Parking in mother and child space

Tina20

They need to clamp down on taxis if you ask me. At my local, the taxis completely ignore the pickup point and park right outside the front door, on a curve, in the road so that other cars cannot get past.

Maybe the disabled would benefit from taking a taxi because they seem to get prime spot

Riversong

mumps wrote: »

There isn't any equipment that stops my husbands pain so nothing he can carry with him. He does have a right to go out even if his shopping can be delivered (by me.) It can be very depressing to stay inside all the time. Maybe parents should use their CB to pay for their shopping to be delivered or to pay for equipment to help them?

And when i need to i do pay out for home delivery out of my CB *le gasp* we dont need extra equipment, well i dont i cant speak for other moms, but thanks for the thought.

Its been informative discussing this with you all. Goodnight.x

mildred1978

mumps wrote: »

At my local supermarket the parent and child spaces are closer to the entrance than the disabled spaces and there are more of them. I just don't understand that.

I don't understand that either. I don't actually care how far away the P&C spaces are. The disabled spaces should be as close as possible to the store(s) though.

Lum

Tina20 wrote: »

Maybe the disabled would benefit from taking a taxi because they seem to get prime spot

Have you ever tried to get an accessible taxi?

Yes they do exist, in some places at least, but they are few and far between.

starlight_xx

Several years ago I went to Asda with my dad, he had a disabled badge and due to several medical conditions had problems walking a distance.

The disabled bays were full so I parked in a P&C bay only to be confronted by a mad woman who had 2 kids with her aged around 9/10 (who IMO are not who P&C bays are for) She had a right go at my dad, despite the fact he walked with a zimmer frame and clearly was struggling.

Dad as always being the gentleman tried to reason with the banshee to no avail then held his hand up and said 'Its a parent and child bay? Is that right?' She growled it was. To which my dad said 'Well (pointing at me - aged 38 - thats my daughter. Im her parent, shes my child' and walked off!

I was SOOOOO proud

bigbulldog

Tina20 wrote: »

I'm a mother of one baby, 6 months old.
And it is very hard to get pram out, wheel to side of car, open door wide, unplug baby, wrestle with straps round car seat, get baby out of car seat without banging childs head on roof, close car door take her to pram, plug her in safely. Then I need to get my changing bag.Leave her by the side of the car? Easy to do this in a P&C space as you can keep her by your side.

I do feel for you however what do you think we used to do when our children were babies ...take the pram out of the boot assemble in situ then get the things you need and the last thing you get is the baby out of the car and all this can be done safely without banging the baby's head.....simple.!

Some people make out it's such hard work rather than being a pleasure in taking a baby out of a car.

Tina20 wrote: »

A P&C space allows a parent to unload their kids safely and with least fuss to other drivers. Yes, a car park is NEVER safe no matter where you park (and of course you should be a responsible parent at all times) but surely it's best to eliminate as much risk as possible and allocate a slightly safer space?
Is it worth making the risk of child death or injury slightly higher just so childless people can walk to the shop quicker?


K.

It's a wonder my children survived when they were babies as there were no parent and child car spaces when our children were babies...sorry,but you really are making a drama out of this.

QuackQuackOops

bigbulldog wrote: »

I do feel for you however what do you think we used to do when our children were babies ...take the pram out of the boot assemble in situ then get the things you need and the last thing you get is the baby out of the car and all this can be done safely without banging the baby's head.....simple.!

Some people make out it's such hard work rather than being a pleasure in taking a baby out of a car.



It's a wonder my children survived when they were babies as there were no parent and child car spaces when our children were babies...sorry,but you really are making a drama out of this.

Ahhh but you know why it was easier for us?
Back then there were less cars on the road and so supermarket carpark spaces could be bigger!

Or at least thats what the pro p&c only people have said.:rotfl:

The fact is if you have a car with 3 children in it and find that there are no p&c spaces available chances are that you can find a spot somewhere else within the carpark even if its right at the far end.

If I were to go shopping with my disabled, wheelchair bound sister and there were no disabled spaces OR p&c spaces we would have to go home and come back again later or find another supermarket.

So if a p&c spot WAS available are you all saying that we should not park there because a Mum with 2 kids might want it?

Its a crazy argument....the mum CAN park anywhere else. The disabled people cant.

bigbulldog

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

Ahhh but you know why it was easier for us?
Back then there were less cars on the road and so supermarket carpark spaces could be bigger!


So if a p&c spot WAS available are you all saying that we should not park there because a Mum with 2 kids might want it?

Its a crazy argument....the mum CAN park anywhere else. The disabled people cant.

While I agree there were not so many cars on the road,but the parking space size has remained the same the other thing you have to take account of is all the 4x4's and mpv's that are alot larger than a standard hatchback.

And that's exactly the feeling I get because they have children/babies it's there right.

Riversong

Its a crazy argument....the mum CAN park anywhere else. The disabled people cant.

But you can, you are equally allowed to. what would you do if all disabled spaces and all P&C spaces were full, turn round and go home? So everytime you go out it is a gamble as to wether or not you can actually get out?

At the end of the day if parent and child spaces were ment for you they would be called, disabled or disabled overflow. The fact is they are for parents with children. why you all can't accept that is beyond me. There are other groups of people who need extra door clearance.

And the signs state for people travelling with children 12 years and under, a parent of a child of 9/10 is perfectly allowed to use the spaces. an adult of 30 odd really doesnt count as a child, unless perhaps they have a disability which means they regress to that age. (And before you attack my friends sister is such an individual) but her mother never uses p&c or disabled spaces despite being allowed to.

bigbulldog

Riversong wrote: »

At the end of the day if parent and child spaces were ment for you they would be called, disabled or disabled overflow. The fact is they are for parents with children. why you all can't accept that is beyond me. There are other groups of people who need extra door clearance.

So you would expect a disabled person with a severe mobility issue to walk from a greater distance rather than than using P/C space.