Another pm from firebird20

Coupon-mad

Another possible case where the motorist could sue the Retail Park and UKCPS under the Equality Act. Damages would amount to a lot more than the £325 Hasbeen reckons the victim should pay for parking in the space they were legally entitled to.

This letter needs sending to Watchdog and the UKCPS/Mobilise conflict of interests is long overdue to be 'outed' on TV, along with reference to the infamous Exeter disabled UKCPS victim stitch-up Court case:

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birkee

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Nowt wrong with being retired and disabled but it may well speak volumes for why you seem to take the view that Blue Badges and disabled spaces are for those with mobility problems only. Please correct me if I am wrong. Obviously I don't want to make any assumptions about your disability but as a general point, people with mobility issues were targetted by Mobilise specifically, using them and encouraging them in Disability Now (I think) to snoop on people and report 'disabled bay abuse'.

See my post 45.

Did I say that?
I didn't take sides in the arguments in this posting.
It was a comment about the hysterical outpourings of coupon-mad and the emphasised text in large quantities.
My comment was also to the effect of, that it was pointless contributing in the face of such a contributer.
And I've never heard of "mobilise" till this posting, and I still don't know what it is. I MIGHT look it up now, to see if the hysterical ranting goes both ways.

No. Not interested in Mobilise either.

Hadeon

birkee wrote: »

And I've never heard of "mobilise" till this posting, and I still don't know what it is. I MIGHT look it up now, to see if the hysterical ranting goes both ways.

No. Not interested in Mobilise either.

burklee - perhaps if you were the gentleman subject of the link in post #61 or had just a rudimentary knowledge of the subject matter you are 'commenting' (sic) on, then maybe, just maybe you would understand the issues involved.

You've got off at Sunderland before getting to Newcastle.

backfoot

If anyone is being harrassed by PPC's for unenforceable charges, particularly where a valid appeal has been refused, please refer the matter to your Local Trading Standards.

There are a number of laws under which these companies can be prosecuted criminally. Following the successful prosecution of OPC,word is passing around very quickly that many of the PPC's activities may fall foul of this legislation.

The sanctions and penalties are most serious, if they are found guilty.

anewman

I have known people with blue badges without any obvious mobility problem that would prevent them parking at the far end of the car park, shopping for an hour, and going back to the car. Besides mobility issues one clear issue is if someone might have a condition which means they may need to get into somewhere quickly, for the toilet for example.

I have a disability that would be classified as such under DDA/Equality Act, but I doubt I would be able to get a blue badge (dunno what the requirements for one are) but to be honest I have no real need to use such spaces - in fact they would probably cause me more difficulties in relation to my disability if I had some of those loons chasing me saying I am clearly not disabled.

May do some of you some good to read about "hidden disability" http://www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/pages/understanding-and-awareness/what-are-hidden-disabilities.php

birkee

Hadeon wrote: »

burklee - perhaps if you were the gentleman subject of the link in post #61 or had just a rudimentary knowledge of the subject matter you are 'commenting' (sic) on, then maybe, just maybe you would understand the issues involved.

You've got off at Sunderland before getting to Newcastle.

?????? post 61?
Rudimentary knowledge?
I'm a BB holder who's totally Pi**ed iff with not being able to park in a disabled bay, because of people who don't seem to need them.

What was the point of your above post? Are you in training?

birkee

Hadeon wrote: »

burklee - perhaps if you were the gentleman subject of the link in post #61 or had just a rudimentary knowledge of the subject matter you are 'commenting' (sic) on, then maybe, just maybe you would understand the issues involved.

You've got off at Sunderland before getting to Newcastle.

Oh, I think I get you now re. post 61.

Got a bad knee had he, and needed to open his car door wide?
So where did the person with the BB, needing to get the wheelchair out park?

See.....you've got me taking sides! Well done!

Hadeon

birkee wrote: »

?????? post 61?
Rudimentary knowledge?
I'm a BB holder who's totally Pi**ed iff with not being able to park in a disabled bay, because of people who don't seem to need them.

What was the point of your above post? Are you in training?

RTFQ - Engage brain before posting please, it does help.

taffy056

birkee wrote: »

Oh, I think I get you now re. post 61.

Got a bad knee had he, and needed to open his car door wide?
So where did the person with the BB, needing to get the wheelchair out park?

See.....you've got me taking sides! Well done!

He had a need to use the bay in question, does it mean now that the person has got to assess whether he/she is disabled enough to use it ? Really the wheelchair person has an option here, waiting in the vehicle for spot like able bodied people must do in a busy car park, or go elsewhere like an able bodied person could do.

It's not rocket science!

oldone_2

birkee wrote: »

?????? post 61?

I'm a BB holder who's totally Pi**ed iff with not being able to park in a disabled bay, because of people who don't seem to need them.

Are you a doctor or have medical training?If not how can you possibly assess whether a person needs to park in a disabled bay.

As a society, I think we should do more to help the disabled, but sometimes they are their own worst enemy.