Not using a designated disabled parking bay

emil_jabo

warehouse wrote: »

Welcome troll.

Thank you for your wise and valued input into this topic.

Savvy_Sue

!!!!!! wrote: »

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.

Now that makes sense: if the 'wrong' car was left in the bay it might not be very convenient to go out and move it right away, as you'd have to.

QuackQuackOops

emil_jabo wrote: »

Hi guys,

I live on a road where it is almost impossible to find a parking space at certain times and often have to park up to 5 mins away from my house as the other roads close by have resident parking restrictions. My neighbour has a severely autistic son and quite rightly they have a rather large designated disabled parking space which is one space down from outside my house. I have no problem with this at all and welcome it. They have two cars and swap the disabled badge between the two depending on what car requires the use of the disabled space. On a few occasions now I have noticed that both of their cars have parked in a normal space without using their designated disabled parking space which stands empty. Seeing that this disabled space is free yet they have decided to use another space which means I have to park a few roads away kind of annoys me. What are the rules with regards to disabled bays? If they have a designated bay outside their house do they have to use it. I see their usage of the other non disabled spaces as pretty selfish if they have designated space that they could use instead.

What are your views on this and what should I do. Thing is I kind of get on with them and don't want to ruin the ok neighbourly relationship but I personally feel that what they are doing is a bit out of order and inconsiderate towards the other people in the road.

Thanks.

Deary me, have you ever stopped to think that the reason why they are not parked in the disabled bay is because some other selfish **** parked in it, leaving them no option but to park on the road? And then, perhaps, that selfish **** moves his car just before you come home, thus giving you the impression that the neighbours are stupid enough not to use their own space?

Seriously, forget about your neighbours and their space and get on with your own business.

QuackQuackOops

Mojisola wrote: »

This doesn't apply to the space outside someone's house.

You shouldn't use the BB to park in a disabled spot elsewhere if the disabled person isn't in the vehicle.

Of course you can.
You can park in a disabled parking space if you are picking up someone who is disabled.
The person does not have to be in the car.

The criteria is that the space must be used in order to transport a disabled passenger, whether dropping off or picking up.

Tigsteroonie

Seriously, I cannot think of any genuine reason why, if you have a Disabled parking space and a Blue Badge, you wouldn't park in the space. So I' agree with the other posters that there must be a good reason why they are not parking there - the BB has expired / been lost, someone else was in the space previously, etc.

As for 'she struts around' - as the Mum of a disabled child, I guess we can often give that impression. I probably come over as quite a feisty individual. That's because I've had to fight tooth-and-nail to get the correct support for our son, local councils/health services are full of good words but really poor on carrying out their responsibilities. The 'be prepared to fight' attitude tends to carry though to other parts of my life

ohreally

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

the neighbours are stupid enough not to use their own space?

But its not their space. There is no ownership of a disabled parking bay on a highway/ road.

Savvy_Sue

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

As for 'she struts around' - as the Mum of a disabled child, I guess we can often give that impression. I probably come over as quite a feisty individual. That's because I've had to fight tooth-and-nail to get the correct support for our son, local councils/health services are full of good words but really poor on carrying out their responsibilities. The 'be prepared to fight' attitude tends to carry though to other parts of my life

Do you know, I'd just begun thinking that way myself? And not just feisty, parents of disabled children often have to grow quite thick skins to deal with the 'looks', the whispers, the tut-tuts for perceived bad behaviour, the well-meaning comments, the questions ...

Strutting's probably the least of it ...

QuackQuackOops

ohreally wrote: »

But its not their space. There is no ownership of a disabled parking bay on a highway/ road.

Yes, I know. It was just terminology.

QuackQuackOops

Thing I don't understand OP is how you possibly know who used the space and for how long when you are away from your home?

You started the thread by saying some days when you come home the neighbourrs haven't used the space and it annoys you. How do you know someone else hasn't?
You also started off saying that you got on with them and they were ok people.

As more and more people have said "Just talk to them" or "Perhaps there is a genuine reason for it" you have begun to say how they are actually not ok people but really quite awful and how you know that this kind of chat would end badly and you also know for a fact that none of the REASONS suggested are EXCUSES in your eyes because you have monitored the situation from home.
(Your use of the word "excuses" is quite telling as to your attitude)
How can you monitor the parking situation when you are away from home, from home?

The failing here is yours. It is more likely to be that you are afraid your annoyance will show if you speak to them so you are choosing not to, opting, instead, to fume and rant and rave about it.

Get a backbone, talk to your neighbours and give yourself less to moan about.

emil_jabo

QuackQuackOops the oracle, do you live near me or something? It appears that you know more about my neighbours than me.... If you actually had any personal knowledge of this unique situation you would understand that all of the excuses/reasons (whatever you want to call them) that have been presented so far are not relevant, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered getting so !!!!ed off when they didn't use their designated disabled parking space and thus post this topic. So stop trying to psychoanalyse my posts to ascertain what type of person you think I am. If you have nothing particularly helpful to post other than to spurt your self-righteous drivel specifically aimed at me, again I beg you please do not waste my time. To reiterate, you do not know a single thing about this situation other than the conclusions that in all your wisdom you have deemed as being fact.

Savvy-Sue: Your term feisty is perhaps a better term to use as it sums my neighbour up pretty well. The kind of feisty where any questioning of her reasons as to why she isn't using the space could turn into the mother of all arguments, which is what I was trying to avoid.

So to draw a line under this now rather regrettable attempt at getting advice I thank all members who have replied with advice that is relevant to the matter.