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

StephLaceDan

nope, i have a disabled partner and child and have some experience of needing my vehicle for them.

on the subject of parent spaces, I got verbally abused by an old man cos I asked him if he could pull back out of a parent and child space he was just parking in as I had a disabled child (under 3, so no blue badge at that time) and a baby and he told me no cos he fought in the war for me! makes me laugh to remember it now, but at the time... total dispair... I'd imagine that could be how disabled person might feel if I'd blocked them in!

pixiechick_2

NEVER!!!!

I think it's morally wrong and extremely selfish. The same goes for those who park in disabled parking spaces, parent & child spaces and 'pick up' spaces. They are just being very lazy - does it hurt to walk a few extra yards? It's one thing that really annoys me :mad:

Summer76

paullyuk wrote: »

Nothing in the original post states that you would be parking in a disabled space - therefore I presume no offence would be committed by parking close to a car with such a sticker. It would be very easy to reverse into such a space and not see the sticker anyway.

I'm not condoning being bad mannered and blocking the car's boot but there must also be some onus on the other driver to park somewhere sensible - they can't just use the sticker to "bully" other drivers into giving them 2 spaces while they only pay for 1. Generally, there are always disabled spaces nearby, or they may be able to park in an end space so as not to put anyone else out.

Perhaps if abled bodied people did not park in disabled spaces in the first place then the driver would not have to park in a non-disabled space. Many times I have witnessed drivers without stickers parking in disabled spaces and many times I have pointed this out to them, but most don't care. I have then witnessed, on occasions, a disabled driver having to park in a non-disabled space only then to struggle to get out of their car as some disabled spaces are wider/longer to accommodate wheelchairs. So NO, I would definitely not park their. If it meant having to pay £5 an hour in a car park it would be better for me as it would encourge me to only stay for an hour and get what I really need and not shop, shop, shop for luxuries I don't need!!!

StephLaceDan

irritable wrote: »

Absolutely unacceptable. But then again we see so many selfish, lazy motorists who park in bus stops to nip to the shop/cashpoint/fast-food outlet. Result being that the bus has to park adjacent and blocking the road. Often the Police drive past and do nothing about what amounts to illegal parking. Perhaps tazaring them and giving them a bloody good kicking would pursuade them to park somewhere more socially acceptable in the future. Anybody who can park in a bus stop is sufficiently ignorant that they will, without hesitation park behind the hypothetical car displaying the disabled badge.

LMAO irritable runs for prime minister!!!!

pixiechick_2

Whether or not it is a designated disabled space it is still morally wrong. And if someone has got hold of a sticker they are not entitled to (I don't know why they would want one), then it just goes to show the way society has gone. I'm turning into Victoria Meldrew!

elliestockman

As a few others have said, if it was just a quick 5 mins running into the bank or to a newsagents, then I would park there, BUT would stick a note on their windscreen or somewhere visible explaining that I was very sorry and would only be a minute.

mardycow

yes. no prob, is very rare that i have seen a genuinely obvious disabled person using the disabled space, anyway they can park anywhere so should leave the non disabled spaces alone. and by the way i am disabled.

ladyclaire_2

If you didn't you could be sure someone else would. Parking is extornionate as it is, disabled spaces are free if you have a badge, and usually large - if the disabled driver had parked in one of those then they would have enough space?

jacksgrandma

Absolutely not - I would never park in a disabled bay or block access for those who may need wider space for wheelchairs etc. I work with young children and have, in the past, had to transport disabled people around. It's very frustrating to find that there is nowhere to park that can adequately accommodate space for getting someone in and out of a wheel chair.

Same also goes for parent spaces - grrr v v annoying to find that people without children park in them.

pjcox2005

I don't think I would park there, but saying that (and putting a new perspective on comments above), if the space behind the car is important then wouldn't the person drive into the space forwards (i.e. so no parking space is behind the back of the car), rather than presumably reversing in this circumstance creating a potential risk that someone will park in the space behind and block them out?