disabled and parents parking

TurkishDelight

I think you are all being terribly unfair- it must be at least almost a disability to have to lug around a child and a massive entitlement complex?

CRANKY40

When my small son was younger I appreciated the child spaces because of the extra space to open the door and get his baby seat out. However, I will never as long as I live understand why they have to be right outside the supermarket. I can walk fine, and would have quite happily walked from the back of the car park in order to take advantage of extra door opening space.....

Hootie19

CRANKY40 wrote: »

When my small son was younger I appreciated the child spaces because of the extra space to open the door and get his baby seat out. However, I will never as long as I live understand why they have to be right outside the supermarket. I can walk fine, and would have quite happily walked from the back of the car park in order to take advantage of extra door opening space.....

EXACTLY! I am sick and tired of hearing parents whingeing on and on and on and on and on . . . about not being able to park in the P&C spaces right outside the door.

When challenged they almost always try and justify their whinges by saying that it's not the fact that they are nearer to the door that's important, but the wider spaces, meaning they can get their child out of the car without thumping the car next to them with the door.

So why DON'T the supermarkets put their P&C spaces at the furthest point from the doors. No one who is "just nipping in to use the cash machine" or who "will only be a couple of minutes" would then want to use the P&C spaces, and the parents would have to find something else to moan about. Alternatively, why don't parents themselves park at the opposite end of the car park to the doors and walk to the store, as from my experience, those spaces are rarely used, and they could even park across two spaces without being told off if they wanted to.

When mine were small I used to use the P&C spaces if they were available, but would park further away if not. I'm still alive to tell the tale, and so are my children.

NEH

Whilst i appreciate cars have got bigger for some people anyway i can't really understand P and C spaces personally.

My mum and dad managed with 3 of us many moons ago so what's changed??

Stephb1986_2

My FIL2B is disabled and was once ranted at for parking in a P&C space as there were no disabled bays left. Why should P&C get special parking spaces for giving birth?? Why don't supermarkets make all spaces bigger then there will be no one moaning about P&C spaces as there won't be any I can understand there being disabled bays as they need to park closer to the store if they aren't so good on their legs.

Having a child is not a disability it was your choice to have them!

Indie_Kid

What did parents do before P&C spaces? That's right, they parked in normal bays. I've never understood the point of them. Having a child is a lifestyle choice - I don't know of anyone who has asked to become disabled.

Salz

I too would have no problem with the P&C spaces being at the back of the car park. I have a 2 year old in a car seat, so the P&C space makes it easier to strap them in. If there are none available then I will park right at the outside of the car park, but you can guarantee someone will come and park right up next to the drivers side so I can't get my child safely strapped in.

NEH I don't know how old you are, but yes it wasn't a problem when I was growing up because a) there weren't as many car's on the road and b) you didn't have big supermarkets and great big 4x4's everywhere.

Indie_Kid

Salz wrote: »

NEH I don't know how old you are, but yes it wasn't a problem when I was growing up because a) there weren't as many car's on the road and b) you didn't have big supermarkets and great big 4x4's everywhere.

And prams weren't big SUV type things.

Tigsteroonie

Just a comment. At my local Asda, the vast majority of P&C spaces are indeed at the far end of the carpark (at the furthest reach of the covered walkway). There are only a handful of spaces right next to the main door.

Tigsteroonie

sh1305 wrote: »

What did parents do before P&C spaces? That's right, they parked in normal bays. I've never understood the point of them.

Back then, we didn't have child seats & seatbelts in the back seat. Back when I was a lass (in the dim and distant past), when P&C spaces didn't exist, it was okay for me to crawl through a narrow open door and just sit myself on the back seat - my Mum didn't have to be able to reach in to either put in a babyseat or to secure me into a seat and belt.

But as a recent Mum myself, if they did away with P&C spaces, I wouldn't cry. I'd just park at the empty end of the carpark, and hope that nobody parked next to me.