Parent and child space - disabled driver

Stephb1986_2

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

#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.

Perhaps your father in law hasn't encountered abusive people for parking in parent and child spaces like mine has. It's not a god given right to have a parking space!

I am always very careful how I park always between the lines, cars aren't getting smaller are they??

pinkladyof66

the whole point is how can you have a parent and child space miles from the store when your child has special needs and finds it hard to walk - i cannot carry him to the store and if i take the pushchair how will i push a trolley

elvis86

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.

Why? Do much off-roading, do you..?:cool:

I'm all for general courtesy but tbh, if you choose to drive a tank then you should be prepared to have to walk further to find a space to accomodate it.;)

Gillyx

Surely if you're able bodied without a child you don't grudge having to walk the extra few yards from a normal space?

I for one, really don't care, I'm grateful I am able to walk. Toddlers obviously have shorter legs, and if the car park is large could be holding it up more with crossing the zebra crossings etc at a much slower speed.

Everyone and there granny has 4x4's these days, the quicker the people who design car parks understand this and make larger spaces, the better.

elvis86

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

the whole point is how can you have a parent and child space miles from the store when your child has special needs and finds it hard to walk - i cannot carry him to the store and if i take the pushchair how will i push a trolley

I disagree, 2 seperate points for me:

Parent and child spaces should provide more space for getting kids in and out of the car, thus preventing people's cars from getting bashed. There's no need for them to be any nearer to the store.

Disabled spaces should be bigger and closer to the store, and if you have a child with special needs as you describe, you should be allowed to park in a disabled spot, instead of people using their elderley parent's blue badges etc...

lostinrates

elvis86 wrote: »

Why? Do much off-roading, do you..?:cool:

I'm all for general courtesy but tbh, if you choose to drive a tank then you should be prepared to have to walk further to find a space to accomodate it.;)

I have a four by four too. Its a working vehicle and the only one e have, so our goes off road as much as on th road I guess, and sometimes spaes ARE relly tight (and mine isn't a huge one). Another reason I often choose to park at the fr side of the carpark. (fwiw I have intermittant mobility problmes, and no surface is easier for me than level tarmac, and on days I can't walk well I can't drive, so dh drops me in the pick up place if we HAVE to go out.. then goes to park)

pinkladyof66

as i dont have a disabled badge i cannot park in a disabled space - maybe i should play the disabled card and apply for one like it seems so easy to get nowadays

LMCD

The woman had a blue badge and she obviously found it convenient to park in said place...

but I would say that I find parent and child parking places are convenient as I have two young tots and need to open my door wide to get them out and put buggy next to door etc to keep an eye on them both - but if I couldn't get parked in one I would find somewhere that I still could open doors and get on with it - as I do on a daily basis

I know you were maybe having a rant and just getting it off your chest etc but have a wee reality check and don't let these things bother you. There are ways around small problems - and let your kid see advantages and not disadvantages.

elvis86

keelykat wrote: »

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.

That's such a good point! I though as much anyway because it riles people up that parents get bigger spaces and less of a walk, but now I definitely think parent and child spaces should be further from the store, to make sure they're available for people who need them.

Saint_Chris

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 most of the people who used disabled places are family who abuse the blue badge scheme,