Who do blue badge holders think they are.

Oopsadaisy

Please veryone, keep bickering...there's nothing good on the TV.

geordieracer

gregg1 wrote: »

Yes you did!

And no - it does not make it clearer for me - in fact your whole post is about as clear as mud. You are not making any sense at all. If you had been a little more coherent I may have been able to attempt to get the gist of what you are trying to say.

But you are right on one thing - lets leave it at that - we all have our own thoughts on this issue and are never going to agree.

Actually its perfectly clear. There is no reason for every single disabled person to have the luxury of parking right outside the store unless they desparatly need it and are on their own.nor that of parent and child

Morglin

pfpf wrote: »

is that accurate?

my sister last year was unable to park in the kids spaces so parked in a disabled bay in a tesco store.

when she returned she had got a ticket and a £100 fine. she had 4 children with her under 7 years old.

Supermarkets are supposed to be legally enforcing disabled bays, and are doing so more and more.:T

Mother and child bays have no legally enforceable rules, as they are not a statutory requirement.

When the new prices come it, the money is supposed to be ensuring that using a disabled bay, without displaying a badge, is enforced, and penalised, no matter where it is, by employing more enforcement officers. :T

I seriously don't get why anyone would use a disabled bay, if not disabled.:mad:

Unless you have a disability, then stay out of the bloody bays!!!!

Simple.

Lin

System

Morglin wrote: »

Supermarkets are supposed to be legally enforcing disabled bays, and are doing so more and more.:T

How do you legally enforce something that doesn't have the force of law behind it?

What are supermarkets going to do? Attempt to take you to court for trespass on some yellow paint?

lucylucky

Morglin wrote: »

Supermarkets are supposed to be legally enforcing disabled bays, and are doing so more and more.:THow are they doing this?
Mother and child bays have no legally enforceable rules, as they are not a statutory requirement. Neither do disabled spaces in the context being discussed

When the new prices come it, the money is supposed to be ensuring that using a disabled bay, without displaying a badge, is enforced, and penalised, no matter where it is, by employing more enforcement officers. :TWhat new prices? Who is employing enforement officers? To work where?

I seriously don't get why anyone would use a disabled bay, if not disabled.:mad: People may have mobility problems but not be disabled

Unless you have a disability, then stay out of the bloody bays!!!!

Simple. Not so simple actually

Lin

I would be interested to know what enforcement you are talking about.

gregg1

geordieracer wrote: »

Actually its perfectly clear. There is no reason for every single disabled person to have the luxury of parking right outside the store unless they desparatly need it and are on their own.nor that of parent and child

A disabled person has more reason to need the space than an able bodied person - simple!! Let it go now.

savvyme_4

gregg1 wrote: »

A disabled person has more reason to need the space than an able bodied person - simple!! Let it go now.

Someone talking sense on here... about time :beer:

savvyme_4

geordieracer wrote: »

Thank you. luckylucky did ask you that 3 pages back but you failed to answer.

All is good though.. No need to carry on this discussion really because everyone has many views on this and its just a silly arguement because you will never get to the end of it really.

go have a drink everyone

Oooh I failed to answer!! Am I obliged to answer her question personally then, I don't think so. I did however have a drink or two ... haha !! :rotfl:

skiddlydiddly

I've had grief with disabled parkers before now too.I pulled up outside a shop on a main road in a designated parking space.As I was getting out, a car parked right behind me on double yellows and were just over the entrance to a junction.I asked them if they were going to be long as I was now blocked in(spaces were small and car in front was to the rear of their space) and they started giving me a mouthful, so duly got one back.They said they could"park where the hell they like" even if that meant obstructing junctions and blocking people in apparantly.

I do however think that any disabled parking space should just be for badge holders whether it be private land or not and even if every other space was taken I wouldn't park in it.

poet123

!!!!!! wrote: »

How do you legally enforce something that doesn't have the force of law behind it?

What are supermarkets going to do? Attempt to take you to court for trespass on some yellow paint?

On some supermarket carparks they enforce the disabled bay scheme in the same way as they enforce the rest of the car parking overstay rules; by a penalty charge ticket for non display of the BB. My local Tesco is almost in the town centre, hence, people park there and go off shopping in town, so there is a 2 hour time allowance for parking, after that you get a ticket, they operate the same system for disabled bays.

Now, obviously those tickets fall into the same category as the private clampers/ticketers so actual cannot be enforced in law, but they do do it, and they contact DVLC for name/address details according to the notice.