Recieved ticket for parking in disabled bay without owning a blue badge

NotBothered

Not often I read this and agree with Enfield Freddy, but Wow, Just Wow! Is there any particular reason why the OP felt that he was unable to park in an able-bodied motorist space? What was it about that Blue Badge space that made it more acceptable for hi/her use than the others? Was it the wider space or perhaps the closer proximity to the store? What age is the child/children?
I dont have children but LOVE the parent/child spaces as they tend to stop parents smacking their doors into my much loved car! I dont park in them myself.
As said above, I love my car and realise that people dont care about this, so in order to minimise the risk of dinks and dents from other careless motorists, I tend to park at the far end of the car parks in an end space. My husband often jokes that I should probably park outside my home and walk to Morrisons!! Perhaps parents find this too difficult? Or perhaps they have so little control over their little darlings they find it difficult to hold their little hands to walk the 100 yards to the shop doorway before allowing them to run riot in the store!!!!

Oddjob

I have to say that it really annoys me that often the parent child bays at supermarkets are nearer the door than the disabled bay. I used to take an elderly friend shopping who actually was not good on her feet and needed to be near the door.
I can understand parent/child spaces being bigger than ordinary spaces, but why do they have to be near the door. If parents are young enough to have young children then surely their legs are fit enough to walk with them?
What annoys me is that Parent/child spaces are abused by people who have children with them who are young teenagers, when does a child stop needed those spaces? If a parent who is in their 50's takes their children in their 30's shopping, do they still have the right to park in a parent/child space?
Sorry OP, I think it is totally wrong of you to take up a disabled space, you should have parked in an ordinary space and walked if there were no Parent/child spaces left.

amalething03

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Yep, still not asking for anyone's approval. Is that what you read in the opening thread? I asked about the law, which has been answered, guys. So why is it everyone wants to give there two cents on what is evidently irrelevant, since the landowner agreed with me, and cancelled the ticket.

enfield_freddy

the manager of the shop probably cancelled the ticket because you were being "gobby" and upsetting other customers , why else should he cancel it ? the signage BY THE COMPANY THAT OWENED THE LAND (or their agents)was clear


private property has !!!!!! all to do with NIDirect.gov and if the LAND OWNER wants to allow a space for disabled parking close to the entrance , HE BLOODY WELL CAN DO! and if their agent ask you to move , you should do !


as the manager of the supermarket , listening to you winging and saying you refused to comply with a member of staff (or parking co staff) would have shown you the door and denied you custom of the shop .


you first post makes me laugh


1: park in an area that the landowner has reserved for disabled people
2: tell the parking attendant to get lost and refuse to move
3: complain about the traffic attendant , that was correctly doing his job , and doing exactly what the LAND OWNER wanted.


not a lot more to say here , apart from you are a "me me me" person that does not give a toss about anyone else


I bet that " Kieron and Kyle" are big fat and overweight , due to the lack of walking ,


what are you views on double yellow lines outside schools , are they just "advisory" , perhaps you might to check with NIDirect.gov

amalething03

enfield_freddy wrote: »

I bet that " Kieron and Kyle" are big fat and overweight , due to the lack of walking

If my offence is that I didn't give a toss about the 20 disable customers that didn't arrive is that I'm inconsiderate, I'll accept that.

Just because you've got no kids doesn't mean those that disagree with you do. In fact, your issues probably stem from you behavioural age of 6. Its not a mental disability, therefore you have not BB either. You're a nasty person, who, when trying get attention in every thread, turns to insulting people. I didn't insult anyone. Really, your life revolves around sitting in your lonely, 12th floor council flat, writing your !!!!!! 5000th message, wishing you had a life in the big-boy world instead.

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System

Going back to the question.

This is private land and the car park is no different from inside the store in that there are offers which you may or may not accept.

You were offered a parking ticket. You refused. The store accepted that.

Next time they may not accept your refusal as the terms are clearly displayed and you accept the "offer" by parking there.

Any court will back Sainsbury's on the basis of contract law but since Horizon very, very rarely do court - and only where they have a plainly stupid driver - the clarification of the issue is unlikely to rise.

The debate about over provision / under provision is immaterial. It almost like complaining there are too many Cornflake packets being shown on a shelf.

angel_of_dartford

So, amalething 03, why couldn't you park in a non-disabled bay ? Not looking for a row, just wanted to know your reasons, would then help understand the issue.

Very often, the disabled bays are much wider, allowing disabled users to get in and out easier, and it's not just about proximity to the store.

Iceweasel

amalething03 -

Why are you so wrapped up in creating an argument?

Could you please clarify the situation as to the location of the Sainsburys store.

Was it one of their eight stores in Northern Ireland - or not.

I think I am the only one who replied who is in no way judgemental of what you did, and you haven't even responded.

Blue badges have no legal standing in a private car park anywhere in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the PPCs are totally powerless in Scotland and NI as long as they don't know for sure who the driver was.

You are not coming across as 'reasonable' person at all, and by the way, no one here is on here in order to be thanked, least of all me.

But a response would be nice.