disabled and parents parking

lucylucky

crabyducky wrote: »

based on observations such as badges being used fo people who are obviously not disabled, used by 'disabled' people who are so disabled that they can manage to carry their heavy loads of shopping with little problems. Ive seen someone who had a badge for mobility issues but was capable of running up a few flights of stairs.

Ive seen people who should have one/use one that haven or are unable to use one due to the above taking spaces.


Not everyone who deserves tyem get them. Whilst others do.

I am surprised at your assertion that most people you have seen don't deserve them.

A lot of disabilities are "unseen" or have you had special training to spot disabled people?

crabyducky

lucylucky wrote: »

I am surprised at your assertion that most people you have seen don't deserve them.

A lot of disabilities are "unseen" or have you had special training to spot disabled people?

I work with peopl with disabilities so know about unseen disabilities. However blue badges are given for the most part for mobility reasons.
Its just most the ones i know have no real mobility issues other than the fact they are lazy.

lucylucky

crabyducky wrote: »

I work with peopl with disabilities so know about unseen disabilities. However blue badges are given for the most part for mobility reasons.
Its just most the ones i know have no real mobility issues other than the fact they are lazy.

I do hope you are reporting all these people who are fraudulently using blue badges to the proper authorities.

They take that sort of thing very seriously.

louisecat

I thought the whole point of disabled spaces was to make it easier for people with mobility issues? So that those who cannot walk properly or for long distances don't have to?

Barny1979

trisontana wrote: »

I think that only applies to disabled bays that are provided for people to park outside their own front door.

Yep, as they do not have a legal order attached to them.

atomicsheep

gregg1 wrote: »

My opinion, for what its worth, is that anyone unfortunate enough to have a disability should be allowed to pretty much park where they choose at a supermarket if it makes life even slightly easier for them. Why on earth would anyone begrudge a disabled person the chance to make life a little easier for themselves?

well as i pointed out earlier. The disabled spaces are all nearer the front and the P&C further away. The disabled person in my scenario used up the last P&C spot when there were lots of disabled spots available? cannot understand why. Why make it more difficult for someone else to park?

Indie_Kid

atomicsheep wrote: »

well as i pointed out earlier. The disabled spaces are all nearer the front and the P&C further away. The disabled person in my scenario used up the last P&C spot when there were lots of disabled spots available? cannot understand why. Why make it more difficult for someone else to park?

How do you know that the disabled bays weren't full when the disabled person parked in the P&C space?

pollypenny

I am perfectly happy that disabled people are allocated spaces near the shop entrances. However, what really annoys me is parking on double yellow lines - blue badge or not.

There is a notorious road in my town, it has double yellow lines at each end where there are right -angled bends. There are usually cars, proudly baring the blue badges parked right on the bends, causing others to go on the wrong side of the road at the sharp bend!

gregg1

crabyducky wrote: »

I work with peopl with disabilities so know about unseen disabilities. However blue badges are given for the most part for mobility reasons.
Its just most the ones i know have no real mobility issues other than the fact they are lazy.

Amazing! You work with people with unseen disabilities and yet still made the sweeping statement that most people you see do not deserve a blue badge. Do you also have access to their medical records to back up your claim?

jblack_2

gregg1 wrote: »

Amazing! You work with people with unseen disabilities and yet still made the sweeping statement that most people you see do not deserve a blue badge. Do you also have access to their medical records to back up your claim?

Unbelievable!:rotfl: It's quite easy to see if someone has a mobility issue. They tend to be the people who have difficulty with their mobility.

It's obvious if a person has difficulties, they may be slower, use a wheelchair, crutches or other assistance etc. If not then why do they need to use a disabled space.

The poster has stated that it's "most the ones I know" which implies that they know them. Why would he/she need to see their medical records?

Can you honestly say you have never seen people using disabled spaces when they don't need to?