Who do blue badge holders think they are.

burtons

Maldives_lover wrote: »

Just out of interest, did you have any children with you?

I had the 3 kids in the car so if i decided to find another space it would have been where there was 2 spaces as i could get the baby seat out because of the small spaces.

Equaliser123

burtons wrote: »

If any people came and used the spaces i would have pulled out but as it didn't come to that i stayed there.

Isn't it obvious that most people would drive on rather than asking an inconsiderate !!!! like you to move?

Jeff_Bridges_hair

serious_saver wrote: »

I will say this though. You were probably the victim of someone else's frustration. If you frequently try to use a space and find it being taken up by people who are not entitled to use it (this applies for parent and child spaces too) but you aren't able to confront them because they're not there, your more likely to do something when you actually see someone sat in the car. Don't take it personally and don't jump to conclusions.

As has said before - the blue badge scheme is not enforceable on private land such as supermarkets so they have really done nothing wrong.

pollypenny

The Blue Badge holders who park on the double yellow lines at a blind right-angled bend in my town drive e mad.

Other drivers have to go on the wrong side of the road and turn right into - god knows what! :mad:

Of course, there are many whose disability is not easily apparent, but there are many who misuse it.

Maldives_lover

burtons wrote: »

I had the 3 kids in the car so if i decided to find another space it would have been where there was 2 spaces as i could get the baby seat out because of the small spaces.

That's the first mention of having children in the car, so did you stay in the car, parked in a disabled spot while you sent your girlfriend and 3 kids into the shop?

oldone_2

A policeman friend once told me that a large majority of motorists caught breaking minor motoring infringements such as not wearing a seat belt, parking in a bus lane or in a disbled space when able bodied generally are 'known' to the police for other non motoring offences.

It is something to do with a lack of respect or regard for the basic laws and rules that hold our society together.

adouglasmhor

Back long ago in the days of the old Orange badges, one user parked on the bridge at the Salmon Leap at Falls of Feugh, Banchory, the local bus service was held up for 15 minutes till the daftie moved his car.

SnowWhiterThanWhite

I went to Asda yesterday, and for the time ever, was lucky to get a space for parents & children (Yes, I did have my young DD with me!)

I think there are only 8 spaces in total like these.

Anyway, as we were walking back to the car, I followed a youngish couple back to the car, they got in the car next to me - No children in sight! And then....whilst I got DD in the car & proceeded to pack my bags in the boot, I noticed that rather than pulling out of the space, they proceeded to get their salad & sandwiches out & eat their lunch!

!!!!!!...Inconsiderate or what!!

Lady_K

You don't have a blue badge so you should not have parked in there whether there were plenty of blue badge spaces available or not, they are there for a reason for people that need them, you should respect that.

Why do people constantly make assumptions on a persons disability when they have a blue badge, you have no idea why they had a blue badge, is it worth explaining that some conditions are not obvious. Just hope that you might not need one yourself one day or someone you care about maybe you would understand a bit more.

Perhaps if the blue badge spaces are filled up some time and a badge holder takes up a baby space you will have something to moan about.

As for being ready to move if needed, I doubt other people looking for a space could see for sure that you didnt have a badge in the window while driving around the car park they would just drive on. People in wheelchairs get in and out of cars but why begrudge them a closer parking space, blue badge spaces tend to be wider in order to allow for the extra room need for a wheelchair user to actually get in and out, not so quick and easy as you seem to think, they cannot just pop out of the car to ask you to move. Your attitude is very selfish and thoughtless

spadoosh

SnowWhiterThanWhite wrote: »

I went to Asda yesterday, and for the time ever, was lucky to get a space for parents & children (Yes, I did have my young DD with me!)

I think there are only 8 spaces in total like these.

Anyway, as we were walking back to the car, I followed a youngish couple back to the car, they got in the car next to me - No children in sight! And then....whilst I got DD in the car & proceeded to pack my bags in the boot, I noticed that rather than pulling out of the space, they proceeded to get their salad & sandwiches out & eat their lunch!

!!!!!!...Inconsiderate or what!!

Makes a change from my supermarket car park, !!!!!! is with about 60% of the total spaces being for disabled/with children?! and !!!!!! is with parent & child bays?! why does a person with a child get to park closer to asda?! maybe thats why there are soo many teen pregnancies!! Lazy $hites!!