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Blue Badge Abuse-Daily Mail article

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  • CharlieBilly
    CharlieBilly Posts: 2,319 Forumite
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    There is a thread on this :)

    Blue Badge
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    I hope the new design badge is the same both sides to stop councils doing BBowners if the leave it round the wrong way.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Hadeon
    Hadeon Posts: 367 Forumite
    Thanks CB & apologies for the duplication
    I didn't spot the thread on another forum. :o

    Nonetheless, hopefully, with the link to the article, it may be of benefit here as well as the posters there do not seem to be regulars on this one & probably vice versa.
  • AlexisV
    AlexisV Posts: 1,890 Forumite
    And look who's stuck her beak in....

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12435529

    Now we know what she looks like. Nice to see her connections within the PPC world have netted her a shiny Beamer.
  • NeverAgain_2
    NeverAgain_2 Posts: 1,796 Forumite
    ...I hope the new design badge is the same both sides to stop councils doing BBowners if the leave it round the wrong way...

    Many BB 'holders' with an out of date badge badge put it the wrong side up to hide the expiry date.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,434 Forumite
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    edited 14 February 2011 at 8:52PM
    NeverAgain wrote: »
    ...I hope the new design badge is the same both sides to stop councils doing BBowners if the leave it round the wrong way...

    Many BB 'holders' with an out of date badge badge put it the wrong side up to hide the expiry date.




    Then a BB with all the info and photo on one side - or even the same on both sides - will solve the problem. Really hope this is part of the changes, much fairer to disabled people. In fact you could even argue it would be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act...

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  • Oopsadaisy
    Oopsadaisy Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    The photo is supposed to be down when on display.........Human Rights, privacy and all that cr4p.......which means wardens can't see if the driver/passenger is actually the badge holder or not....excellent for abuse of the system.
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    edited 15 February 2011 at 8:15PM
    Oopsadaisy wrote: »
    The photo is supposed to be down when on display.........Human Rights, privacy and all that cr4p.......which means wardens can't see if the driver/passenger is actually the badge holder or not....excellent for abuse of the system.
    Are you sure? Because council drones will always ticket if badge is not facing up.

    Edit:- oops is right.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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