Parking in a parent and child space.

magical

Hi all,

I was wondering if disabled people are allowed to park in mother and baby spaces, if all the disabled spaces have been taken.

thanks

mikey72

You can park anywhere you like in a private car park, like tesco's for example.
Do you mind me parking in a disabled space if all the kiddie spaces are full?

LilacPixie

i would say no. AFAIK disabled spaces and parent/child spaces are just a concession given by supermarkets/carparks to aid shoppers.

I think you would not be happy if a person with a young child took a disabled space because all the parent and child spaces were taken so why should a disabled person be allowed to park in a P&C space (unless with a child of course)

McKneff

anybody can park anywhere in a supermarket car park, it up to you and your own morals as to whether you do or not.

magical

Thankyou for replying. I am disabled , so just wanted to know what was write and wrong really.

Lilac pixie i dont think disabled spaces are a concession. i think they are required by law.

thanks:j

jazabelle

These arguments make me so cross.

If all the parent and child spaces were full, they could go to the back of the car park, where most of the time people avoid parking, and have all that space to get their child out. I can imagine it's difficult getting a child out without much space, but not impossible.

On the other hand, if a disabled person can't park near the front, they are likely to have to go home again as they couldn't walk from the back. That's the difference.

woody01

magical wrote: »

Thankyou for replying. I am disabled , so just wanted to know what was write and wrong really.

Lilac pixie i dont think disabled spaces are a concession. i think they are required by law.

thanks:j

They are indeed law.
If a shop opens with parking space, they legally have to make a percentage of them disabled bays.

zartub

mikey72 wrote: »

You can park anywhere you like in a private car park, like tesco's for example.
Do you mind me parking in a disabled space if all the kiddie spaces are full?

i think there are far to many disabled spaces in car parks anyway for the majority who use them anyway.

tenmah

zartub wrote: »

i think there are far to many disabled spaces in car parks anyway for the majority who use them anyway.

I don't suppose you would think that if you were disabled. The point is a non-disabled person can walk from anywhere in the car park, but a disabled person can't.

Think about it before talking rubbish.

jazabelle

zartub wrote: »

i think there are far to many disabled spaces in car parks anyway for the majority who use them anyway.

Really? Because I spend the majority of my time in car parks driving round desperately trying to find one. I had no idea there were loads of empty ones I just hadn't spotted. Silly me! :rolleyes:

sandy71

jazabelle wrote: »

These arguments make me so cross.

If all the parent and child spaces were full, they could go to the back of the car park, where most of the time people avoid parking, and have all that space to get their child out. I can imagine it's difficult getting a child out without much space, but not impossible.

On the other hand, if a disabled person can't park near the front, they are likely to have to go home again as they couldn't walk from the back. That's the difference.

The other side to that is I know a few people with blue badges who are perfectly capable of walking across a car park. They only go shopping when they are having a "good" day.

I dont qualify for a blue badge but if I have a seizure in a supermarket (It has happened ) There is no way on earth I can walk anywhere.

My son has ADHD amongst other things and he has no road sense at all, it would be just to dangerous to park too far away. It really annoys me when anyone without kids parks in these spaces, especially as our local Tesco has about 10 parent and child spaces and about 50 Disabled.