disabled and parents parking

gregg1

jblack wrote: »

I'm sure you do, just as I know of many people with disabilities due to the weight they carry and they freely admit it.

yes but you were claiming that the biggest cause of disability at your supermarket is self-inflicted overeating. How on earth would you know that to be a fact?

gregg1

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Whoever they are, they have no authority to issue fines. If they are from the local authority or police, they may issue penalty notice. If it's a private car park, they may issue a speculative invoice, which can be ignored. Only the courts can issue fines.

Thats interesting to know. The car park is owned the company who own the shopping mall I assume - Westfield.

jblack_2

gregg1 wrote: »

yes but you were claiming that the biggest cause of disability at your supermarket is self-inflicted overeating. How on earth would you know that to be a fact?

I ask them as they enter the Mcdonalds instore for a pit-stop.

I claimed that it seemed to be. I never stated that it was a fact.

LilacPixie

I park in either space TBH.

P&C spaces are great when trying to get an infant carrier in a car. Your need the door open pretty much the full way and that can be impossibe in a regular space especially if you have a big car parked next to you. Something like a fat sciecento is fine, a big bmw x5 and you are !!!!ed to put it politely. Once the kids are a little older then it doesn't matter so much, mine are 3 and 2 and they can jump into their seats their selfes and I can clip them into their harnesses from muy seat up front.

moggins

I frequently find myself in both of these situations having a baby and 80 year old disabled parents, getting the parents into a suitable space is far worse as at that age parents seem to lose all ability to give a damm and if they can't get the door open wide enough, will happily throw the door wide as they can without caring if they take half the paintwork off the car next door!

I wouldn't care where I had to park for a P & C place so long as I could open the door far enough to get the baby in without reshaping his head! Would be nice to be somewhere near a path though as our local Tesco seem to have converted it's car park into Silverstone without putting any signs up. They must have informed the boy racers using their new track by selective text messages.

kezlou

I must admit i used a disabled parking space last week as the car park spaces where too close together and i couldn't get out of our car without damaging myself. I'm on crutches withmy left leg in a pot so i can't bend it in anyway shape or form. i haven't used a disabled spot since as i was so ashamed of myself.

I felt so guilty it was unreal, but they were at least 20 disabled spots free. I personally think if you have kids use the ordinary parking spots its no real hardship. Even with prams, no matter, use them.

It really grates on me when people with prams refuse to move for people in wheelchairs on the bus. I have seen arguments break out because people have refused to move they 3yr old form a pram because apparently they got the space first. Er no, take the kid out, that's all i did with both of my children.
Technically i can still park i a P + C space as i have a six year old, me not a chance he's got legs let him walk.

gregg1

jblack wrote: »

I ask them as they enter the Mcdonalds instore for a pit-stop.

I claimed that it seemed to be. I never stated that it was a fact.

Nevertheless it was rather a sweeping statement to make without any hard evidence to back it up. Disabled folk face enough prejudice from people as it is and your comment is based on ignorance. It is grossly unfair to make the assumption that a person's disability is self-inflicted unless you have absolute proof.

woohoo_postingid

Maybe the wheelchair spaces could go at the back of the carpark. After all, it's not as though people in wheelchairs can complain about the long walk is it.


(Please note this post was intended for humour only)

cyberbob

woohoo_postingid wrote: »

Maybe the wheelchair spaces could go at the back of the carpark. After all, it's not as though people in wheelchairs can complain about the long walk is it.


(Please note this post was intended for humour only)

I think you misunderstand humour. Humour is meant to be funny! Maybe you should work on that. Just don't give up the day job



Just to make a point about your unfunny statement. Not all disabled people are in Wheelchairs. Some just have limited mobility so need to be nearer

jblack_2

gregg1 wrote: »

Nevertheless it was rather a sweeping statement to make without any hard evidence to back it up. Disabled folk face enough prejudice from people as it is and your comment is based on ignorance. It is grossly unfair to make the assumption that a person's disability is self-inflicted unless you have absolute proof.

Surely stating the opposite is also rather sweeping too. Do you have absolute proof that 'weighty' people are that way due to a disability?

I have disabled family members so please do not assume I am ignorant.

It's well known that being overweight is becoming a more and more common "illness" and a bigger burden on society. That is a fact.

My original statement;

However, being overweight due to self-inflicted overeating seems to be one of the 'biggest' claims of disability whenever I go to the supermarket.

What part of that statement is absolute????

I have not once stated that all fat people are that way due to over-indulgence. That would be akin to saying all people with cancer are that way because they smoke.