Who do blue badge holders think they are.

adouglasmhor

At 11PM at night I have parked in a parent and child space as they were all empty. I await your opinions with oscitance.

Sezzler

Been Reading all the comments with interest.

My grandmother is disabled and cannot walk unaided. I often take her to the supermarket on sat (only time I can go after ive traveled down to see her) and cant find a space. It drives me crazy as seeing idiots who cant be bothered to walk a little further to park in the correct spaces. My gran doesn't get the option !!!

Im aware in many supermarkets that there are lots of disabled spaces compared to "normal" spaces. But in the MR T's near to her there really are not that many near the main entrance, compared to the size of the store.

On the other point due to her need for a wheelchair in supermarket and the fact the wheelchair trolleys don't fit on her personal wheelchair, I often park up in the disabled space, pop out of the car and go and fetch the wheel chair. So many times Ive had people start cursing at me for "using a disabled bay when I'm not disabled" its only when I get a word in edge ways that I tell them I'm on my way to get a wheel chair for my grandmother.. and if they care to look at my car they shall see her sat there waiting for me....

heretolearn_2

'I thought that you needed to be unable to walk 50 meters unaided to qualify for a blue badge ? '

No, that is not the criteria.

poet123

adouglasmhor wrote: »

At 11PM at night I have parked in a parent and child space as they were all empty. I await your opinions with oscitance.

Fine by me, who would be needing a space at that time with a baby? in fact need is subjective in this case imo anyway;)

spugzbunny

olias wrote: »

Think back to maybe 20-30 years ago. There were no disabled bays, and certainly no 'parent and child' bays and yet everyone managed to survive. I was not aware of disabled people starving to death in their thousands for want of a parking space a bit closer to Tescos front door, or hoards of kids getting trapped in their cars because the gap just wasn't quite big enough to get the baby seat out, so they'd have to stay in there forever entombed.

The problem is the more you give people, the more they expect and the more they demand...

Olias

1970 - Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970

spugzbunny

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

People are quick to crucify people on here.

OP clearly states there were several other BB spaces available...so in essence any BB car has a space to use. Yet an old BB dipshi7 turns up and plays up, yet it's the OP that is the new Saddam.

Nice one muppets...try reading before posting, it really helps.

What does that even mean????

faithcecilia

The big supermarket where I used to live didn't have any parent and child spaces, but after people made a fuss they put some in - nice big spaces, against a pavement that meant the children didn't have to cross the road part at all, with lots of the 'special' trollies nearby. Suprise, suprise, they were almost always empty! Why? Because people don't really want big spaces and safe spaces, they want to be right by the door rather than walk 50yards! I admit, I would almost always park in these spaces because it was the one place I could be sure there wouldn't be kids running about that I could have hit!

Tigsteroonie

At our Tesco, there are always loads of empty spaces for Disabled drivers, and most times plenty of spaces for P&C drivers too. Even when the ignorant coloured gentleman in the bashed-up Merc, with no kids, parks in one P&C space ... We've seem him three Wednesday evenings in a row now.

At our Asda, however, there seem to be insufficient (or maybe just the correct amount?) of spaces for Disabled drivers as they are always full. The majority of Asda's P&C spaces are at the far end of the car park, not close to the main door.

unholyangel

poet123 wrote: »

Fine by me, who would be needing a space at that time with a baby? in fact need is subjective in this case imo anyway;)

My local 24 hour asda have people taking their kids out to do shopping @ 2-3am.

Then again parking isnt really an issue at that time seeing as theres maybe a dozen cars parked there total. During the day is a different matter. Its literally impossible to get a disabled space when i'm with either of my parents (both are BB holders). Same with the local tesco, iceland, lidl, aldi, petstore etc.

My mum likes visiting ALL the shops and will spend 5 hours just getting a weekly shop. If theres ever an apocalypse, head to my mums! We'll be set for a year.

Blitz01

burtons wrote: »

I went over to tesco's to get a few items for work and when i got there i went straight to the kids spaces but there wasn't any so i drove around again hoping someone may have pulled out, so when i was driving around i seen someone was pulling out so as there was only a works van in front of me i thought i would have a parking space but how wrong was i as the beep beep pulled in the space :mad: so i thought sod this and went and parked in a disabled bay as they was all empty, so i told my gf to go in tesco's while i wait in the car and while i was waiting this car pulled up by the side of me with a man and women in so i carried on looking at the women walking past and all the sudden i noticed the bloke in the car next to me banging on his window so i looked over and he was shouting you cannot park here as it's for blue badge holders, he then started pointing at the floor and started waving his blue badge at me so i shrug my shoulders at him and turned around. So they both got out the car ok and walked into tesco's and they both looked like there was nothing wrong with them so i don't know why they needed the blue badge. I know none of us has a disability but the bloke don't even know us and he didn't even ask before he got all excited. Now i know i shouldn't have parked there but i was willing to move if someone wanted the space.

So is your Mrs too fat and/or lazy to walk a little further?