Disabled Parking

I think she does, but it reads to me as though @Lomonald meant "allowed to park in" rather than "exempt from".

Another example of inaccurate use of language, which (apparently) doesn't matter at all 🙄

We actually do park there now as my daughter has a BB but even then we use them sparingly. She has a physical health issues affecting both legs and uses crutches and a wheelchair at various times. We try and use them only when there is many available and don’t use them at the hospital as she is fortunate to have me to help her whereas others may not and may need them more. We benefit from the free hospital parking as she has a BB and we are extremely grateful for this alone.

I feel conflicted using them even though we do have a BB so couldn’t use one without it. My daughters was only granted recently even though she has had these issues for many years and it was tempting to use them before. We have had many a time where I have had to reverse my car back out of a space to have enough space to get her out the car and into the wheelchair and the same when leaving and have had to place the chair somewhere safe to reverse the car out to be able to get in her to leave.

I feel sad when we go places and there are no BB spaces available and none of the cars parked have a badge on display. It has been life changing for my family to be able to use the spaces when needed.

I do yes, did you mean to quote me because I wasn't agreeing with the OP

It's your question so you finish it!

Clearly not

Parents with or without prams can't use blue badge spaces unless they have a blue badge, you do know that don't you?

Nope. I prefer to park at the back, with more room, far away from the shops (and with less chance of running oblivious shoppers over).

My father on the other hand is a legit blue-badge user and loves winding people up by taking his Jaguar to the shops and parking in the disabled space. Then, waiting for them to finish ranting before pulling up his trouser cuff to display his false leg.

I do think there needs to be more BB spaces. We're getting older and sicker as a nation and more people have mobility problems.

Agree, but I'm told that Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Agoraphobia, and PTSD, OCD, personality disorders, depression and anxiety are all frequently given blue badges according to Buckinghamshire cc's website....

I try to have empathy, but when with my Mum who is in tears with the pain of getting herself out the house in/out of car at the back of a car park over rough ground, because all the BB spaces were taken it is a bit tricky! Or having to dump her like a piece of luggage at the entrance to somewhere and come back after parking miles away...

Mum can barely move, but someone sauntering out the entrance to somewhere and hopping in their car in BB space, that they are able to drive on their own etc...

I agree. I keep having to remind myself to be kind, not everything is visible etc...! But.... arrrghhh!

He is right though. Not all disabilities are visible, and not all reasons for having a BB are to do with walking. My best friend can walk sprightly and at great speed. She has a BB.
You are not a parking attendant though, so really had no right to have a go at him.

Before I got my BB I also used P&C spaces in the supermarket. I asked if I could as I couldn’t exit the car in a normal space and they put my name and reg in an exception book at customer services.

No. Having children does not make you disabled. One is a life choice, one is what life has thrown at you.

I agree. When I broke my foot, I used P&C spaces close to the door.

People can get a BB but might be able to walk sprightly (ffs) due to:

• you receive the mobility component of PIP and have obtained 10 points specifically for descriptor E under the ‘planning and following journeys’ activity, on the grounds that you are unable to undertake any journey because it would cause you overwhelming psychological distress

Or

• you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines

Or

• you are constantly a significant risk to yourself or others near vehicles, in traffic or car parks
• you struggle severely to plan or follow a journey
• you find it difficult or impossible to control your actions and lack awareness of the impact you could have on others
• you regularly have intense and overwhelming responses to situations causing temporary loss of behavioural control
• you frequently become extremely anxious or fearful of public/open spaces

hth.

No and I didn't when I had baby twins.
But I did get fed up with people without dc parking in parent and child spaces, so I understand the frustration with misused spaces.

I park in them because I have a BB.

what’s the relevance of mums and babies? They shouldn’t be parking in them unless they have a BB.

I realise this is completely off topic, but do dads never take the kids out? Only "Mum's"?

Did he have a BB?

Why are you asking, OP?

Yes. But we have a blue badge that entitles us to. I don’t when I don’t have the badge holder with me.

Never did when I had smaller children/buggies (and no blue badge) - that’s what parent and baby parking spaces are for. And if there were none left, I made do with what was available, tried another car park or went home and returned later when DH came home and could have the kids.

my mum is disabled and we got to the hospital and all disabled spaces were taken. Out walks a bloke from the hospital entrance over to his car which was parked in a disabled space. I had a right go at him as we had struggled massively in a non-disabled space
with the wheelchair and lifting her in and out.

he effed and blinded at me saying ‘not all disabilities are visible!’ But being able to walk sprightly and at great speed does not justify using a disabled space in my opinion!!!

Yes I park in them.

Because I have a blue badge and am disabled.

Trouble is around where I am, there is never enough BB spaces. It’s actually quite hard to get a free BB space. So if they aren’t free, I go home.

Yes. Always. I have a Blue Badge because I'm disabled.

I will admit to using one a few times. Good friend had a horrendous leg injury, multiple operations to fix it and eventually got to the stage where she could walk a bit once she had a shopping trolley to hold on to. It didn't qualify her for a blue badge so I would park up next to the door and get her sorted with a trolley and leave her for few mins while I'd repark the car. There was really no other solution or else she'd never have got to the shopping center or start practicing walking safely. I wouldn't apologize for using it either. She was absolutely disabled at that point, and actually in a worse position than when she was in a wheelchair as I could push her wherever she needed to go.

Can you explain what you mean there?

I never have but I see people illegally using badges daily