Not disabled at all parking in supermarkets.

thespiderspeed

sillygoose wrote: »

...........I know for a fact there are well off people that easily get blue badges from their private doctors, get them for relatives they never really see or are even dead! and people that just put out the badge covers they got off ebay.

mikey72 wrote: »

There's only one way you could really know that for a fact.

He obviously doesn't know anything of the such and is probably just making a typical ignorant Daily Mail style post.

As for the record, Doctor's do not give out the Disabled Blue Badges, you apply to either your local council authority or apply online at the government website http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/motoringandtransport/dg_4001061

HelenDaveKids

Know for an absolute fact people use deceased relatives badges after talking to patients whilst doing a study. Also know my grandad carried on using my grandmas. Please don't tell that people don't do this! However I completely don't agree with this and it winds me up when non badge cars park blatantly in my local leisure centre in disabled parking. However on a different note, why is there so many? clearly there aren't going to be 10 disabled people going to the gym simultaneously!

Two4Tuesday

mttylad wrote: »

You can have incontinence problems and need to run to the toilet yet not have a bb. I have bladder problems and when I need to go I need to go.

So to expand the discussion, what to do once I get there, if the gents are full then the disabled toilets are fair game to me as they are not specifically for disabled users only

Incontinence IS a recognised disability. While its true that accessible toilets are not only for the disabled, anyone with a hidden disability like incontinence should not accept any nonsense from others about using them. Besides, accessible toilets are usually the only ones that have facilities for disposal of used nappies/pads.

mrg9999

>no obvious disabilities
say it all. What would you prefer? only one legged people to get blue badges. Some days I can walk from my car unaided, other days I have to use two sticks, some days I lay in bed all day, imobile.

Dave_C wrote: »

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

mttylad

I didn't say I was incontinent, just that I have bladder problems.

When I have to go I have to go, crossing my legs does not work lol.
So no I don't have a radar key.

Also for the thread, it is also worth noting that there are many thousands of people with mobility difficulties that have not got a BB, difficulties that can be worse than some that have them but could not satisfy the examination at the time.

My daughter has fibro and a lot of the time can barely walk but because she has good days - even good weeks she will not get a badge.
Pity, could be useful at Sainsburies

biscit

malkie76 wrote: »

Also worth remembering that fines for parking in blue badge spaces in private car parks are non-enforceable.

But... that doesn't mean it's OK to abuse them, and that people shouldn't get annoyed by it. Just means the people who are doing something wrong won't get punished.

Hadrian

bluebird wrote: »

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

LIKE?? - Please reply, 'bluebird'. :mad:

adouglasmhor

Hadrian wrote: »

LIKE?? - Please reply, 'bluebird'. :mad:

Quite an aggressive post, do you have some reason for it or are you just socially inept and using inapropriate emoticons?

niklepic

My son (aged 6) has duchenne muscular dystrophy and has a blue badge. If he's having a good day he can be off and running - on a bad day he's in the wheelchair and can barely walk. We use the blue badge even on a good day as if his legs get tired it can cause irreperable damage to his muscles (his body doesn't make the dystrophin that repairs muscles).

If you saw him on a good day without the chair there is no way you would think there is anything wrong with him and we often get glared at for using the disabled spaces.

eeeeeee

arent we all equal ? or are some MORE equal than others? i dont look at a blue badge holder as someone with a disibility or has severe illness .. look at them with dignity (due too their own personal suffering )and that they are no less a person in "life" than i;... it truely doesnt matter what shape or form you take WE ARE EQUAL ; we all have the same basics needs , and should not treat ANYone any less than how we would like too be treated ourselves;