Can disabled people park in parent and child spaces?

Minrich

My wife has a Mini , she works at a Supermarket , we have 18 car park dents on her car ! We have been quoted £1000 to have them repaired by the dent wizard type people ! The car isn't parked in any other car park more than perhaps twice a year. Car parking spaces in all car parks are too narrow and when her car is replaced we will be parking in P&C spaces to stop damage happening to it.
Oddly our Gym's car park is full of Range Rovers , Cayennes , Discoverys , Q5 and Q7 's etc . My car which is only parked there or home has never had a car park dent . Why is that ? The owners thinner and more agile ? People at Supermarkets always seem so irritable and grumpy .

arcon5

Minrich wrote: »

My wife has a Mini , she works at a Supermarket , we have 18 car park dents on her car ! We have been quoted £1000 to have them repaired by the dent wizard type people ! The car isn't parked in any other car park more than perhaps twice a year. Car parking spaces in all car parks are too narrow and when her car is replaced we will be parking in P&C spaces to stop damage happening to it.
Oddly our Gym's car park is full of Range Rovers , Cayennes , Discoverys , Q5 and Q7 's etc . My car which is only parked there or home has never had a car park dent . Why is that ? The owners thinner and more agile ? People at Supermarkets always seem so irritable and grumpy .

18 dents from supermarket car parks... afte about a third of that I think I would have evaluated what I could do to prevent it or whether my parking could be a contributing factor. As this many certainly isn't the norm!!

arcon5

AdrianC wrote: »

When I was growing up, both my parents worked full-time, there was no internet shopping, and supermarkets weren't open HALF as many hours as they are now.

Yet, strangely, my parents seemed to cope just fine without dragging my brother and I around the supermarket...

Right so your experience represents a whole society of children? And you was never ever as a child, even as a toddler, disobedient? Your views are very small minded.

arcon5

GwylimT wrote: »

Ideally parents would take their child out of the seat, after all babies should only be in car seats for short periods of time, as the position reduces lung capacity.

Never used a special parking space, never had a problem getting any of our children in and out of their car seat.

Oh please.

AdrianC

arcon5 wrote: »

Right so your experience represents a whole society of children? And you was never ever as a child, even as a toddler, disobedient? Your views are very small minded.

I haven't expressed any views. All I've done is point out that it is perfectly possible - easy, even - for the average parent(s) to not actually take children to the supermarket in the first place. Whether there is a requirement or not for the retailer to make adjustments to suit the particular choice of a subset of customers should be viewed through that filter.

Was I disobedient as a child? Hell, yes. Especially when I was bored out of my brain through being dragged round somewhere I didn't want to be. Like a supermarket.

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arcon5 wrote: »

Right so your experience represents a whole society of children? And you was never ever as a child, even as a toddler, disobedient? Your views are very small minded.

When I was a toddler, I had to be kept attached to my parents by reigns, otherwise I would have gone off wreaking mayhem, rather like the toddlers that run round Tescos do now.
I couldn't open the car door because of child locks, so I had to be let out by a parent who would stop the door hitting someone else's car.

I might have a very small mind, and show no consideration for other peoples "problems", but in return, I don't expect them to show consideration for mine, I solve them myself. But I certainly don't inconvenience others, or make excuses for damaging their property.

BykerSands

Minrich wrote: »

My wife has a Mini , she works at a Supermarket , we have 18 car park dents on her car ! We have been quoted £1000 to have them repaired by the dent wizard type people ! The car isn't parked in any other car park more than perhaps twice a year. Car parking spaces in all car parks are too narrow and when her car is replaced we will be parking in P&C spaces to stop damage happening to it.
Oddly our Gym's car park is full of Range Rovers , Cayennes , Discoverys , Q5 and Q7 's etc . My car which is only parked there or home has never had a car park dent . Why is that ? The owners thinner and more agile ? People at Supermarkets always seem so irritable and grumpy .

Surely the only people they can enforce parking on is the staff. If someone complained she's parking there and the shop has anpr they can remove her number plate from they system. Being charged £60 a day to park will get her to comply.

Minrich

arcon5 wrote: »

18 dents from supermarket car parks... afte about a third of that I think I would have evaluated what I could do to prevent it or whether my parking could be a contributing factor. As this many certainly isn't the norm!!

Her driving and parking is not a contributory factor at all , the fact that her car is 7 years old and is parked there 40 hours a week may be ! Not as if she gets much choice where she parks but tries her best so only one car is parked beside her . 6 of the dents are in the front and rear caused by ?

Minrich

BykerSands wrote: »

Surely the only people they can enforce parking on is the staff. If someone complained she's parking there and the shop has anpr they can remove her number plate from they system. Being charged £60 a day to park will get her to comply.

Thanks for your input but where do you get the idea that they fine people for parking indiscretions ? The Disabled and P&C spaces are vastly under used, there is no parking enforcement at most Supermarkets.

AdrianC

Ah, yes. Parked in a supermarket car park for 40hrs/wk will make a big difference - most people are parked there for an hour or two max per week, so in the same time period she'll get 20 dents, the average person will have 1/20th of the exposure, so the law of averages says they'll get one.

Is she parking near to the door, which is where the highest space-usage density is? Might be worth her parking in a far corner.