Women and disabled parking spaces

[Woodlandwitch]

I recently visited somewhere with a large carpark in the South East of England.

There was two rows of parking that were for women & disabled.

There was no men and disabled.

There was no disabled only.

Only speaking from personal experience but my dad, brother and husband have never felt unsafe walking anywhere, including across a car park whereas I certainly have, especially at night time but I'm also very careful during the day too. It just doesn't even occur to them to think that they may need to be aware of their personal safety (& thankfully so far, that's been absolutely true for them).

Well exactly @PinkyU if women only spaces are needed than provide Woman only spaces let's not intrude on disabled parking spaces

there have been quite a few sexual assaults on women late at night in deserted car parks. For men, not so much!
It make perfect sense for women's cars to be parked close to doors. I can't understand why people find this strange?
I personally am very uneasy if I have to walk through a deserted car park late at night.

It make perfect sense for women's cars to be parked close to doors. I can't understand why people find this strange?

For me it's Because they are taking over disabled spaces to provide them. Disabled spaces should be for the disabled only.

I am a woman and have a blue badge. It’s disgusting that the two have been amalgamated.

agree on them taking disabled spaces. They should have their own set of parking spaces also close to the doors

above should have said 'agree on them NOT taking disabled parking spaces'!

If you don’t think a car park is safe then don’t park there.

If a workplace believes their car park is so unsafe that people can’t walk across it then they need to take much better steps than just a few parking bays

As another poster said, it can't be official, as the wheelchair is facing the wrong way.

It's not just a workplace car park. It's all car parks where you would have a fairly long walk to the doors. Underground car parks are especially dangerous for women late at night.

°if you don't think a car park is safe, don't park there° is a ridiculous comment. Sometimes you have no choice.

Sorry I still think it’s a ridiculous concept.

It’s an easy sign to would be attackers showing where the women will be parked.

What utterly ridiculous and patronising concept.

I had a look on satellite maps but it’s not clear enough to see the labelling of the spaces.

This is where the 2 rows of spaces were. So not even the closest spots to the door.

Electric charging points were positioned closer than these

@InvisibleWomenMustBeRead - Only speaking from personal experience but my dad, brother and husband have never felt unsafe walking anywhere, including across a car park whereas I certainly have, especially at night time but I'm also very careful during the day too.

Exactly! Dh I talk about this all the time, the first thing I do when I get in my car, at night ... lock the doors. He doesn't event think about it.

The one thing I do when shopping in the dark ... park close to the store, or where my path is well lit. Dh doesn't even think about it.

When I went to visit my sick grandam in hospital at night I was VERY careful about where I parked, he went the following day and didn't even think about it.

That is not just because I feel unsafe in those scenarios, but because historically, I AM more unsafe/vulnerable in those scenarios.

There was a really interesting Twitter hashtag recently about what would women do if they knew they could go out in the dark and they wouldn’t be attacked. Full of women saying they’d go jogging, go for walks wearing headphones etc. Lots of men were astonished because as pointed out upthread, men don’t even need to stop to consider things like this.

I read that on Twitter @Bofster37 and thought how amazing and freeing that would be.

Have you checked the street view op? I've had a quick look but can't see the spaces you're talking about though I could be looking in the wrong place or it might not be a current pic.

No I was actually there. I took the photo