Parent and child space - disabled driver

**Patty**

elvis86 wrote: »

Are Tesco supposed to go to the expense of redesigning their carparks and making spaces bigger so that they can't accomodate as many customers and therefore potentially lose more money in lost revenue...just so you can drive around in an oversized car?;)

We had that saab before they built the Tesco And my OH is 6ft 4......there is no oversized car.


And i bet feeding a family of 6 (hence the people carrier) my weekly bill was twice the size of a good portion of their customers.

bestpud

If you park in the quietest area of the car park, you can guarantee your isolated car will have at least one car next to it by the time you come out of the store!

I have no idea why, but I suspect it's because people prefer to park by another car for security reasons, or they find it easier to park when there is a car in the space next to them.

Best way is to park at the end of a row so you only have one side of the car at risk of being dented by some inconsiderate idiot!

Also, you can park to the one side, leaving more space between you and the next car.

No need to park in disabled bays unless you have limited mobility and no need to park in parent and child spaces unless you are lazy imo.

tomjonesrules

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

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

To be fair, every one of your posts in this thread has played the disability card ... or the adoption one ... or the 'my dad's disabled too' one ...

There was a simple solution to your problem. Rather than moaning at the attendant, you could have simply said 'All the parent and child places are taken. My child has special needs, I trust it will not be a problem to park in one of the disabled spaces? Thank you'.

heretolearn_2

I really don't care about parent and child spaces, if I want one, I park in it - if there's no other suitable spaces, not deliberately just to be awkward. But I don't feel bad about taking one up, honestly, it's not brain surgery to get a kid in and out of a car for goodness sake. Generally speaking, able bodied parents and kids who moan should try thinking about the parents who have to genuinely struggle to manage everything there and back on the bus, or walk a couple of miles, or have disabled children, and get a bit of perspective on the matter. If you have a car and there's nothing wrong with any of you, you have an easy time shopping, full stop. Everyone managed before these spaces appeared a few years ago. I agree it's easier with a bit more room but it's not really essential, in the way that extra space is often essential for those with disabilities.

I would never park in a disabled space by the way.

OP, why don't you get a blue badge for your child if he can't walk? Seems pretty obvious to me.

dizziblonde

Gillyx wrote: »

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

No but I begrudge endless whining on internet forums from mummies who think that the world is against them because someone morally wronged their birthright of going in a P+C space!

Same mum-titled brigade bleating the same lines, when in reality it's just "we want to be near the store entrance"

I'd get rid of them, make all spaces a sensible width and shut ALL the flaming whining up.

Stephb1986_2

Saint_Chris wrote: »

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

I have never used my FIL's badge and never would he needs it more than I do and I have also seen the programme where people have been caught out by using blue badges without the blue badge holder being with them.

pinkladyof66

tomjonesrules wrote: »

To be fair, every one of your posts in this thread has played the disability card ... or the adoption one ... or the 'my dad's disabled too' one ...

There was a simple solution to your problem. Rather than moaning at the attendant, you could have simply said 'All the parent and child places are taken. My child has special needs, I trust it will not be a problem to park in one of the disabled spaces? Thank you'.

Actually i asked him and he said i was not entitled to park in a disabled space without a badge and if i had done he would have reported me

jojo_2012_2

What a selfish old bat, should have followed her around the tesco putting all her shopping back when she wasn't looking. No teabags for you granny!

I wish the store had more power over these spaces. I like the idea of putting the spaces further away as I too only use them for the width rather than how close they are, I think most people do.

Stephb1986_2

I actually witnessed an old chap the other day getting a ticket in sainsburys for not putting the correct time on his blue badge the guy who gave him the ticket didn't want to know as to why he didn't. I felt a bit sorry for the old chap.

tomjonesrules

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

Actually i asked him and he said i was not entitled to park in a disabled space without a badge and if i had done he would have reported me

Ah, you appear to have missed that out of your earlier recount!

Who was he going to report you to? The 'no disabled badge' police? There is absolutely no law to stop you parking in the disabled spaces.