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Theft of blue badges - the answer...

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  • Herzlos
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    A stolen car costs a lot more money and hassle.
  • Mojisola
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    Herzlos wrote: »
    Currently that means having a warden wait for the passengers to return to the vehicle, or referring to CCTV footage (i.e. badge is registered to an 80-year old woman with mobility issues but the young male driver is the only one seen getting out).

    There would have to be a check on people leaving the car and returning to it.

    Sometimes I dropped my Mum off for an appointment, went off and did some jobs and then came back, parked in a disabled space and went in to collect her.

    Just watching me getting out of the car could have lead people to think I was misusing the BB.
  • Car_54
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    A similar ratio to the numbers of cars stolen annually in the UK - and people would complain if the police took that attitude...
    And they'd be right to complain, as a stolen car will cost £000s to replace.

    But a new BB costs £10.
  • AndyMc.....
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    A similar ratio to the numbers of cars stolen annually in the UK - and people would complain if the police took that attitude...

    I bet there are more cars stolen than blue badges. People regularly complain about the polices attitude to vehicle offences, it’s more a case of the policies stink rather than the attitude.
  • Car_54
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    AndyMc..... wrote: »
    I bet there are more cars stolen than blue badges. People regularly complain about the polices attitude to vehicle offences, it’s more a case of the policies stink rather than the attitude.

    You're right. 86,000 cars stolen in 2016 - Almost 3 per 1,000. Or 3 times more common than BB theft.
  • John-K_3
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    A similar ratio to the numbers of cars stolen annually in the UK - and people would complain if the police took that attitude...
    Cars cost hundreds or thousands of pounds, blue badges do not.

    On your point above, complaining about people who’s disabilities are not obvious to you, have you realised why that is wrong yet?
  • Herzlos
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    Mojisola wrote: »
    There would have to be a check on people leaving the car and returning to it.

    Absolutely; that's why I'm talking about a focused campaign. Also I assume most abuses are non badge holders parking to pop into a shop for a couple of mins
  • seashore22
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    My mum has a blue badge. Not only does she not own a car, she couldn't drive one if she had it. She's been blind for 70 years.
  • 50Twuncle
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    Herzlos wrote: »
    Absolutely; that's why I'm talking about a focused campaign. Also I assume most abuses are non badge holders parking to pop into a shop for a couple of mins

    Not only "shop poppers" but also long term abusers - I see the same cars (without badges) parked in the same disabled spaces for hours at a time on regular ocassions
  • AndyMc.....
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Not only "shop poppers" but also long term abusers - I see the same cars (without badges) parked in the same disabled spaces for hours at a time on regular ocassions

    Are you talking about proper on street bays or car parks that have slapped a bit of paint on the tarmac?
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