Money Moral Dilemma: Would you park free if it blocked wheelchair access?

alggomas

No.

Just keep looking for a space.

nathanhill69

Originally Posted by nathanhill69 Personally if I have my children with me and there are no Parent Child spaces available I don't just use the disabled parking spaces either (I'll take a moment there to polish my Halo););)

Surbybird wrote: »

You were clearly looking for one earlier though -
Pot? Kettle?

Oh come on, that's my weak attempt at humour and taking the michael out of myself - hence the reference to a polishing my halo - obviously written with my tongue in my cheek.

ab48uk

To not leave that 6ft space would be thoughtless, ignorant and selfish.

I'm Blue Badge holder, needed because following a serious accident I only have one arm and one leg. Mostly I don't need to use my wheelchair as I can walk short distances on my artificial leg.

In my experience, at least half of any batch of disabled spaces will be occupied by cars not displaying a Blue Badge. I've printed up some business card size messages - polite but firm - which I leave on their windscreens.

I've only got up the nerve to speak to one of them. A 4x4 (sorry but they are especially guilty) drew up beside me in the one remaining disabled space. He gave me 'I'll only be here for five minutes' response. How is a genuine disabled driver supposed to know that? "Don't worry about it" he said.

As others have said, supermarkets mostly don't seem to want to deal with this. Yet it would be easy for one of their trolley collectors to compile a list of offenders. Their registration numbers should be read out over the PA system - 10 minutes to move, or a £50 fine.

MikeyBarnes

I think I might actually, though it would depend on how far away I was going to be from the car afterwards.

A good trick for parking anywhere that might cause a problem is to leave a A4 piece of paper with your mobile telephone number on it on your dashboard, that way anyone can contact you should they require you to move. Though like I said, I would only do this if I was going to be just a short walk away at all times.

2giraffes

BigSky wrote: »

Absolutely NOT! Only the most ignorant lazy !!!!!! would do that.

I’d park in a “family” parking bay though even if I was on my own. Why should people that decide to bring their screaming, fat, badly-behaved kids round the supermarket get special parking bays?

I agree to the first part......

....but I also hate it when people park in 'family' spaces too - my children don't scream, are not fat, and for the most part behave themselves . The only reason I need a 'family' space is so I can open the door far enough to get the baby out without bashing your car.:D Besides, unless I'm feeling like torturing myself, I don't take them all with me anyway, that would be crazy :eek:

Rotti

As this has been hijacked by the parent and child brigade and developed into a supermarket debate, maybe everyone should stop and consider that we are now a nation that drive everywhere and expect to be able to park exactly where we want to, unable to walk even a few yards. Many people could walk more but claim they haven't the time. Make time! Local shops will cease to exist soon if we all give up on them . Instead of popping into Sainsburys for milk and cat food, keep them for a big shop and use the local guys for bits and pieces.
But the fact is a few unfortunate souls are not as fit and able as the rest of the nation so are given a blue badge to help them along. Yes you are allowed to park for 3 hours on single and double yellow lines, but that doesn't mean you can park stupidly and obstruct junctions. Yes there are some car parks that allow free disabled parking, but in Bath, even at the Hospitals (except one area), you have to pay the same as everyone else. Barrier operated car parks are becoming more widespread and do not have card readers for blue badges, or allocated spaces in front of the pay point. To be honest, if we did not have our badge we would probably not go into the centre of town at all because of the parking availability and cost, and would use out of town shops more. The "badge" referred to in the back of this car was a window sticker rather than a disabled badge, so would be permanently displayed. But if you were to check the dashboard and there was no blue badge displayed, then you could most certainly park behind it as the wheelchair user is not in it.
The fact is, you should never park too close to anyone anyway, as they will almost always need access to their boot. The worst offenders are those who get right up behind delivery or work vans so that the doors can't be opened. They deserve all the damage they get!

lovethymini

BigSky wrote: »

Absolutely NOT! Only the most ignorant lazy !!!!!! would do that.

I’d park in a “family” parking bay though even if I was on my own. Why should people that decide to bring their screaming, fat, badly-behaved kids round the supermarket get special parking bays?

Think about it.

The "family" spaces are so that the parents can open the car doors properly to get their children out of their fiddly car seats.

And if the parents of screaming fat badly behaved children can't find a "family" parking space, they'll be forced to use a regular space, and thus risk accidentally banging their car door against the car in the next space.

Katie-Kat-Kins

THRIFTY_GIRL wrote: »

Yes and you are very rude in not understanding that by doing so you are also making life difficult for those people that genuinely need these spaces... that is those with YOUNG children. It is not easy when you have to deal wit baby seats pushchairs and the like, and NO it is not always possible to leave them behind.

Now I know who these ignorant **** are that turn up in their 2 seater sport cars to hog the spaces. I think parking in a family bay like you do also classes as being an .... lazy !!!!!!.

You can have a baby in a 2 seater sports car. I think you are making generalisations. Perhaps it is the second car, perhaps a relative is babysitting the child and needs to go to the shops, perhaps they just love the sports car........ You don't actually NEED a people carrier because you have one tiny baby you know. You are being pretty ignorant yourself.

In fact a two seater car might be the money saving option if you are a single parent........

battylala

at the risk of sounding heartless, you could argue that the disabled driver could get a free space in the NCP carpark with lots of room around it.
So .... you get a free space, so does the disabled driver and NCP miss on out £5 per hour.

Katie-Kat-Kins

deefadog wrote: »

I agree with above, have you noticed how many porsche;s are park in parent & child :mad:

And your point is?????

Do you have to get sterilised and give up your children for adoption before you can buy a porsche???? No!!! :mad: