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Angry tesco man.
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Having the wheelchair on the back seat is not really possible either due to having children most of the time in the car, so we really need the space at the rear of the car to get the chair out.
I don't use accessible spaces because I don't have a blue badge, I have thought about having one and although I know in my hearts of hearts it would be the sensible move, I still live in hope of a miracle cure and that one morning I will wake up and everything will work like it used to
So make use of the badge til it does.
And you don't need badge in supermarket car parks. I'd much rather see a wheel chair user use the bay with no badge than someone who is abusing the system.0 -
I don't use accessible spaces because I don't have a blue badge, I have thought about having one and although I know in my hearts of hearts it would be the sensible move, I still live in hope of a miracle cure and that one morning I will wake up and everything will work like it used to
Usually when people do that it's avoiding getting a wheelchair that they really need, not a BB. As said above you really ought to get one, you can always hand it back if there ever is a cure for whatever it is you have. For 2 quid (or however much it is these days) they are well worth it and providing your GP is on your side they are no hassle to get, it's a very simple 2 page form and no medical most of the time.
In any case blue badges aren't required in supermarket car parks. The equality act applies which requires supermarkets to let you use those spaces regardless of whether you have a BB or not. I know some supermarkets say the spaces are specifically for people with a BB but it is unenforcible and they are breaking the law if they try to stop you using them.0 -
Usually when people do that it's avoiding getting a wheelchair that they really need, not a BB. As said above you really ought to get one, you can always hand it back if there ever is a cure for whatever it is you have. For 2 quid (or however much it is these days) they are well worth it and providing your GP is on your side they are no hassle to get, it's a very simple 2 page form and no medical most of the time.
In any case blue badges aren't required in supermarket car parks. The equality act applies which requires supermarkets to let you use those spaces regardless of whether you have a BB or not. I know some supermarkets say the spaces are specifically for people with a BB but it is unenforcible and they are breaking the law if they try to stop you using them.
How does the equality apply in a supermarket?
Their bays are unenforceable full stop. When I go to my local Asda I sometimes feel as if I'm the only abled body one there.0 -
Chopper_Read wrote: »So make use of the badge til it does.
And you don't need badge in supermarket car parks. I'd much rather see a wheel chair user use the bay with no badge than someone who is abusing the system.
Oh I know I don't need one in a supermarket car park but I am one of those annoying people who does as they are told...stupidly most of the time :rotfl:
It really would be a miracle cure to be honest, my condition is degenerative, so if anything, it is only going to get worse but hope springs eternal...hmm, yes, I am in denial!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Usually when people do that it's avoiding getting a wheelchair that they really need, not a BB. As said above you really ought to get one, you can always hand it back if there ever is a cure for whatever it is you have. For 2 quid (or however much it is these days) they are well worth it and providing your GP is on your side they are no hassle to get, it's a very simple 2 page form and no medical most of the time.
In any case blue badges aren't required in supermarket car parks. The equality act applies which requires supermarkets to let you use those spaces regardless of whether you have a BB or not. I know some supermarkets say the spaces are specifically for people with a BB but it is unenforcible and they are breaking the law if they try to stop you using them.
I was forced into getting the wheelchair because we couldn't go out anywhere as a family and with 3 teenagers, the noise level of their moans was pretty high. So the chair has enabled us to get out and about and I reluctantly accepted that but to go the whole hog and apply for a badge? Shudder :eek:We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Chopper_Read wrote: »How does the equality apply in a supermarket?
Their bays are unenforceable full stop.
The fines are unenforcible as is done to death in the parking ticket forum, however technically they could ask you to leave, or refuse to serve you if you didn't move your car.
Obviously this will never happen, for one it's too much effort and for two if you did have an invisible disability they'd be committing an offence under the equality act.0 -
Norman_Castle wrote: »I've had similar near misses while reversing out of spaces with a restricted view. Despite seeing a car slowly reversing accross their path some drivers insist on driving through the diminishing gap. I recently had a woman angrily glaring at me and sounding her horn at me when she drove into that car park lane and found me reversing slowly out of a space due to a car parked very close along side me. If there had been any space behind me I expect she would have driven through it and blamed me for the accident.
I couldn't agree more, in fact, I think we should petition parliament to change the driving test; get rid of "reversing into a parking space" and add "reversing out of a parking space" and "giving way to people reversing out of a parking space". Then everybody on the road will know the correct way to do things.0 -
londonTiger wrote: »no most people drive in so they will use the trolley on the road side, and dump it onto the car on it's side and drive off.
That infuriates me :mad:
I was in our local Tesco car park a year or two back waiting for my other half when some big fat lump of feminine lard came back with her hubby and the weeks non-stop lard supply. They dumped their stash in every place possible in the car (which was next to me) before she decided to simply push it to the side and dump it right in front of our car!
She nearly had a brown knicker moment when I hit the horn
Everyone was looking round at her and she had no choice but to put her hand up and take the trolley to the trolley bay. Lazy old hag. When she got back to her car my window was wide open with several critical comments being audible for her :rotfl:I have one of those and have never scraped anyone's car with it.
That you know of or would ever admit to. Everyone knows someone who's scraped a wing mirror, opened their car door onto someone elses car paintwork etc. All it takes is that one moment of lack of concetration and it happens.. followed by a quick retreat. I've known plenty of people do it yet they will all say the same thing - "I didn't do it".The biggest cause of supermarket car park dings is people who just don't give a **** about other people's pride and joy.
So painfully true. Thats why I park at the back of the car park as most folk just can't be bothered to walk it.You may as well blame the little rivets on jeans as people scrape their backside down the side of your car.
I've held my partner responsible for that when the leather seats have got mild scratches on them yes! Who wants their nice leather scratched and scuffed to bits?0 -
however technically they could ask you to leave, or refuse to serve you if you didn't move your car.
Obviously this will never happen
It does and I've done it. I did some supermarket carpark marshalling a while back and thats exactly what my job was. Keeping the store front clear and stopping people without disabled badges using the bays. I had one young fat trollop of a woman pull up in a red sports car once determined that her shopping was more important than any disability.. she got the hump when I told her she could move the car or be rejected by the store security. She chose to ignore me before getting half way to the store and being ordered once more to move her car by the security team who approached her from the store entrance who's attention I had got with a simple wave and point.
The number of people who think supermarket car parks are some sort of battle ground for the position of top dog is incredible. People have become so lazy in this country they really have. Surely there must be more important things than how many footsteps you can save between the car an the store?
So anyway, yes it does happen, supermarkets DO refuse people entry and being served when they've had enough of the pee taking and yes I've done it. They typically only choose to do this at busy times of year (xmas for instance).0 -
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