Mis-Interpreted, Mis-Understanding Or Mis-Use

[RASPUTINS-DOG]

The people who have a ' disabled ' relative.....
The grandparents with car seats...
' I'm only going to be five minutes ' brigade...
It really is annoying to see the blue badge across the dash board whilst they get out and walk to the shop...people who park in spaces designed with children in mind that clearly haven't got them and people who park anywhere because there going to be five minutes..why?

[EDDIE51]

Just because someone can walk to a shop from a disabled bay does not mean they are abusing the badge. Also they could be going to the shop to pick up a disabled person who has been shopping .

[Everhelpful]

Hope you are never Disabled to find out why,look at Eddies answer.!!

[Mamyalynne]

Not quite seeing why Grandparents shouldn't have car seats - you do know it is the law if you are travelling with children don't you?

[woofgang]

child spaces in supermarkets are a courtesy, they have no legal standing whatever.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh does RAS mean you shouldn't park in the spaces if the children are not with you? I agree with that.

Question is a tad garbled.

[Old_Geezer]

I have never been convinced people who bring kids to the supermarket should be given special spaces anyway. I think the better question might be why they are being encouraged by having prime spaces allocated especially for them.

As for disabled, if you know someone is abusing a disabled space then that is immoral, but knowing is another matter.

As for the five minute brigade, it can be a nuisance. But I think we can be tolerant for those merely pickup up and dropping off. Not so much for those who enter the supermarket to purchase.

[Arrods]

Oh come on now - surely RSG is only having a go at people who actually abuse the systems. Can't we all agree on that?

(As an aside, when OH was temporarily 'disabled' we never parked in 'disabled i.e. not blue badge bays', as she was entitled to, for fear of retribution from the blue badge brigade).

[Peter Pedant]

you can gladly have my disabled badge but .... you have to have my diseases too....

[hc4361]

I have no problem with the child spaces. I'd rather those with child seats in the back of the car parked in their own special place so they don't ding my car when they are struggling to strap the child in or out. It must be difficult for people with young children - at the end of the shopping do you put children in the car with the shopping while you take the trolley back and retrieve your pound, or do you carry the baby and trail the toddler with you?

[Mamyalynne]

My late husband had a disability badge, we hardly ever used it and parking was free by a special number code at the Oncology Units.

[EDDIE51]

Most councils have a blue badge misuse reporting system , this one is for Kent but other councils have their own.
http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/travelling-around-kent/parking/disabled-parking-blue-badge/report-misuse-of-a-blue-badge
If you suspect misuse report it to the dept of the county council that deals with parking offences.

[meglet]

People always seem to misinterpret why parents need bigger spaces. Hc4361 has it right - you need more space to get the door completely opn to get kids on and out of their seats, especially if you have more than one.

I couldn't care less if the spaces were not near the door, I just need to additional space they afford me so I don't scratch someone's car!

[Arrods]

Apologies, my reference to the 'blue badge brigade' wasn't meant to be in any way offensive. It was as a result of some insulting comments we received from a blue badge driver, even though we were perfectly entitled to park in a disabled bay.

[Retrochic]

a disabled badge is issued to a disabled person or the person driving their car. I frequently park in disabled bays when taking my elderly mother shopping (she has a blue badge)

Mothers/fathers/grandparents need more space either side of the car to get children out of car seats and put up buggies safely

Some things really aren't worth getting that over-excited about.

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah retro
I walked out of some disabled bogs and some passing bright spark said " you are walking " and I said "for chrissakes I have a colostomy" - I suppose I should have shown him and made him puke everywhere ....

talk about people thrusting themselves forward to help ...

[EDDIE51]

^^Exactly PP a lot of people do not believe you are disabled unless you are in a wheelchair.

[woofgang]

Many years ago now, my late Mum used to come and stay with us quite frequently. A couple of times she had trouble walking distance because she had minor ops on her leg so I asked Tesco if I could use a disabled space when she was with me. They took my reg number so that if I got reported they would know it wasn't someone taking the pee. I thought that was quite helpful and sensible.