Parent and child parking

alocacoc

parent parking is to help people who have car seats and push chairs etc there also to help people not get there car dent aswell as help the parent.

our supermarket ones are usually took up by a Fatso struggling to get out of a super mini car
because they cant be bothered to walk..

custardy

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Just like all the people who sit in their cars in the disabled bays could. At least half the cars have drivers in them in the disabled bays at our local Tesco. They obviously use the space because it's their "right".

so compound it by continuing to do the same?

poet123

mummypig wrote: »

I do not think they are a right. Read all the posts.

If you do not think you have more of a right to park there than any other parent (regardless of the age of their child) why post the thread?

For all you know the parent you saw using the space with an older child could have some need you did not see, the child could have been ill (maybe recovering from Swine Flu) have learning difficulties etc. I don't mind concessions as long as the recipients see them as such, and don't become territorial, circle the wagons and slag off anyone they feel does not fit their idea of who has the right to use them.

Having a child and a pushchair does not disadvantage you, it is still perfectly possible to get child and pushchair out of the car without denting the car next to you if you take a bit of care.

mum26

The only time we've really really needed the parent and child spaces was when we had baby twins so needed space both sides of the car to get car seats in and out (we'd frequently park in a quiet area of the car park with free spaces either side and come back to the car to find people parked so close either side we could barely get the drivers door open!). I don't use them now, I can park my 8 seater people carrier fine in a normal space (slinding doors) and i'm lucky that my legs etc work fine so don't mind a bit of a walk (gives me a chance to go back to my car for my forgotten list, then back again for my bags...). I'm always amazed at the amount of people who would rather sit in their cars circling the first few rows of parking spaces rather than just parking a few rows out? I know some must have their reasons but others are just odd, lol!

DCFC79

I actually agree with the OP, i dont have kids myself but i have seen drivers park in a P&C(toddler,baby) space when A they dont have a baby and just on they're own or B the kid is 12 and does'nt need the door opening wide. Its all about the parent unstrapping the lil one and taking him out of the seat or putting him in the seat and strapping him up and everything else. You could try making a note of the car reg plate and informing customer service desk about the car.

Volvic

I once witnessed a huge argument in an Asda car park because a 50-something man got out of his car in a P&C space followed closely by a 20-something. When he was challenged by a woman with a toddler telling him he couldn't park there he simply said "I'm the parent, he's my child".

On another occasion, a couple in their late 30's started to walk across to the store from their car in the P&C area and the most violent verbal argument I've ever witnessed broke out because a lady wasn't happy she couldn't find a P&C space for her and her 3 kids (aged between about 3 and 7). The couple were effing and blinding like I've never ever heard.

vodooelephant

I have an galaxy 7 seater a todlar and baby twins, somtimes i also have my diasbled brother (he likes to swing the door open I NEED to open both doors wide to grab a boy from the back and hang on to the todlars hand while going round to the other side to grab the other boy...

We get ALOT of 'parents with 40 year old children in our local TESCO, they are very confrentational . Also a lot of blue badge holders who park in p&C bays as they can be closer to the door than the blue badge bays.

Mind you this is the TESCO where a woman in the cafe had a go at me and calling me a selfish !!!!! for taking the last 2 high chairs... ermmm i have twins...........

ckerrd

If you need more space just take up two bays.

Hootie19

I agree it's not the proximity to the store entrance which is important, but the extra space afforded by the wider parking bays.

So . . .

why don't supermarkets put all the parent/child spaces at the part of the car park which is furthest from the entrance? That way, those who need them don't find them filled up with lazy gits who just don't want to walk more than five paces to the door; and those who think they are unnecessary don't have to be offended by the sight of them as they either park in them out of recalcitrance or have to manoeuvre past them?

Seems an ideal solution to me!

donquine

Anihilator wrote: »

It makes my blood boil that everyone else is treated as 2nd class citizens because they don't insist on taking their family of brats to the shop to cause an inconvenience to everyone else.

pitkin2020 wrote: »

what a pathethic excuse for a human being, im guessing something has happened in your life meaning you can't have child or you chose not to have them when you were younger then when you wanted them it was too late so it has turned you into a vile little person.....shame on you

Not everyone wants children and life can be just as or more fulfilling without them. Actually, pitkin2020, your post is far more filled with vitriol than Anihilator's one. Anihilator might not have described children in a kind way, but you know what? Parents with small children can be inconvenient. I've lost track of how many parents tried to run me over with their enormous modern buggies before Christmas - and who never even apologised for assuming all of the pavement belonged to them.

If a space says parent and child, any parent with a child in the car should be allowed to park there, whether the child is 4 months or 14 years old.

If a space says parent and toddler, obviously the child should be of toddling age and not doing GCSEs!

If a space says disabled, it should be for anyone with a blue badge, whether their disability is visible or not.

If there's no special space free for you, unlucky, either go round again or park in a normal space.

Simple, really.