Parent and child parking - don’t be an arsehole

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Why should we do away with blue badge? They are in no way comparable to p and c spaces.

Ds has a blue badge, we finally got it a few months back. Before he had it as much as we needed the space we didn’t use the space as in terms of legalities their is no grey area - if you don’t have a badge don’t park there.

They are a necessity which makes going out actually possible.

Unlike p and c spaces which are a convenient thing which has sent a small amount (but rapidly growing it seems) if parents into a sense of helplessness thinking they can’t possibly manage to park at the supermarket without one ..... yet they manage at the many tourist attractions that don’t have them!

Please just put the P&C spaces at the back of the car park, we have kids, we're not disabled!

Someone will come along soon and say they can’t be st the back because they are unable to keep their children safe walking in a car park

Anyone that writes "be like" or "don't be like" memes and engages in stereotypical BS really shouldn't be trying to change people's opinions about anything.

I was just about to post that I never found p&c spaces an issue and can't get what all the fuss is about. We didn't always use them by choice when the kids were little. Then I realised it was because we had a Doblo with sliding rear doors. Not a cool car but bloody good for a young family. You could sling bikes and buggies in the back without folding and easily get car seats out of the rear seats in tight spaces.

It’s inaccurate. People (aka arseholes) do mind people with mobility problems parking in p and c spaces.

Who the hell are all these nasty, selfish, entitled people who think they can park parent & child spaces.

You might not agree with the spaces being there, but they are (for now) so respect the rule.
And once the spaces are removed, don't start complaining when your car gets scratched by parents trying to get baby seats, push chairs and kicking toddlers out of cars with no extra space.

Who the hell are all these nasty, selfish, entitled people who think they can park parent & child spaces?

Many have mobility problems or disabilities.

If you can’t park and control your children suziq don’t blame others!

We park in them Suzi my sons nearly nine but has severe autism and learning disabilities and he no danger awareness if they are near the shop we use them as it's safer for him .

I don’t think parents who share this pile of wank realise they sound as entitled as the arses who park in those spots. I long for the day they either move these spaces to the back of supermarkets or just get rid of them. No one makes parents drive small ‘family friendly’ tanks, or need a 32 bit travel system that requires extra space to get out. The only ones who need extra space are those with disabilities, mobility issues or similar.

The attraction for non parents using them is simply because they are usually closer to the store and they are lazy. I find the spaces useful because of the extra space and needed to use car seats and push chairs. I would still use them for this reason at the back of the car park. I have no issue with walking further with my child, in fact I park at the back of the car park when there are non of these spaces available as people are less likely to park next to me. But the lazy people would lose all interest in using them.

x2boys spaced closest to the shop should be for people in your position. Is he not entitled to a blue badge?

done you don’t have to read far to find out that getting a blue badge is a nightmare. Plenty of people with genuine needs can’t get them.

We did app!y Donel but apparently as he has no mobility issues he isn't he gets low rate mobility so no automatic entitlement unfortunately hoping it will change .

PurpleDaisies, I know. It’s shit, even more shit listening to perfectly abled people bleat on about ‘needing’ these p and c spaces, when there’s actually so many people who aren’t entitled to blue badges having to make do. Then having to listen to some bollocks about it being ‘white male privilege’ to use a spot - way to undermine the use of that phrase.

The new rules for blue badges are due in soon aren’t they? Hopefully that helps.

I was amazed we got one for ds (as much as he needs it) but I think the addition of the lung problems may have been the swaying factor.

Personally I would scrap all p and c spaces, double the number of disabled spaces and make it so anyone who has a mobility element of dla or pip at any level (therefore fought for proof that they have mobility issues) is automatically entitled to a blue badge

The new rules for blue badges are due in soon aren’t they? Hopefully that helps.

I was amazed we got one for ds (as much as he needs it) but I think the addition of the lung problems may have been the swaying factor.

Personally I would scrap all p and c spaces, double the number of disabled spaces and make it so anyone who has a mobility element of dla or pip at any level (therefore fought for proof that they have mobility issues) is automatically entitled to a blue badge

x2boys, I’m sorry. The system is bollocks at times, it really is.

Yes this year I think Sirzy ?It can be Done!

Someone will come along soon and say they can’t be st the back because they are unable to keep their children safe walking in a car park
Most car parks don't have enough safe routes for pedestrians to cross the car park. Our local supermarket has about 30 spaces next to the pedestrian walkway, the rest of it you have to walk through the vehicle thoroughfare - not ideal, esp with children or the infirm.
Car park planners do the bare minimum they can get away with.

I don't agree with policing any parking spaces other than disabled ones as you don't know why a person needs to park there, it's not just parents with young children who need extra room or a space closer to the entrance. For that reason, I'd rather they weren't labelled as parent and child spaces, but instead a different name that encompasses everyone that might need to use one.

Ideally I'd like to see an attitude change where people who can easily walk through a carpark, routinely park in the half of the carpark furthest from the entrance in busy times, leaving closer spaces for people who need them.

I agree that there aren’t enough safe routes for pedestrians in the majority of supermarkets. That’s pedestrians of all types. A little more thought for customers and less thought for profit would help, but it wont happen.

Personally, I park as far away from the doors as possible, simply because parking at supermarkets is dreadful. Way too many people who are careless with their own and other vehicles.

I have a 19 year old with severe Autism, learning disability and is hypermobile in various joints.
They receive enough points to get enhanced mobility in PIP but not enough points to get a Blue Badge. We often avoid going to places where we cannot park near to the entrance, cannot deal with the comments or looks if we were to try and park in a parent and child space and cannot use a disabled space.