Not disabled at all parking in supermarkets.

Dave_C_2

Went shopping this afternoon and parked near some disabled spaces. I noticed 2 or 3 able bodied people getting out of cars with blue badges on the dashboard. One chap must have been in a hurry and practically ran into the supermarket. I am talking single occupant able bodied people with no obvious disabilities. Saw a similar thing on the way out.
In the meantime an older chap had to struggle to get his wife into her wheelchair - in a non-disabled spot.

Note I am not complaining about the blue badge spaces, just the abuse of the system!

Dave

bluebird

Its a hard one to call as the driver could have a disability that isnt visible.

vax2002

bluebird wrote: »

Its a hard one to call as the driver could have a disability that isnt visible.

Most aren't.
I think the OP may have got disabled people mixed up with lazy old farts ?

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

It is well known that Blue Badges have been stolen from disabled people so able bodied can use them for their nefarious uses. It is abuse pure and simple and has been well publicised on TV.

ellay864

It is tricky but I do think if people are able to run into a store then why do they need a space that gives more room and closer proximity. In a thread a while ago somebody said that they had a blue badge as they were registered deaf, which prompted rafts of complaints about why she needed to be parked closer.
But I agree that abuse should be dealt with. I know many people who use the badge even if the disabled person isn't with them or waits in the car. That is abuse of what it's there for. I came to blows with a man in our local Tesco as I'd pulled into a disabled space so my mum could get out. It was the only place I could safely pull over with room for her to get out as she has mobility problems and uses a stick but was turned down for a badge. I didn't park there, just let her get out then moved my car to a normal space. In the meantime another man had gone to a regular space and was annoyed, even though he too was clearly very physically able. He had a go at me and pointed out he had a badge but had been deprived of the space due to my action; I apologised and said I hoped he was OK and he openly said he was fine as he wasn't the disabled one but it was a good thing he hadn't had his disabled wife with him. When I said that if she wasn't there then it wasn't an issue he just said he had a badge and was entitled to park there while I wasn't!

candygirl

bluebird wrote: »

Its a hard one to call as the driver could have a disability that isnt visible.

Exactly:D:D:D

bluenoseam

Blue badges are NOT limited to those with visible disabilities!

deanos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tycGlS21SwM

KittyLady

My disability isn't visable and if I arrive fresh from bed at the supermarket I might look like a fairly healthy young woman walking in, however watch me come out after struggling around doing the shopping and you'll see my limp is now noticable, I'm slower and I wear a strained look on my face from the pain I'm in.

It's easy to judge, I see elderly people who look more bouncy than me wander into B&Q and come out, lift bags of compost without effort into their boots. But I don't know, maybe they are having their one good day a month.

custardy

KittyLady wrote: »

My disability isn't visable and if I arrive fresh from bed at the supermarket I might look like a fairly healthy young woman walking in, however watch me come out after struggling around doing the shopping and you'll see my limp is now noticable, I'm slower and I wear a strained look on my face from the pain I'm in.

It's easy to judge, I see elderly people who look more bouncy than me wander into B&Q and come out, lift bags of compost without effort into their boots. But I don't know, maybe they are having their one good day a month.

I often wonder at that.
if having a good day,wouldnt they consider using a normal space to free it up for other disabled users?
I used to do the same with Parent & child spaces.
I could manage the seat mysaelf,so would park further away on busy days to keep them free for others.
Though the fat woman I saw the other day with her teenage kids in the P&C space,obviously didnt folow the same mindset

mttylad

Also not to forget that the driver is not always the one with the disability so the person running into the supermarket could be the driver picking up a disabled person who had previously been left there shopping. My MIL can take 2+ hours going around Asda so having to wait all that time is a no no and would expect to be phoned to come and collect.