Can we use disabled parking for removal van?

Didyousaysomething

Thanks for that info. I suppose I was hoping for a way to avoid the £140 cost to have 2 bays suspended... The removal guy said it would be cheaper to risk a fine as that would be £120 but halved if paid straight away... Does anyone know if this is true? I'm a non-driver so woefully ignorant about all this!

marksoton

Didyousaysomething wrote: »

Thanks for that info. I suppose I was hoping for a way to avoid the £140 cost to have 2 bays suspended... The removal guy said it would be cheaper to risk a fine as that would be £120 but halved if paid straight away... Does anyone know if this is true? I'm a non-driver so woefully ignorant about all this!

If it's a controlled parking zone (CPZ) and you're in a borough that lifts and shifts or clamps you'll probably end up with a much bigger bill!

Which borough is it?

davidmcn

Didyousaysomething wrote: »

Does anyone know if this is true?

The council's website ought to tell you how much the penalty is. I agree with the logic, the trouble is that someone might legitimately park in the bays if they're not suspended.

davidmcn

marksoton wrote: »

If you're in a borough that lifts and shifts

I'd like to see them lift and shift a removal van

marksoton

davidmcn wrote: »

I'd like to see them lift and shift a removal van

You'd be amazed the lengths some boroughs will go to to secure a FPN...;)

sniggings

theartfullodger wrote: »

The legality of enforceability of parking in a disabled bay without a valid, held by driver or passenger, "blue-badge" is one thing.

The morality is clearer and bleedin' obvious: Don't!

- What do you expect someone with a blue-badge wanting to park there to do?? Block the road, stop their car, get the wheelchair out then go up & down the neighbouring roads to ask, politely, of the van driver is he actually disabled as if he isn't could he kindly see his way to moving his vehicle....
- What goes around comes around: There is a common view that those who knowingly park in a disabled bay when not entitled to become.. disabled...

Parking without valid reason (legally &/or morally) in a disabled bay is not consistent with our British traditions of decency & fair play.

Others may hold alternative views..

Trust me all blue-badge holders don't use wheelchairs...see them all the time parking on yellow lines outside the supermarket when the supermarket provides a carpark and a neighbour has one yet manages to walk the dog 3 times a day.

theartfullodger

sniggings wrote: »

Trust me all blue-badge holders don't use wheelchairs...see them all the time parking on yellow lines outside the supermarket when the supermarket provides a carpark and a neighbour has one yet manages to walk the dog 3 times a day.

I know: (Obviously!)

I was simply wishing to point out the possible serious, real, inconvenience to someone who does have a valid "blue-badge" when they can't park there as some selfish kn*bh**d is doing so. If one politely enquires of an able-bodied driver why they are parked in a disabled bay it is very common for them to reply "well, I was only 2 minutes" (after being there 20..) and "they've only got to ask" -without thinking "I wonder how will some poor sod in a wheelchair will find me and ask me."

My uncle-by-marriage uses a wheelchair, as did my late dear mother-in-law.. so I have some familiarity with the insensitive selfish *rs*h*l* behaviour sadly one sees, not obviously from most people.

Best wishes to all, including those who disagree with me.

PS I do commend "youparklikea...." for all your favourite selfish parkers...)

davidmcn

sniggings wrote: »

Trust me all blue-badge holders don't use wheelchairs...see them all the time parking on yellow lines outside the supermarket when the supermarket provides a carpark and a neighbour has one yet manages to walk the dog 3 times a day.

And not everyone who legitimately has a blue badge has a disability likely to be visible to you, or which has the same effect on them every day, etc etc.

marliepanda

theGrinch wrote: »

what about adjacent a dropped kerb?

Well I wouldn't park on someone's drive if their bin was on it. You're being obtuse.

If someone put a bin to save a parking space, as the op describes, I would move the bin.

fed_up_and_stressed

sniggings wrote: »

Trust me all blue-badge holders don't use wheelchairs...see them all the time parking on yellow lines outside the supermarket when the supermarket provides a carpark and a neighbour has one yet manages to walk the dog 3 times a day.

If you think blue badges are being abused then report them, but blue badge holders can legally park on double yellows.

This post smacks to be honest of "they don't seem disabled to me so they must not be".

If people who spout that nonsense to me think they can diagnose people by looking at them then i helpfully suggest they offer their services to the nhs free of charge. I mean why do we "waste" millions training doctors to diagnose when there are reems of nosey folk in car parks up and down the country who can "tell" who is and isn't disabled from a quick glance. :rotfl: