Blue Badge 'police'

Madz

So, on and on it goes with only one person answering my question....


How many of you think it is an acceptable use of a disabled parking bay to allow the non-disabled person not to get tired?

pwales_2

Madz wrote: »

So, on and on it goes with only one person answering my question....


How many of you think it is an acceptable use of a disabled parking bay to allow the non-disabled person not to get tired?

it is not acceptable it is abuse of the system in my opinion and if it is allowed the rules need changing asap

Madz

SandraScarlett wrote: »

The xx at the end of my posts is something I've always done. It appears on all my posts. On all threads, and I wasn't being "spikey". I was merely stating that any BB holder can park in a disabled parking place, unless it's for wheelchair users only.

You countered this by quoting my post and adding "only if they're getting out the car". When I read that, I honestly believed that it was a rule, written down somewhere! I asked you politely where it stated this, because if that was the case, then my husband has broken it.

I believe disabled people do use consideration, and would not park in a disabled space if they could manage without one. But so many of the standard spaces are too narrow for anybody with mobility disabilities to push their door open sufficiently to enable them to get out the car.

Perhaps the consideration should be extended to anyone with a BB, whether anyone thinks that someone elses disability is worse than theirs or not. Or should people who don't immediately get out the car, or get out, but know that they'll return whilst the driver is still away from the car, just stay indoors?

I've said many times on this thread that the scheme only works if it is self-policed. I'm not asking anyone to justify their use of a disabled bay but it's clear just from one response on this thread that there are people out there who feel it is their right to use the spaces when they don't really need them. It's also nothing to do with a hierarchy of disability but I know for a fact that I can struggle out of the car much easier than someone who has to pull a wheelchair out and struggle to get in it.

When I first got my bb it was clearly stated in the rules that it had to be you getting out of the car. Perhaps this has changed in the meantime but it still doesn't alter the fact that there are far fewer spaces than needed and unless we all apply a little thought as to how our actions are impacting on others then people who have no alternative but to use the disabled bay will continue to be compromised.

hippygran

Madz wrote: »

So, on and on it goes with only one person answering my question....


How many of you think it is an acceptable use of a disabled parking bay to allow the non-disabled person not to get tired?

Madz
This should never happen, as it is totally wrong on many levels.
The point I was trying to make was that on occasions, my husband has HAD to stay in the car, because it was impossible for him to get out straight away, and sometimes (but not often), he really tries and gets defeated.
I would not expect to be berated should someone witness this - and believe me, onlookers would not be able to miss the fact he is attempting to get out IF THEY BOTHERED TO LOOK enough to see the whole picture!
Troulbe is, they dont always, and so yes, I have had comments and looks. The worse incident being off an able-bodied lady, who saw ME getting out if the car, and as I was walking round the back of it to go and assist him, started to vehemently verbally attack me for abusing the bay! She had completely missed the fact that he was half in and half out the car, even though he was shouting (quite loudly with accompanying groans) for me to come and assist him.
Should I not have been able to get him out on that occasion, I dont think that would have been abuse, as more often than not with 10 mins rest, he would recover suffiently to get out and join me.
What I was trying to say was that while the intention is always there when we park, occasionally it is physically impossible for him to carry out his intentions.

SandraScarlett

You're trying to justify yourself again hippygran! You don't have to! Like the majority of the human race I am saddened when I hear of a tragedy, for example a car driven by a drunk, crashing in to an innocent family.

I'm saddened when I hear or read about the tragedy, but I'm not devastated, because it's not my family or someone I know. I don't care how many people say that I should think of others when occupying a BB space, because their need may be greater than my husband's need.

He is the one I care about. He is the one I nurse. He is the one who suffers in front of my eyes. And he is the one I love and cherish. And his needs are the ones I worry about, first, last and always.

I don't care if some of the posters on here think I am the most selfish cow under the sun, and should drive past a BB space, just in case there is a wheelchair user who might need it more than my husband does. If I leave that space, can they guarantee that it will then be occupied by a wheelchair user? Of course they can't! There is more likelihood of it being occupied by someone who doesn't even have a BB!

You ask, Madz, why only one person has answered your question. Suppose we flip it and ask if you have ever used a BB space? You state that you "struggle" to get out a standard space, but you know wheelchair users have more of a problem and the scheme should be self-policed. So do you drive past BB spaces, just in case a wheelchair user should happen to need it? If you do, then why apply for a BB in the first place, and if you don't, why tell the rest of us to be more considerate, when our actions are the same as yours?

BTW you stated in one of your posts "Jesus, you lot are spikey". I can't work out what you mean by that exactly, other than our opinions, as I assume I am one of "you lot", differ from yours.

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TheBottomLine_2

SandraScarlett wrote: »

So do you drive past BB spaces, just in case a wheelchair user should happen to need it? If you do, then why apply for a BB in the first place...

I don't use a BB space if I don't need it although I do have a BB. As a blind person the space offers me no real benefit when I have a sighted person with me, however if I am the only one leaving the car then I do park in one. It is entirely possible to have a blue badge but not always need it.

Indie_Kid

SandraScarlett wrote: »

I don't care how many people say that I should think of others when occupying a BB space, because their need may be greater than my husband's need.

If everyone did this, then the BB spaces would always be empty.

SandraScarlett

sh1305 wrote: »

If everyone did this, then the BB spaces would always be empty.

Exactly! And what would happen then - they'd stop providing BB spaces, cos they weren't occupied sufficiently to warrant them being there.

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dave030445

By law and acording to the BB rules Iam allowed to stay in the car and my wife gets outs to do something for me. Untill the rules are changed i shall continue to do it. Iam doing nothing wrong so stop making out that i am.

Indie_Kid

dave030445 wrote: »

By law and acording to the BB rules Iam allowed to stay in the car and my wife gets outs to do something for me. Untill the rules are changed i shall continue to do it. Iam doing nothing wrong so stop making out that i am.

It being legal doesn't make it morally right.