Tesco to get blue badge info from dvla

Mattevansc3

Fruitcake wrote: »

I'm being devil's advocate here.

Blue badges and wheelchairs are not the only indicator of a disability. How do you get someone classed as disabled? Who decides? A trolley pusher in Tesco? I thought that's what the EA 2010 was for.

Having extra space around a car is useful in any number of circumstances, not just when a motorist has a rugby playing, strong fit ten year old kid with them such as the P & C bays in a retail outlet near me allow.

Having concession parking when someone has a disability is a completely different issue to graffiti bays for kids. The former is a legal requirement. Use of these bays should not be abused, but harassing genuine users just because they don't have a bit of plastic that isn't valid on private land anyway is not the correct way of going about it.
I can see the public joining in on this. It's already bad enough when someone makes a comment that a motorist is told, "you don't look disabled/disabled enough." I think Tesco''s action may embolden and actively encourage more of this sort of abuse.

That's a big misconception. Concessions do not need to be made for disabilities, the equality act requires that reasonable adjustments are made and those adjustments are disability specific. Disabled parking bays, specifically their size and placement, are a reasonable adjustment for those who'd find it impossible or extremely difficult to use the facilities if they used a regular parking bay. Anybody using the equality act as a defence would need to show why their disability prevents them from using a regular bay.


I also wouldn't expect much public support as the public have long been complaining about disability bays (and parent bays) being used by others and have been asking for these type of crackdowns on their usage.