spot that he is on oxygen and he looks - and sounds! - like every other 17month old. Once, I overheard a 'gentleman' comment about us and basically querying our eligibility to use the space and badge. I very calmly invited him to spend 24 hrs in my life where he could see for himself the reasons for my son being awarded the badge -funny but he sloped off and didn't take me up on my offer!

savemoney

Some people seem to be retard when it comes to understanding what a disability means. I never understand there logic why they think disability means it some how only applies to senior citizens. You can have a disability at any age

daska

maggienetball wrote: »

I have a profound mental disability for which I recieve DLA and my local council does not allow my type of illness to be considered for a blue badge. My council will not reconsider my case. Any advice?

The council do not make the rules. Qualifying for a blue badge is based on The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000:

4. - (1) The prescribed descriptions of disabled person to whom a local authority may issue a disabled person's badge are a person who is more than 2 years old who falls within one or more of the descriptions specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The descriptions are a person who-

(a) receives the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance in accordance with section 73 of the Social Security and Benefits Act 1982

URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note6"]6[/URL;

(b) uses a motor vehicle supplied by the Department of Social Security or the Scottish Executive or is in receipt of a grant pursuant to section 5(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note7"]7[/URL or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note8"]8[/URL;

(c) is registered as blind under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note9"]9[/URL or, in Scotland, is a blind person within the meaning of section 64(1) of that Act;

(d) receives a mobility supplement under article 26A of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note10"]10[/URL including such a supplement by virtue of any scheme or order under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983URL="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000682.htm#note11"]11[/URL;

(e) drives a motor vehicle regularly, has a severe disability in both upper limbs and is unable to turn by hand the steering wheel of a motor vehicle even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob; or

(f) has a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.If you can prove any of the above then they must issue a blue badge (subject to certain restrictions such as believing that you will abuse the system). (f) is the b*****r, because amoungst other things it's the one that stops people who are immobile due to short term disabilities (such as SPD during pregnancy) from benefitting from the scheme.

I would suggest that you contact your CAB and ask them to help you find out why they have ruled that you are ineligible on the basis of your type of illness rather than considering your level of ability. Sometimes it is down to the way the information is presented, the admin staff are just that, they are not doctors.

You will need your GPs support so make sure your GP understands what you can and cannot do before you re-apply. (this applies to DLA applications as well)

bluebird

We have been challenged only last weekend at Homebase,I have a mobility scooter that breaks down to fit in the car i also have a blue badge,anyway to cut a long story short hubby took purchases to car and was challenged almost immediately only thing was i was paying and following shortly behind him,he pointed to me and said i'm with her.

I don't mind being challenged as we have nothing to hide but i have seen many cases of people abusing the blue badge scheme.Also have seen many un badged cars in disabled parking bays,challenges have to be made to make sure these spaces are available to those of us who cannot walk the distance.

We have parked in ordinary bays but found the mobility scooter hard to get into and out of the car as the space is too narrow,mobility bays are much wider.

MadMonkey

jodie114 wrote: »

ohh sorry, i just had to put my two pennys in, this is a subject that is a topic of HUGE conversation in my family. I have had a blue badge since i was 20, now being 28, and get soooo many dirty looks, especially since i have a 5 year old child - apparently disabled people can't have children??

I walk with a limp, which is sometimes visable, it depends how much pain i am in, but with heart problems as well, need it for exertion purposes as well.
!!

I am 34 and have 3 children - i also have a cracking list of illnesses.

The amount of old people who sit glaring at me whilst i park in a disabled space and then unload the kids really embarrasses me.

I use the buggy in the same way they use zimmer frames (god knows what i will do when my youngest is out of a buggy!!).

I do not not "look" disabled but believe me i am - i feel like getting some business cards printed with a list of conditions and treatments !

LittleTinker

lowis wrote: »

why do you presume those blue badge holders are less deserving than your mum? perhaps the supermarkets and multi-storey car park owners should increase the number of spaces allowed for blue badge holders? some people who are not obviosuly diabled, have conditions which mean they can't walk very far without experiencing pain or discomfort (the cystic fibrosis suffer for example) .

i don't know how the badge system works - assuming the carer is not married to the diabled person, do carers get a badge for their car? and assuming the carer is married (or part of the immediate family) i now wondering whether the carers abuse the provision of the parking spaces by parking in them themselves even when their disabled companion isn't with them? perhaps that is why all the spaces are filled up?

I dont think any one is more deserving of my mum?....I think you have misunderstood what I was saying.

My Mum cant walk.....and she has a BB...but it doesnt bother me if I have to park elsewhere. I was just saying that there are far more BB holders now than 10 years ago.

As I said previously.....it is noone else's business who is parked in a disabled space other than the people in the car and the owner of the space.

These people who feel they need to be vigilantes are out of order.

black_paw

there should be a parking space for disabled...mums and kids..and elderly .. as before i got my blue badge i had to go round and round waiting for a space near an entrance .as walking is so painful for me.. if you look on here, young looking disabled people are being attacked by rude older people , i see plenty of people parking with out the badge,when i got mine after reading on here i was worried using it as my mental state would reduce me to tears if some one said some thing. on first visit to car park ,open door ..then fell out the door on to the floor .. what a start ..people walked off ..i managed to get up and was ok ... lol

Babshubbie

lowis wrote: »

i don't know how the badge system works - assuming the carer is not married to the diabled person, do carers get a badge for their car? and assuming the carer is married (or part of the immediate family) i now wondering whether the carers abuse the provision of the parking spaces by parking in them themselves even when their disabled companion isn't with them? perhaps that is why all the spaces are filled up?

To answer the question. Blue Badges are issued to the qualified disabled person only, not to the carer and not to the vehicle. The holder can use it either when driving themselves or in any vehicle in which they are driven. It follows that anyone other than the Badge Holder is at fault if they use the badge without the Holder being in the car.