Parking in a parent and child space.

sunnyone

I was 28 when I broke my back and the gray haired !!!!! have given me hell for 18 years, even when they can all walk they believe that no one under 60 can park in disabled bays.

I am now in my 40s and I have a grandson and now I get grief from both parents and oldies for parking in any wide bays, they see the wheelchair and think I should use the disabled bays and in disabled bays they see the baby first and think I should use the P&C bays, a lose, lose situation.

I must have a wide bay and I cant self propell very well myself anymore so it must be near the store, I have missed hospital appointments, GP appointments and other health care appointments due to not being able to park, I dont think that disabled bays abusers have a clue just how important these bays are or maybe they just dont care.

At least with shopping I can get it delivered but that dosnt mean that I dont want to go to the supermarket like everyone else and when I cant park I have to go home, after an hour waiting for a space I cant wait anymore because I need a disabled loo to carry out medical procedures needed for my spinal damage and the disabled loos are also abused so I may have to wait even if I do get parked.

A fine for the first offence and a fine, points and removal of the blue badge for the second offence (with no new blue badge issued for a fixed term) would mean that disabled bays were for the disabled blue badge holders only.

sunnyone

madison-nyc

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

If there is no disabled trolley (ie one which fits onto the front of the wheelchair or that is also unmanageable) have you thought of asking for help? ie member of staff to push the trolley for you.

I'm just thinking it can't be very comfy sitting in a trolley, and I'm not wild about using a trolley which has had a child's shoes all over the bottom of it.

these are trolleys that are left outdoors , in all weather , usually have bits of old food in , manky soggy leaflets , never cleaned etc. I don't think a child sitting in there with shoes on is gonna make a lot of difference?! :rolleyes:

Emmzi

mumps wrote: »

What on earth has being brown got to do with anything?

nowt, festive season's just bringing the trolls out :-)

would report but dont have email on this laptop the red triangle on any post will do you tho.

mumps

Emmzi wrote: »

nowt, festive season's just bringing the trolls out :-)

would report but dont have email on this laptop the red triangle on any post will do you tho.

Dont know what they would think of me out shopping, disabled husband (with blue badge) baby grandson (P & C OK) and my husband is brown. Sounds like I qualify for a prize doesn't it.

bigmomma051204

Have to say - my partner had a head on collison with a mini bus...he ended up with MANY broken bones (both legs - too many breaks to list lol but including ALL toes on both feet, knee one one side, thigh bones on both sides, ankles on both sides and many i cannot think of the names of lol...also broke scapula, clavicle and wrists x2!) and one of which was his patella (knee) - he has now (after a year of intense physio) managed to be able to bend his knee again (docs said he would only ever regain about 40% of the bend most people have) - he now has about 80% of "Normal" bend back.... but it still means that he will never be able to park in a normal parking space cos he has to be able to open the car door FULLY to get out - has to hoist himself up by holding onto the roof of car etc and swing leg out cos of the lack of bend there....so he wouldn't be able to park in the other side of the car park to the disabled bays despite being able to walk the distance etc - - BUT loads of people give him funny looks...even tho he walks with a pronounced limp and has a blue badge, we have STILL had the moaners...and not old people like others have said - its usually the able bodied who walk past and have a little Tut Tut at him LOL!! One woman came over after we had finished shopping (followed us to the car!) and moaned that he shouldn't be allowed to park there cos he can walk from further away - we explained to her about the getting in/out business etc... she then suggested that we park over the VERY far side and walk cos there tend to be less cars there.....which is true but if my partner is on his own (this happened lol) and parks next to an empty space, 9 times out of 10 you come back to find someone has parked right on the line and he cannot get in - he had to wait for 2 hours for the man in car next to him to come back from his pub lunch lol!!! :rolleyes:

carlislelass

ask at customer services desk and a member of staff will push a trolley for you, we`ve done that in Morrisons...no problem

mikey72

Really easy answer to this one.
Put the kiddy bays further away from the entrance.
We only need them as we need to open the car doors wide to get the kiddy seats in and out, not because we can't walk to the door.
Then there would be no temptation for anyone else to park there.

Savvy_Sue

mikey72 wrote: »

Really easy answer to this one.
Put the kiddy bays further away from the entrance.
We only need them as we need to open the car doors wide to get the kiddy seats in and out, not because we can't walk to the door.
Then there would be no temptation for anyone else to park there.

I'm not sure that's really the answer. Mine were pretty good, but not all children can be relied upon to walk safely across a large and busy car park. And the thought of manoeuvring a heavy trolley plus 3 under 5s the length of the car park would not have filled me with delight ... OK, so baby would have been strapped in the trolley, but even so!

What I don't understand is why at the Sainsbury's nearest my mother, the disabled bays aren't the closest ones to the doors - there are lots of 'normal' bays closer! So as she can get in and out of the car OK, I use them if I can, so she hasn't got so far to walk.

Rochelle

I have a bb and always look for a disabled bay first, but if i cant find one and there are pc spaces i do park there and display my badge.
The reason i do this is because if i park in a normal space 8/10 some fool parks their car so close to me that i cant get in to the car, and not able to climb over the seats, and i have to embarrass myself and wait for a stranger to come along and ask them to move my car for me, so out of the 2 i def choose a pc space if no disabled spaces.
If it means i have to bear the wrath of an angry ignorant mum, who shouts out of their window "oi u fat b***h u r not meant to be parked there " which has happened to me more times than i choose to remember then so be it at least i managed to get in and out of my car safely and on my own !!

beth1230

I would have no problem with someone who has a blue badge parking in a P and C space if there were no disabled spaces left? I park in them legitimatly I think as I have a child under 5, although when she does get older I'll still park in them as my 7 yrs old son has Aspergers and has no road sence and absloutly no sence of danger he isn't entitled to a blue badge as he only gets the lower rate mobility, so I wouldn't park in a disabled space. I can't imagine who would have an issue with someone who has a real need for a parking spot big enough or close enough to the store for their needs, parking in a C and P space, it seems a bit daft that people would take offence?