Why do the disabled get free passage on the Severn Bridges?

dmg24

You have been offensive to three respected forum members, and then you continue to expect help?

Words fail me ...

jamespir

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

What is so difficult to understand?

"Why do the disabled get free access across a toll bridge?"

Why do you find that a difficult question?

And if the answer was obvious I wouldn't have put it.

Now get off this thread if all you want to do is display bizarre behaviour.

bizzare behaviour ?:eek:
perhaps this will help


GOOGLE

giraffe69

Please keep off this thread unless you have a contribution of merit to give.

I would ask you, why do you bother participating on this website as you clearly hold it, and probably other self help outlets, with such disdain?

Idiot.

Now get off this thread if all you want to do is display bizarre behaviour.

I expect with all your sweettalk you will get lots more willing to help you in your quest to find out why van drivers abuse blue badges or whatever your homework is about.

clever_username

SHIPSHAPE is quite an unusual little person isn't he/she/it? :rotfl:

Who in their right mind would be jealous of disabled people being allowed free-passage across the Severn Bridges?

And as for this report getting submitted to the government. Yeah....

Might wanna concentrate on making coherent posts on an internet forum as the first step and work their way up to ever so important government reports.

Stick to the crayons for the moment I think SHIPSHAPE! :cool:

clever_username

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Reports are submitted to the DTI, UK Government, OFT and others.

Yeah. Course they are sweetheart. You sound very important... :rotfl:

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Idiot.

NOOOOO! Not some nobody in another part of the country calling me names on the internet! It hurts so much!

esmerobbo

I don't know if your talking about blue badge abuse specifically on the Severn bridge or in general. The Mersey tunnels you apply and if accepted receive a tag and concessions for 100 crossings a year. You get a photo pass which you produce at the barrier.

From the Severn Bridge website they quote.

UK Disabled Badge Holders Procedure

On arrival at a manned toll booth, you will need to hand your UK Blue Disabled Persons Badge to the Toll Collector. The Toll Collector will check the validity of the Badge, that the Badge Holder is in the vehicle and will record the Badge details. The Badge Holder will then be asked to sign a form, if they are unable to sign, the driver can sign on their behalf. The Badge will be returned and the barrier raised for you to continue your journey.

However from your posts it seems as if the research you are doing is in to competitors using the blue badge scheme to gain an unfair advantage. If you have evidence of abuse then report it, rather then question whether a disabled person has the right to a concession just because they are disabled.

maninthestreet

Must get a bot breezy wheeling a wheel chair across either of those bridges - or am I confused??

clever_username

maninthestreet wrote: »

Must get a bot breezy wheeling a wheel chair across either of those bridges - or am I confused??

"Bot breezy?" Definitely confused...

keystone

clever_username wrote: »

"Bot breezy?" Definitely confused...

"I" is next to "O" on the keyboard?

Cheers

dzug1

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Thank you for a constructive reply.

The reason(s) I ask is because this has cropped up within the transport sector for which I work as tolls are a huge topic in south Wales. We are looking at every single aspect of the French owned bridges to compile a report.

Now, I understand the points you raise above, assisted parking with special bays for example is common sense.

However, specifically, how does not paying a bridge toll ease a disabled persons life other than financially? One doesn't reach Cardiff, for instance, in any shorter a time or in more comfort.

Do disabled people have access to cheaper fuel? If not, why not?

You seem to have subtly changed your question from why DO the disabled not pay tolls (dunno - but it's probably specified in the bridge contract) to why SHOULD they not pay tolls. And that slight shift does lead to a reasonable accusation that you are bashing the disabled. And there is a hint of a subtext that the concession is being abused so should be abolished.