Grrr - blue badge

bennymac

its quite a heated subject but i do think its the responsibility of the supermarket to police who is using the disabled or parentand child bay. if they were doing it and were satisfied that some people have a valid excuse then maybe the people who are parked there wouldnt have to worry about being challenged or having dirty looks thrown at them.
i'm all for digging people up who park in the drop off point too lol ......

pazza

Whatever happened to giving people the benefit of the doubt?

All this talk of misuse of blue badges just promotes the idea that everyone using disabled bays is some kind of con artist.

I’ve lost count of how many (incorrectly issued) parking tickets I’ve received from traffic wardens, who’ve openly admitted that, due to misuse and fraud, they’re told to completely disregard blue badges. (You won’t believe this, but the traffic warden told me this as she was putting a ticket on a Sunshine Club minibus!)

I might be wrong, but I think it’s the supermarkets duty to police the disabled parking bays, and failure to do so contravenes the disability discrimination act. So if you suspect people might be misusing disabled bays, take it up with the supermarket.

RAGSTORICHES

I think the Supermarkets should do more to check the disabled bays are being used correctly as these days I personally wouldn't challenge anyone incase they had a go at me as I am asthmatic and stress makes it worse. Slightly different subject but I find there are not enough disabled parking spaces in the Supermarkets and can often not find one.

mancitychick

Ames wrote: »

Wow looks like I've stirred up a hornets nest! I like a good debate though. I'm glad no-one said I shouldn't have challenged them.

You sure have!

As to everyone that said for me to get blue badge and make it offical. I've never looked into it and wouldn't even know if she would meet the offical symptoms/requirements for a badge.

However what I know is it makes it easier for my Nana who is slow losing her mind and suffers with her legs, then quite frankly blue badge or no blue badge I'm going to do what is easier for her.

The op asked if age is a consideration and what I was trying to say was in my opinion age isn't but fitness/health is and I tried to give examples of why I believe this.

tenacioust123

mancitychick wrote: »

You sure have!

As to everyone that said for me to get blue badge and make it offical. I've never looked into it and wouldn't even know if she would meet the offical symptoms/requirements for a badge.

However what I know is it makes it easier for my Nana who is slow losing her mind and suffers with her legs, then quite frankly blue badge or no blue badge I'm going to do what is easier for her.

The op asked if age is a consideration and what I was trying to say was in my opinion age isn't but fitness/health is and I tried to give examples of why I believe this.

Like someone else said if your happy to pay the fine so be it.... but if I was you i'd rather apply for a blue badge, it's very easy to do just give your council a ring or have a look on your councils web site. The form is very basic and it takes about a week to come through.

Ames

The problem with leaving it to the supermarkets is that they don't police it. And it's not just supermarkets, I once complained to my GP surgery and was told they wouldn't do anything because it was probably staff misusing it!

McKneff

Valley's_girl wrote: »

Hi I have a blue badge and yesterday my son decided to take me out shopping we found one disabled bay left.
I opened my door to get out and standing by the side of me was a man in his seventies just glaring at me. I just looked him in the eye and said would you like to examine my blue badge, poor ds didn't know where to look.

He assumed I was not disabled until he saw me walking.
I do feel some people are so rude and assume everyone young is healthy.

I am pleased that asda employ people who are illegally parked in these bays to fine them. Shame the other supermarkets don't follow suit.
There's no excuse if you are eligible for a blue badge apply for one.
ally

Let us look at this from a different perspective. Say this man was looking at the person in the car in front of you and glaring at them because they didnt have a badge. Surely you have to give him some credit because in effect he was looking after disableed peoples interest. This car owner (who doesnt have a badge) gets embarrased because they have been confronted, they move off and make a space for you who has got a badge, good for him I say, you should be thanking him.

elizabethsmum2008

Hi, I be interested in what you thought about my situation, I have a 4 year old little girl that is disabled, she can not walk or talk. and although she's 4 is the size of around 12 - 18 months, She receives high rate care and mobility, and also has a blue badge, Now i have to say, some of the bad looks i recieve when i get her out the car is unbelievable, i feel as if she should where a big sign saying what all her disablilites are. i feel as if i shouldnt use the disabled bays because she's a young child or a baby as some people say.

What are your views?

Thanks
mandy

tenacioust123

elizabethsmum2008 wrote: »

Hi, I be interested in what you thought about my situation, I have a 4 year old little girl that is disabled, she can not walk or talk. and although she's 4 is the size of around 12 - 18 months, She receives high rate care and mobility, and also has a blue badge, Now i have to say, some of the bad looks i recieve when i get her out the car is unbelievable, i feel as if she should where a big sign saying what all her disablilites are. i feel as if i shouldnt use the disabled bays because she's a young child or a baby as some people say.

What are your views?

Thanks
mandy

From reading on here it does not seem to matter what age you are, you still get the odd funny look. I know I do i'm 45, my sons mate is 22 and lost a leg out in Iraq, he gets verbal abuse quite a lot.

I deal with it by ignoring it, disability is not always seen.

Tally-Ho_2

Well to be honest, as the alleged 'fines' for parking in supermarket/shopping centre/hospital/doctors etc car park disabled bays etc are not enforcible (and through the power of the internet etc an awful lot of people know this very well indeed) unless there is a change in the law to make the fines enforcible the situation will just continue.

Various supermarkets and shoppimng centres don't help either as they just have signs up saying 'disabled parking only' which although implies Blue Badge Holders it doesn't actually say 'Blue Badhe Holders only' so anyone with any disability can park there and say 'I am disabled' and get away with it. The signage does need to be correct.

Overall though, what is really needed is a change in the law to allow enforcible Penalty Charge Notices (as opposed to the current non enforcible 'invoices' done up as parking tickets) to be issued on private lands (such as supermarket/shopping centre car parks) to drivers parking in disabled bays without a Blue Badge and for it to be rigidly enforced. The only way to get such legislation in force would be to lobby MP's.

Until it becomes an enforcible offence the situation is not going to get any better.

Tally