Parent and child space - disabled driver

skypie123_2

At my old Sainsburys they used to have 'comfort parking' now anyone could park there and it was great. Nice big spaces. Should be that throughout.

Tygermoth

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

I'd have blocked her in and gone off to do my shopping. But then again I am having a bad day anyway

A little old lady did this to me. I had to wait 3 hours for her to come back. She was all smug and up herself about it being my fault as she was disabled and had a right to the space...

Untill i pointed out to her (through clenched teeth) the disabled spaces finished next to me. Mine was an ordinary space.

I made her pay for my extra parking and thanked her for making me have to call in and take a half day of A/L as i had only popped out on my lunch break to post a blinking letter.

I was so blinking angry.

Person_one

skypie123 wrote: »

At my old Sainsburys they used to have 'comfort parking' now anyone could park there and it was great. Nice big spaces. Should be that throughout.

Just get a smaller car, I always have tons of room either side.

Sally_A

I appreciate that Person One, but having seen the dad and 3 kids getting hauled around for no particular reason other than cause mayhem.

5 words - Asda, Longwell Green, Bristol, Saturday. :cool:

for anyone suffering with low blood pressure - that is indeed a cure!!

Marisco

Sally_A wrote: »

There doesn't seem to be any small print on these Parent and child spaces, so me and my 21 year old daughter often use them.

Seriously, I think P&C spaces are there to protect other users, face facts, have you seen the inability of a woman with baby-brain trying to park outside a school

Disabled/blue badge holders should get priority and wider spaces, I see no reason for parents to have spaces closer to the store than others.

Similarly, I don't see why a supermarket shop is seen as a family day out - let hubby look after the kids, and do the shop on your own, less stress for you and more room in the aisles for the rest of us.

(PS. Have a stinking cold coming on - and am feeling a bit tetchy and argumentaive)

Yes I've been very tempted when my son has been with me (he's 37:D) I don't see it as a "family" day out either, in fact I wish to hell they'd leave their "family" behind, little ones that sit in the trolley are OK, it's those that run around like lunatics that get me!

justmel

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

The whole point is you need the extra space to be able to get a child out of a car seat (hence the wider space width) there is no way i could get my child out of my car and get him straight into a pushchair from a normal space seeing as he is heavy.

You could park further away,the back of the car parks usually have quite a few spaces empty in a row so you have room next to you,so long as you have no physical problems walking it's often easier.

I do agree that this lady was rude and inconsiderate towards you today though,if there were disabled spaces available for her the polite thing would be to use them.

I don't drive myself,hubby does and we are past the child space stage now but when we did 'qualify' i would happily sacrifice the child space if a disabled person had nowhere to park,would seem a bit off if they did though.

I have a disability myself as does one of my children so i am definitely not against disabled people having easier access to the shops but i don't see a disability as an excuse to be bad mannered or inconsiderate to others.

The disabilties in this house are less of the physical nature so don't qualify for a blue badge,that is fine and i am glad that those who are unfortunate enough to qualify get the help they need but there is no need to inconvenience someone else.

Legally of course this lady did nothing wrong,she may park in any space but she had spaces available to her and instead chose to park in the parents area,i could understand it if she had no other choice but there was a choice,it does seem ill mannered i must agree.

Oldernotwiser

Sally_A wrote: »

I appreciate that Person One, but having seen the dad and 3 kids getting hauled around for no particular reason other than cause mayhem.

5 words - Asda, Longwell Green, Bristol, Saturday. :cool:

for anyone suffering with low blood pressure - that is indeed a cure!!

I never understand the mentality of people who go grocery shopping with two (able bodied ) adults and several children, as if Tesco's is a fun day out!

jackomdj

My children are older now so i rarely park in children and parent spaces (although the youngest is still 4) but I did used to wonder why they weren't put further away, we just need to be able to open doors!

I do remember being miffed when pregnant as I was parked in a normal space, someone parked badly next to me and I could not open the door wide enough to get my overdue baby bump into the car (also could no longer climb in from the passenger side!) was not the happiest person when they got back!

Brighton_belle

Sally_A wrote: »

As a total aside - have you noticed that men always have to reverse into a parking space in supermarkets - just to prove they can. Yes :T:T:T men, but it's much easier to load the boot if you park front end in - DUH!!

(This cold is making me feel really crabby - sorry folks!)

This made me LOL as my DH always reverses into a parking space at the supermarket . However, it is just a case of brains working in different ways - he considers that safer, than backing out into the 'stream of traffic'.

Person_one

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I never understand the mentality of people who go grocery shopping with two (able bodied ) adults and several children, as if Tesco's is a fun day out!

Maybe they go on their way back from the park or the library?