Not using a designated disabled parking bay

emil_jabo

I agree that in some situations this is possible but having previously gauged their reactions to other unrelated situations in the past, I deemed this type of civilised action as probably having the chance of escalating. Not all people are able to appreciate a civil, calm, and respectful approach from their neighbour and sadly might take it the wrong way and this is one of those situations that I'd rather not risk.

warehouse

Look at this sensibly. If I was a blue badge holder and had a disabled bay unused outside my house then I'm going to use it, absolutely no arguments on that. If your neighbour isn't using it then it can only be because of one o the following reasons...

1. It was occupied when they returned with the 2nd car.
2. They don't have a valid blue badge.
3. They are leaving it available for someone else.
4. They are an a***.

From your earlier comment that they "Strut around" then I'd say there is more to this than you're telling us. How about the full story?

Cyclamen

Could you knock on the door and ask them if they could move a car into the bay so you could please use their spot to get shopping etc from your car into the house.

I can only assume there must be a reason as to why they are not using the bay.. i have a bluebadge and would always use the closest bay to my destination, after all that is why I have the badge.

emil_jabo

I wrote "she struts around", if you was to see her and know her you would agree with my description as being quite accurate of how she projects herself in public. A kind of 'I don't give a damn' attitude. You can read into it as much as you want but this topic started by me, is what it is, and I'm loathe to go into the social dynamics of our little terraced cul-de-sac so you can judge me on my choice of descriptive terms regarding my neighbour. I'm not an idiot, I have actually thought about all of the possibilities that have been suggested as to why this family might not have parked in their designated disabled parking bay. Through living next door to the family and watching the situation, I'm quite comfortable in saying that they had no reason other than to be an a*** as you so eloquently put it. "Oh I can't be bothered to run in and grab the badge so I'll just park in this free space". It has happened a few times now and I'm not the only neighbour to have commented on it. Your opening comment "Look at this sensibly" suggests that I'm currently looking at it foolishly which is far from the case. So unless you have anything productive to suggest other than what the previous posters have suggested could you perhaps not waste your time and mine digging for some underlying grudge between me and my neighbours. This isn't an online episode of Eastenders, I just asked a simple question. I'm beginning to wish that I hadn't.

Tiddlywinks

So, you simply want to know if you can park in the marked disabled bay when your neighbour hasn't used it??? Is that your question?

You've been provided with a comprehensive set of opinions but you could always speak to your local council parking enforcement team... that would give you a definitive answer.

System

I would guess that the reason it is being left empty is that with two cars in the household the BB holder does not know which car he/she will use next. Rather than leave it in one vehicle with the attendant risk of that car going somewhere with his BB still in it thus depriving him of the use, he/she removes it from the car and keeps it on their person. Which, in my opinion, is the correct thing to do as it is a personal issue.

If one of the vehicles was a mobility vehicle or had disabled VED then it wouldn't be a problem with that vehicle always parking in the bay

Mojisola

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I would guess that the reason it is being left empty is that with two cars in the household the BB holder does not know which car he/she will use next.

Rather than leave it in one vehicle with the attendant risk of that car going somewhere with his BB still in it thus depriving him of the use, he/she removes it from the car and keeps it on their person.

I don't know whether that would be an issue when parking in the space outside your own house. Some LAs recommend that the BB isn't left in the car permanently because of the risk of theft.

tomtom256

Mojisola wrote: »

I don't know whether that would be an issue when parking in the space outside your own house. Some LAs recommend that the BB isn't left in the car permanently because of the risk of theft.

But the designated space is generally for use by anyone with a blue badge and not just for arguments sake, house 50 on whatever street where the space has been painted.

Surely from an enforcement point of view a blue badge must be on show or whats the point in the bay?

Surely the bay must be marked to the same standards as normal council disabled bays otherwise what would stop anyone from parking in it?

Mojisola

A local man who had a bay outside his house used to prop a note up on the dashboard which said something like "knock on the door of No. X and I will show you my BB". As the local parking people knew his car, I don't think he was ever bothered by them.

warehouse

emil_jabo wrote: »

I wrote "she struts around", if you was to see her and know her you would agree with my description as being quite accurate of how she projects herself in public. A kind of 'I don't give a damn' attitude. You can read into it as much as you want but this topic started by me, is what it is, and I'm loathe to go into the social dynamics of our little terraced cul-de-sac so you can judge me on my choice of descriptive terms regarding my neighbour. I'm not an idiot, I have actually thought about all of the possibilities that have been suggested as to why this family might not have parked in their designated disabled parking bay. Through living next door to the family and watching the situation, I'm quite comfortable in saying that they had no reason other than to be an a*** as you so eloquently put it. "Oh I can't be bothered to run in and grab the badge so I'll just park in this free space". It has happened a few times now and I'm not the only neighbour to have commented on it. Your opening comment "Look at this sensibly" suggests that I'm currently looking at it foolishly which is far from the case. So unless you have anything productive to suggest other than what the previous posters have suggested could you perhaps not waste your time and mine digging for some underlying grudge between me and my neighbours. This isn't an online episode of Eastenders, I just asked a simple question. I'm beginning to wish that I hadn't.

Welcome troll.