Disabled parking badges are for the designated places NOT where the hell you like

[lilmissminx]

Really need a vent! Am sick to death of seeing cars parked in the parent and baby/toddler spaces just because they have a blue badge, and not a child in sight The other way around and you wouldn't hear the end of it about inconsiderate parents etc. I fully agree with the need for the disabled spaces etc, but I don't like having to choose between leaving my baby locked in the car to return the trolley (especially if out of sight) and him getting totally soaked etc if I take him with me.
Disclaimer This is made more annoying for the particular store I am referring to as there are only 2 parent spaces, and more than a dozen disabled badge holder ones. Yet because the parent ones are in between the two sets, they use those and leave all the other badge spaces empty.

I know they are entitled too! But if there are spaces for both could they still not use there own space? More for courtesy rather than disability vs parents

Same goes for parents ofc.

Glitterknickaz, I assumed that the people whose dc are disabled would be parking in p&c anyway, if there was a space.

Totally agree with mydadwasadesertrat disabled husband, with children. Children also disabled.
I also park in either p&c or disabled. And get filthy looks either way. Just can't win.

Ooh and that take me back to when dd1 was a baby in a rear facing car seat. The nasty comments and filthy looks we got then were unbelievable. Both in the p&c bays and p&c.

Must add though if DH is not with me, I park as far away from the store as the car park will allow. Because there is less of a chance of someone parking too close.

Jayano Going by the OP's description of the car park, the empty disabled bays seem to be further away than the P&C bays. Which I'd imagine is why they were used rather than the disabled bays.

Common courtesy is fine when there isn't a genuine need.

*Kayano. I can't type today.

Maybe op should just move somewhere with less odd climatic conditions to reduce risk of pub getting 'absolutely soaked' every time she goes shopping.

Of course some disabled people can be inconsiderate rude tossers. Er, but maybe that's because they are much more likely to be in pain and fed up than your average able bodied person?

I am all for tolerance and courtesy but it is the squealing sense of selfish entitlement in ops post which makes me want to take her round my local limb centre for an afternoon so she could get a sense of just how exhausting and painful it can be to get around.

Oh, and P&C places to be used by parents of children under 12? WTF?
Under 5 maybe.

Under 2 would be fine. I can see the need for a wider space if you need to get a babyseat in, but once a child is old enough to get in and out of the car on their own and clamber in and out of the seat themselves, they dont need a wide space to get in and out of the car.

Oh no heaven forbid your child should get a bit wet! Much better that a disabled person is left to struggle isn't it!!

Yabvu. P and c spaces are handy, disabled ones are needed. It pisses me off that my local supermarket has some p and c spaces closer to the shop than the disabled spaces - why?

Generally I park near a trolley park and the back of the car park therefore no problems anyway!

And actually, just to clarify something for the OP:
Disabled people can on the whole park wherever is most convenient for them. That includes on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours, except where there is a ban on loading or unloading, at 'on-street' parking meters and pay-and-display machines for free and for as long as they need to.

You will notice that there are no general parking rules that apply to people with PFBs.

Corvax - of course, why am I so lacking in ambition?

If there are any squealing threads in a few weeks time about inconsiderate disabled drivers in Bristol supermarkets, I shall feel very proud, mwhah ha ha.

You will notice that there are no general parking rules that apply to people with PFBs.

Except my house. Where a very annoying person regularly blocked my driveway as it is safer for her children to get out, than if she parks on her friends driveway. Yes that's because they spill out and tear around my front garden. When I politely suggested she parks on her friends driveway? She might damage her car!

Sill she doesn't do it now

Havent read the whole thread but the op is a good advert for getting rid of sodding parent and child spaces. THey are a marketing tool. Honestly you dont need them and if you cant manage without them then you shouldnt be driving.

In our local store the parent and child spaces are not located next to the store entrance. They are parent and child because they are spaced further apart so that you can fasten your DCs in to their seats without banging your door into the car next to you. Everybody uses them and totally disregard the instructions on the signs. I does annoy me when a blue badge holder parks in a disabled space then leaps out of the car and sprints to the entrance

Yabvu. P and c spaces are handy, disabled ones are needed. It pisses me off that my local supermarket has some p and c spaces closer to the shop than the disabled spaces - why?

I think one reason is to do with access for larger vehicles, but another is because the spaces right by a shop etnd to be (ab)used more - all those 'just popping in for 10 seconds'

Lots of disabled people can sprint. "Disabilities" covers a humongous wide spectrum.

It does amaze me all these disabled people leaping out of their cars and doing the splits etc. I have never seen that.

To get my badge I had to have an intrusive and embarrassing interview on two separate occasions. I had to wave my artificial leg at them. They gave me a badge valid for three years, after which I will have to go through it all again because I accept there is every chance my leg might have grown back in the interim.

I was waiting for someone to mention a blue badge holder leaping from a car. Apparently having a blue badge prevents the holder from moving in any style other than that of a world class athlete,or so one would believe having read the many disabled bashing threads on MN. They always seem to leap,to soar,to sprint,to dash,to run,anything but walk really.

Blue badges;they give you wings. Who'd have thought it?

I always park at the far end of teh carpack with my dc. It isnt actually that important to be within spitting distance of teh entrance and somehow my dc manage the 2 minute walk.....

I am a blue badge holder and I sometimes sprint for the entrance. OK not exactly sprint, but walk quickly. I get load of abuse because I'm obviously not disabled. People don't realise that my balance is completely screwed. The slower I move, the harder it is to maintain balance and standing still is the absolute worst. I have a walking frame which helps and allows me to sit rather than stand in queues or waiting for all the prams to get out of the lift :o The problem for me is that if I am on my own I cannot get the walker out of the boot. My muscles are quite weak and I just can't lift it. So I manage without and try to hurry so I don't fall over.