Blue Badge parking charges

unforeseen

gbhxu said:

 just make sure only people with a BB park in the bays.

Trouble is that it's often that the Blue Badge holder stays in the vehicle while their able bodied partner goes shopping, etc.

Which is an abuse of the blue badge as in the rights and responsibilities for blue badge holders it states

• You should not use the badge to allow non-disabled people to take advantage of the benefits while you sit in the car.

poppy12345

CosmoChic said:

RobinHill said:

Spoonie_Turtle: Well explained, thank you. The comment from Nannytone et al just demonstrates astonishing ignorance.

:  is paying for parking fees not an expected/appropriate way in which to use the mobility payment we receive?  

No because if you have a mobility vehicle then most vehicles use all of your mobility award which is paid striaght to motability. There are some cars that don't use all of the award but not many.

[Deleted User]

What about if the disabled persons partner needs to buy something that benefits the disabled person urgently but is unable to find a normal parking spot? 

mjm3346

Deleted_User said:

What about if the disabled persons partner needs to buy something that benefits the disabled person urgently but is unable to find a normal parking spot? 

If there are regularly no normal parking spots available while there are empty BB spots then the number of BB spots should be reduced

elsien

Deleted_User said:

What about if the disabled persons partner needs to buy something that benefits the disabled person urgently but is unable to find a normal parking spot? 

No difference really to if someone needs to buy something for a child or elderly relative urgently but can’t find a parking spot. They look elsewhere  - if the BB holder is not planning to get out of the car they don’t need to be near the shops that the other person is going to. 

calleyw

My ex husband has a blue badge.  Which I use with in the rules.  I don't care about free parking but he needs the space to get out of the car.  Bonus if we don't have to pay for parking.  But not expected.  And if he is not getting out the car we don't park in the space.  if I remember rightly the previous orange badge allowed someone running an errand on behalf of the holder to use the badge to park in a disable space.  Which to me was totally wrong.  if you are not disabled and alone then no need as you can park else where and walk.  Also I have noticed that in some retail areas the disabled spot is nopt always the closest spot to the doors anyway!!!!

Spoonie_Turtle

CosmoChic said:
As an "et al" I would ask the question:  is paying for parking fees not an expected/appropriate way in which to use the mobility payment we receive?  

poppy has already mentioned Motability, but for those of us who can't make use of it, the mobility payment is still not necessarily spare money.  I can't drive any more but I've been saving mine for a more suitable powered wheelchair.  It sounds like a one-off cost but there's maintenance (lots of people do their basic maintenance themselves but I can barely find the energy to clean mine let alone maintain it) as well as replacing parts over time due to normal wear and tear - parts that can cost hundreds of pounds, plus the labour to fit them.  

And a lot of people using wheelchairs or other specialist mobility aids needing to pay those kinds of expenses do already make use of Motability, so they have to save up from the rest of their benefits - one could argue they save up from the costs they would otherwise have to pay towards a car (e.g. insurance, tax) but that doesn't mean it's spare money.

CosmoChic

poppy12345 said:

CosmoChic said:

RobinHill said:

Spoonie_Turtle: Well explained, thank you. The comment from Nannytone et al just demonstrates astonishing ignorance.

:  is paying for parking fees not an expected/appropriate way in which to use the mobility payment we receive?  

No because if you have a mobility vehicle then most vehicles use all of your mobility award which is paid striaght to motability. There are some cars that don't use all of the award but not many.

Well, then what about the Daily Living element?  Surely paying parking fees is part of daily life? 

unforeseen

Don't forget that PIP and blue badge are totally separate schemes. You can qualify for  a blue badge but not be entitled to PIP. 

Nannytone

RobinHill said:

Spoonie_Turtle: Well explained, thank you. The comment from Nannytone et al just demonstrates astonishing ignorance.

Because my opinion differs from yours i am ignorant?

Wow.

As a disabled person, I assumed that my opinion was as valid as anyone elses.

Obviously only if i agree with you🤔