Parent and child space - disabled driver

tomjonesrules

Stephb1986 wrote: »

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.

We were parking on a road with meters the other day, yet the closest three were not working. We sat in the car trying to get through to parking services, and in the meantime the parking attendant came along. We explained that the meter was blocked and he managed to unblock it. As we walked away he started ticketing all those without tickets, despite knowing they had no means of getting one. If it hadn't been chucking it down I'd have left each of them a note offering to be a witness for their appeal!

warehouse

I have 3 kids and often take them with me to Tescos. I park at the far end of the car park and walk the 100 yards in, (wow, 100 yards, I wonder how we manage sometimes).

Pro's:
More spaces
Less traffic
Less chance of a door bump
Nobody waiting to get into your space as you load the shopping
Nobody reversing as you reverse etc.

Cons:
None

Try it.

Teddy_KGB

Stephb1986 wrote: »

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.

Well if he's not capable of putting the correct time on his clock, then he's not capable of driving a car!

Why should they get free parking anyway? Just because they are disabled doesn't mean they have no money!

skypie123_2

elvis86 wrote: »

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:

^^^ This.
I think disabled badges should only been given to those who actually have mobility problems. Plenty of times I see blue badge holders who seem to be perfectly able bodied. When their mobility seems to be just fine, what is the point of giving them a badge?

Luckyred

Stephb1986 wrote: »

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.

I wonder if he knew that the "fines" accompanying these supermarket tickets are unenforceable. Its amazing how many people dont realise that you dont have to pay them.
The only ones that must be paid are police/council ones.

Brighton_belle

OP, a number of posters have been way too harsh on you IMO.
Congratulations of your LO: to adopt a child with special needs is fantastic. You clearly are still getting to grips with a whole new world. People could have chosen to be far kinder to you in explaining the issues and offer supportive advice.

I think you have hopefully picked up that you could well be elegible for a blue badge and that in the car park, if essential, you could park in the disabled bay without penalty...though I would check that one out further: last thing you want is to be clamped by a jobsworth.
It seems obvious to me thatin a 2 door car, you need to be able to open the door wide to get your child out. I don't have that need and am quite happy for people such as yourselves to have slightly easier parking nearer the store.
Unfortunately, having some form of disability doesn't automatically confer a nice or considerate personality and I think the driver in this situation could have been far more considerate.
I suppose one could kindly think she perhaps was in a lot of pain and in order to get to the shops for essential food was just switched off to anything other than getting there and back asap and just wasn't able to 'hear' anyone elses needs.

Brighton_belle

skypie123 wrote: »

^^^ This.
I think disabled badges should only been given to those who actually have mobility problems. Plenty of times I see blue badge holders who seem to be perfectly able bodied. When their mobility seems to be just fine, what is the point of giving them a badge?

Well you can't always tell: with some conditions you have better days than others. MS for example. Or some days, meds work better than others on severe arthritis. Or you may be well enough when you arrive, but a short shoping trip with a trolley may leave you so exhausted, or in such pain that after 10 mins you can just about get back to the car. You then need to sit in the car for 10 mins getting your strength back to be able to drive safely home.

It is hard having conditions that don't easily 'show' like a plastercast on a leg.

pinkladyof66

Thanks brighton belle for your most helpful post - yes some of the posters have been very harsh indeed. As previously mentioned I could not walk 100 yards to the supermarket with my little one - it would take us an hour to get to the store - plus it was raining hard today, as my son has had a bad cold for 6 weeks didnt want him getting wet. I looked around the car park and as it was a very busy day there were hardly any normal spaces available and the only ones that were, cars had parked so near to the lines i would not have been able to park and get in the back to get my son out.

I think in future I will just do the shopping online, avoid this forum as it would seem that some people on here are far too unsympathetic and like stiring up a storm. I was just saying in my open post that the so say disabled lady could have been more thoughtful - next time perhaps i wont be so thoughtful when a disabled person walks out in front of my car and expects me to do an emergency stop !!!

lostinrates

OP, to be fair to posters your OP suggests whereever you parked you didn't expect your child to walk but go in the buggy (as is obviously appropriate)

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

! was tipping with rain (i have a 2 door car) so have to climb in back to get my special needs child out into a buggy. .

pinkladyof66

lostinrates wrote: »

OP, to b fair to posters your OP suggests whereever you parke you didn't expect your child to walk bu go in th buggy (as is obviously appropriate)

i used the buggy today as only needed a few items. normally i would carry him or try to make him walk to the trollies and push him around.