Who do blue badge holders think they are.

adouglasmhor

lucylucky wrote: »

I have seen car parks where the above is the case, and others which say you "need" a blue badge to park in them.

Sadly there is no consistency at all.

The need a blue badge ones are actually breaking the disability discrimination act, unless they are in Scotland and have been adopted under the new legislation by the local authority (Which none have AFAIK).

savvyme_4

lucylucky wrote: »

You said the elderly should apply, I wonder is she elderly enough?
There is nothing wrong with her but following your logic she should be applying.

I haven't struggled in the past - who knows what he future will bring.

Possibly... she would be assessed anyway... worth a try!!

lucylucky

savvyme wrote: »

Possibly... she would be assessed anyway... worth a try!!

Doubt it as she has no mobility problems whatsoever so it would be a waste of time and money.

GEEGEE8

I have two views on this topic.

1) Me and OH went to a large shopping centre in the North and were walking through the carpark to the entrance. Whilst approaching the disabled bays a couple parked up, got out and started walking quite normally towards the same entrance. My boyfriend says quite loudly 'I bet they haven't got a disabled badge, look at them there is nothing wrong with them'... suffice to say I had a right go at him and said that not all disabilities can be seen and he shouldn't be so ignorant! I was so embarrased and am 99% sure they didn't hear, but it was close.. Oh, and they did have a blue badge displayed.

2) The local snow slope I go to, which also has a couple of shops and restaurants always has a massive amount of free disabled bays! It's just so ridiculous, you sometimes see a disabled person there with a mono-ski or something, but very rarely... again, some people might use it to go to the restaurant, but there are still only about 10% of the disabled bays in use at any one time.
At the weekends the place gets really busy and people end up parking anywhere they can find, roadside, double parked etc and get £60 fines for it. Yet the disabled area is mostly empty and could house probably 30-40 extra cars without upsetting any disabled people.

I think putting 30+ disabled bays at a snowslope/activity centre is just a little optimistic really!

*just counted them on Google maps - 61 spaces!! *

caz2703

warehouse wrote: »

Now family parking bays, what an utter utter waste of time. I say they should all be scrapped. So you have a few kids, (I have 3 myself), why do you suddenly need a giant parking space near the entrance? Is it because you have trouble parking your 4x4 due to lack of spacial awareness or are these people just thick? How did we ever cope before they were introduced? Society gone soft. If you've got kids you need to get from a baby seat to a pram, park where the traffic flow is quiet and where there are many spaces at the end of the car park, that's what we always did when the kids were young. How difficult is that?

Oh how I wish I was a yummy mummy who drove a big intimidating Chelsea tractor like you think those who use P&T spaces do. As many people have said before, the P&T spaces don't need to be near the door but they do need to be wide enough to allow for doors to be opened without hitting the car beside. If I can't get a P&T space I will drive around until I can find a normal space at the end of a row but sods law says if I park in an empty section of the car park, some idiot will come along and park right beside me. The last time I found a normal space that was big enough to allow me to open my 3 door car without hitting anyone, I came back to find some idiot had parked right on the line meaning I could barely get into the car let alone a car seat.

God I wish supermarkets would move the P&T spaces away from the front doors and stop the petty squabbling over them. I have never parked in a P&T when I haven't need it and I would never park in a disabled space regardless of how quick I'd be or how late at night it is - my conscience wouldn't let me.

lucylucky

I wonder why people who feel the need for larger spaces don't just take up more than one space?

savvyme_4

warehouse wrote: »

Disabled bays should be left for the disable badge holders, the fact that it's private land shouldn't matter one jot, it's a respect for those with disabilities, end of.

Now family parking bays, what an utter utter waste of time. I say they should all be scrapped. So you have a few kids, (I have 3 myself), why do you suddenly need a giant parking space near the entrance? Is it because you have trouble parking your 4x4 due to lack of spacial awareness or are these people just thick? How did we ever cope before they were introduced? Society gone soft. If you've got kids you need to get from a baby seat to a pram, park where the traffic flow is quiet and where there are many spaces at the end of the car park, that's what we always did when the kids were young. How difficult is that?

My children are now grown up so I don't need to park in a parent/child bay and I leave these free for struggling parents, but my mum has a blue badge so we park in a disabled bay. However, when I am on my own and park far away in the very corner of a car park, normally when I come back, someone has parked right up close, therefore bashing the door of my car, leaving roughly 10 spaces either side. Strange, it's a bit like finding your spot on the beach to find others pitching up next to you whilst the rest of the beach is empty!!! :rotfl:

GEEGEE8

Savvyme - same thing happens to me in the multistorey... I got right to the top, leaving 2 empty floor below me usually. Come back and someone is right next to me! WHY? lol.

calleyw

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

back and someone is right next to me! WHY? lol.

Because they are worried there car might get lonely :rotfl:

same thing happens to me as well.

And I have a husband who is disabled and has a blue badge and I can say hand on heart I only use it when he is with me and getting out the car.

Mind you my husband is only 48 and you should see the looks he gets. But maybe it is because I am only late 30's and so gorgeous they can't keep there eyes off me LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yours

Calley

geordieracer

savvyme wrote: »

It's not worth replying to your posts, but I will do anyway. I have read through all of what you have said and I think you are just winding people up for the sake of it. Do you go through life being awkward. If you are not disabled in any way or elderly (ie 86 like my mum who has had 2 hip operations) and has been assessed, then go and park in the normal bays and work on being considerate to others. If you are disabled or elderly, then help yourself by applying for a blue badge. Simple!

Ahh so now your saying that you have to be assessed when your elderly as to whether or not you get a blue badge... But before you made the bold statement that if your were elderly you would still get one.. So really as luckylucky has said your typing out false information arent you.