disabled parking

[suse17]

dad has disabled lines painted outide house by the council he has a drive to park onto but the neighbours both sides are parking right up tp the lines and as he is disabled is finding it very hard to swibng the car in to park so he has had to park on the road on the street outside the house and the both neighbours have parked again right up to the lines just giving an inch either side of the car its impossible to get out could anybody advise me how much space should be between the lines in the first place and having asked the neibours to no avail who do we speek to the worry is dad cud be ill at anytime and mum does not drive but we are all insured for the car and would have to use it in emergancy

[bednobs]

sorry, but i dont think you have any redress. If he has a space specifically for him he should park in it. If he has a drive, why does he also have a disabled bay, surely he dosent need both. Its not really the neighbours fault if your dad cant park properly

[suse17]

nobody is saying that its thier fault he has the lines painted outside the drive they live in a street full of terrace houses he has made the front garden a drive and the lines are there to stop people from parking in front of the drive and if the car is parked in them they are to narrow would you park so close to a car that you only have an inch bumper to bumper to get out i think i know your answer to that one so why do these people think that its any different parking so close either side

[Postdog]

Or, a more sypathetic answer, contact the council and see if there is anything they can do to increase the gap. Round my way disabled spaces take up a lot of room, certainly more than a car's length.

BTW, I'm not disabled, but I recently had an injury that made manouvering in confined areas difficult, so it might not be his fault if he can't park "properly" either.

[bednobs]

ah, everyone n the world should just have smart cars

[cazzz1975]

the bay can also be there to prevent people parking and blocking the driveway. If he has a wheelchair where would he fit that in his smart car bednobs?

[SMP]

When you say lines do mean a proper disabled parking bay or do you mean white lines that look like a strerched letter H. I-------------I ? A disabled bay is usually 4.8m long. It would not be put in to stop people parking across the drive that is what the stretched H is for. If your dad has a proper bay he should really use that instead of the drive and if he has problems getting in the drive surely the bay would be easier.

[bednobs]

lol my wheelchair fits in my smart car. Ok so you have to have a krypton factor brain to do it but it can be done!

[Cockney Guy]

I suggest that you contact your local council parking design team.

[suse17]

thanks for your tome in answering i have contacted the council they are giong to send a surveyer round looking to either extend the lines or putting in a proper disabled bay thank you for your help

[Myriad2112]

How about you leave a shopping trolly outside for emergencies?