Parking in Disabled bays

Trazy

I am sick of not being able to park in a Disabled bay at the local Asda as they are full of people using the cash machines/nipping in to buy cigarettes/or just being ignorant. :mad::mad:

I spoke to somebody I know who was using his sons badge despite his son not being with him, when I mentioned that he is being selfish he couldn't see what was wrong.

Come on people, please be fair. I'm sure you wouldn't want my disability so why do you think it is OK to park in the spaces?

Rant over

halibut2209

How do you know they are not disabled?

newbie1980

Trazy wrote: »

I am sick of not being able to park in a Disabled bay at the local Asda as they are full of people using the cash machines/nipping in to buy cigarettes/or just being ignorant. :mad::mad:

I spoke to somebody I know who was using his sons badge despite his son not being with him, when I mentioned that he is being selfish he couldn't see what was wrong.

Come on people, please be fair. I'm sure you wouldn't want my disability so why do you think it is OK to park in the spaces?

Rant over

should have taken his registration as its abuse of badge to use it with the holder not in car
the more people start to tell of these people the quicker people will start to not abuse the system

only downside to this is anyone can park in a disabled bay on private land as the fines are not enforceable

halibut2209

It's not an abuse of the badge. Blue Badges have no standing whatsoever on private land.

Trazy

halibut2209 wrote: »

How do you know they are not disabled?

because when I pulled him up about it he said he knows he shouldn't park there as he is not disabled but it wasn't hurting anyone. I re-educated him

Trazy

halibut2209 wrote: »

It's not an abuse of the badge. Blue Badges have no standing whatsoever on private land.

I know blue badges have no bearing on private land but that doesn't make it right

rdwarr

Trazy wrote: »

I know blue badges have no bearing on private land but that doesn't make it right

My wife doesn't have a blue badge but is disabled so is perfectly entitled to park in the disabled bays at Asda.

If you saw her car parked in a bay how you would know she was a genuinely disabled person and not somebody "being ignorant"?

Disabled parking spaces at supermarkets are purely advisable. People who abuse them (including those who asuume a blue badge gives them superior rights) are indeed contemptable but are not doing anything illegal.

Trazy

rdwarr wrote: »

My wife doesn't have a blue badge but is disabled so is perfectly entitled to park in the disabled bays at Asda.

If you saw her car parked in a bay how you would know she was a genuinely disabled person and not somebody "being ignorant"?

Disabled parking spaces at supermarkets are purely advisable. People who abuse them (including those who asuume a blue badge gives them superior rights) are indeed contemptable but are not doing anything illegal.

I know that not all disabled people have blue badges, if your wife is disabled she obviously does not fall into the ignorant category.

I agree that some people believe that having a blue badge means they can do whatever they like, fortunately I don't

Half_way

Disabled bays are provided for a reason, and drivers should not deliberatly use them if they dont have the need to.
As for genuine disabled drivers who find all the disabled spaces used up ( for whatever reason) and genuinely need the extra space for wheelchair use/mobility reasons then use whatever other space you can to the best of your ability, weather that be parent/child spaces, or by ocupying two bays by parking over the white line, as loong as you parking so not to cause an obstruction or safety risk then there should be no problem.

Trazy

Half_way wrote: »

Disabled bays are provided for a reason, and drivers should not deliberatly use them if they dont have the need to.
As for genuine disabled drivers who find all the disabled spaces used up ( for whatever reason) and genuinely need the extra space for wheelchair use/mobility reasons then use whatever other space you can to the best of your ability, weather that be parent/child spaces, or by ocupying two bays by parking over the white line, as loong as you parking so not to cause an obstruction or safety risk then there should be no problem.

I wish I had the confidence to do this

Half_way

Trazy wrote: »

I wish I had the confidence to do this

Just do it, if you need to. and let the store know at the customer services desk, or upon entering.
if they are running the car park correctly there shouldnt be a problem, as long as you arent obstructing traffic, or parking in such a way as to cause a safety issue.

In fact if they are realy doing the car park job right they should be able to find you an appropiate space/ area to park.
I beleive that this could be termed making a reasonable adjustment, and in my opinion that would be a better solution to the disabled parking area ghetto thats not always in the best place - thats often seen in many supermarket car parks.
One disabled parking area which i saw was on a sloping part of the car park, the flat part was further to the door, but it would be more apropiate to use that for disabled parking.