Parent and child space - disabled driver

elvis86

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Written a bit more harshly than I would have, but nonetheless very true. I have a disabled child and he cannot walk far without his wheelchair - getting round a supermarket is way too far for him! It really annoys me that parent and child spaces are sometimes nearer to the supermarket than disabled spaces (Tesco in Prescot being a prime example - and yes, I have complained several times). Toddlers can usually walk quite well, whereas people with disabilities often cannot.

Agreed. I get that parent and child spaces allow more room for opening doors (which benefits other car owners too as their car is less likely to be damaged by a parent getting their kid in and out of the car), but I've no idea why parents also get to be closer to the shop that the rest of us!

My local Sainsburys is actually ridiculous. There are LOADS of disabled and parent and child spaces (literally about 1/3 of the carpark, they're never all full - even on a weekend), and those of us at the bottom of the pecking order (ie able-bodied and without kids) have to drive past the countless empty disabled/parent and child spaces and park miles away!:D

I have to say though, that a blue badge holder disregarding empty disabled spots and taking up a parent and child space is bl00dy irritating. Especially as the OP obviously can't reciprocate by taking the disabled space that he should have parked in.

Blue badges are way too easy to get hold of, if the sprightly people I often see with them are anything to go by...:cool:

Buttonmoons

adouglasmhor wrote: »

You don't need a blue badge to park in a disabled space in a supermarket car park. If they say you do they are guilty of discrimination against disabled people.

Ah I didn't know that. We always park in the Parent & Child spaces, because it has more space, for some reason, we always end up parked next to people that take over a space and a half and cannot stay inside the lines, so can't even FIT back into the car as you cant squeeze yourself through a door that opens 3 inches without smashing off their door (although tis tempting to do so)

pinkladyof66

Stephb1986 wrote: »

My future father in law is a blue badge holder, he once went to his local Sainsburys where there was no empty disabled spaces so he parked in a parent and child space as his disability is severe in him being unable to walk very far. Then some woman shouted at him for parking in a parent and child space because she wanted it he explained that he had a blue badge and there was no spaces left she carried on ranting at him like a mad woman.

What gets me is why is it because you've dropped a kid from between your legs you think its a god given right that you have a specific parking space for you and your darlings and don't care whether people who do have a real problem walking have somewhere to park aslong as they don't park in your precious parent and child spaces.

I think you need to see the real world, there are people worse off than you and your kids not being able to park in a parent and child space.

#And i find your comment
What gets me is why is it because you've dropped a kid from between your legs

to be abusive as we are currently adopting this child and he never fell out from my legs. My father in law is disabled and has a badge too but doesnt have the same views as you.

Cherry_Bomb

Stephb1986 wrote: »

There was no such thing as parent and child spaces 30 years ago how the hell did people cope then with getting kids out of the car??

I will never know!

30 years ago not all cars were fitted with seatbelts. What's your point?

Shall we go back to the 'good old days' so people can't roll out this line anymore?

Phils_debt

What happens then if you get a ticket in a supermarket carpark it you have exceeded the 2 hours by going in other shops across the way.so these people are paid to give tickets that are unenforcable .

lostinrates

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

I don't look at the mother and child spaces as having anything to do with the walking distance to the shop. I look at them as a larger space required to get the door fully open. OK not so relevant with a toddler but a baby definitely.

Why should parents be made to feel bad about that? We don't all enjoy smacking our kids heads off the door on the way up and out of a car seat!

i've always thought this too. They'd probably cause less aggrovation in fact if sited further from th shop so that people can't cope with others having different needs don't get jealous of the proximity to the store...after all, people too little to walk around the store are generally pushed.

Acept people like me, who look for places a fair distance from the store because th opportunity to walk over level ground is good for...a tiny bit of exercise built painlessly into a day.

adouglasmhor

elvis86 wrote: »

I have to say though, that a blue badge holder disregarding empty disabled spots and taking up a parent and child space is bl00dy irritating. Especially as the OP obviously can't reciprocate by taking the disabled space that he should have parked in.

They can actually.

Stephb1986_2

universalady wrote: »

I agree entirely

At times, I feel these 'parent & child' spaces borders on the supermarkets discriminating against people who don't/can't have kids

At the other end of the scale. I sometimes wonder if the supermarket actually provide enough disabled bays

Exactly I have a massive 4x4 I'm sick of people parking next to my car and bashing the door I wish I could park in a parent and child space or a larger space just for my car. I park at the other end of the car park and walk it.

Buttonmoons

Stephb1986 wrote: »

Exactly I have a massive 4x4 I'm sick of people parking next to my car and bashing the door I wish I could park in a parent and child space or a larger space just for my car. I park at the other end of the car park and walk it.

Maybe your car takes up too much room and/or you are one of those irritating people that don't park inside the lines?

You need space to buckle your child in the back of the car, especially if you have a 3 door.

keelykat

If parent and child spaces aren't needed as much as disabled spaces-why do they exist? Would solve people getting annoyed by this kind of problem if they simply weren't any to use.

But to be honest-as a mom i can see the OP's view. There were disabled spaces that this lady could have used and she could have let the OP use the parent space. If there had been no disabled spaces-i could see why the lady would use the parent space.

My husband has just finished working on a job-where he actually asked for the parent spaces to be moved a bit further away from the main entrance of a leisure centre so that people without small children aren't tempted to use them. He then requested plenty of disabled spaces right by the entrance for those who need them.