Parking in mother and child space

LadyMorticia

janninew wrote: »

The disabled spaces are always full at my local Asda due to the spaces being right next to the cash machines. Every time I go I see people park in the disabled spots and nip to the cash machines, they are forever putting messages on the tannoy not to use them for this purpose, but people don't listen. One day I even say a young man park across 3 disabled spaces and go to the cash machine!! :eek:

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In the village Tesco, the car park has one of those disabled spaces where it's in a different "direction" to the others but people without BBs keep parking on it in the same direction as the rest and it means that someone with a BB can't use it.:(

Tiddlywinks

SailorSam wrote: »

Look at it the other way around, do you think it's fair that someone parked in 'your' disabled bay if all the mother and child places were full.

Having children is a choice - disability is imposed - anybody want to swap a child for a disability?

Lum wrote: »

Not all children are strapped safely into pushchairs, especially with a larger family, you may have the youngest in a pushchair demanding all the parent's attention, meanwhile a couple of older ones on foot may decide to run around unpredictably while the parent is distracted.

So, basically the parent isn't doing an adequate job of controlling the large brood then.

Maybe if they went for quality rather than quantity.........

gingergee

Lum wrote: »

Sorry, I was posting from the position of where the disabled person is also the driver. Obviously every situation is different, and the solution I proposed does not apply to everybody.

When we go out, if my partner is having a good spoons day and I'm not then she will do the driving and I will just sort out the wheelchair at the destination, so as to share the use of spoons rather than having me do all the driving and sort out the chair. When she's out on her own then the chair lives on the passenger seat and she has no choice but to do it all herself.

The spoon theory is amazing. Only way i could explain to people how it feels to have SLE x cheers for mentioning it, made me smile xx

LadyMorticia

gingergee wrote: »

The spoon theory is amazing. Only way i could explain to people how it feels to have SLE x cheers for mentioning it, made me smile xx

Same here with M.E. It explains the energy situation so well.

Lum

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Having children is a choice - disability is imposed - anybody want to swap a child for a disability?

It's not always a choice, but that's maybe a topic for a different place.

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

So, basically the parent isn't doing an adequate job of controlling the large brood then.

Maybe if they went for quality rather than quantity.........

Perhaps, but you're never going to have children behave perfectly and if you are needing to faff around with one of those legally mandated child seats, it's an ideal opportunity for the older ones to misbehave.

Also, some of those kids might have ADHD or autism, but the parent doesn't want to apply for a blue badge as they would rather give priority to wheelchair users.

maria777_2

I was always glad to have a mother and baby space when my youngest was little (when my older two were little there was no such thing) however, I would have given up a mother and baby space any time to someone with a disability. The difference is that they are something that can make life a bit easier for a parent with small children but they could be an absolute necessity to a disabled person. To suggess that mothers with small children need them as much is ridiculous.

leveller2911

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- unsurprisingly I disagree with most of what you say Supermom !





Having a Blue Badge in this circumstance most certainly does give you moral and legal rights above anyone else, god does not make the rules society does. A BB holder in a supermarket car park should park where s/he feels best suits. and that includes C&P places.

You can't pick and choose which of Societies rules you live your life by,either you abide by all of the rules set by Society or don't expect the rest of Society to do so either..;)

leveller2911

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

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A Blue Badge is awarded because of need, whilst a parent [including the male gender] might avail themselves of the privilege / benefit / advantage of a C&P place, it is not a recognised mobility or care need.

It is recognised as a care need by the supermarkets etc.They spend £millions each year on customer surveys etc and the results dictate policy ,if there wasn't a recognised care need there wouldn't be any Mother & toddler bays.

Your free to lobby for more spaces for BB holders.

Richie-from-the-Boro

leveller2911 wrote: »

It is recognised as a care need by the supermarkets etc.They spend £millions each year on customer surveys etc and the results dictate policy ,if there wasn't a recognised care need there wouldn't be any Mother & toddler bays.

Your free to lobby for more spaces for BB holders.

I accept everything you say other than your subjective claim that supermarketeers for whatever reason see P&C spaces as a 'care need' its nothing whatsoever to do with care of the child/ren but care of the profit margin.

I can ""pick and choose which of Societies rules I live my life by"" the disabled are .. .. err disabled. People with children are not [of itself] disabled. Society, not the private parking / profit making area of business have decided on behalf of their population that the disabled BB holder is in their eyes a special case deserving of special consideration hence the BB rules.

Your interpretation of society's rules is is flawed, its a supermarket cashing in on a marketing ploy not society's rules. Eventually supermarkets like the hospitals and other PPA's will translate good practice and incorporate it into the business model, but lets be clear its merely a selling technique designed to increase sales.

leveller2911

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Your interpretation of society's rules is is flawed, its a supermarket cashing in on a marketing ploy not society's rules. Eventually supermarkets like the hospitals and other PPA's will translate good practice and incorporate it into the business model, but lets be clear its merely a selling technique designed to increase sales.

Supermarkets are part of Society.Lets be clear about this, its your opinion that its a "Marketing ploy" you have absolutely no factual proof.

Personally I don't have any problems with BB holders or Mother and Babies getting designated parking spaces but if a disabled driver does park in a M&B space then they shouldn't whinge when mothers with babies park in their spaces.

What sort of signal does that send out? .Being disabled doesn't mean they don't have to have good manners or be considerate to others. Threat others as you wish to be treated...